Custom modular JK hardtop
08-16-2016, 01:22 PM
#981
JK Super Freak
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08-17-2016, 06:40 AM
#984
JK Super Freak
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Today was "leak test day", he says with nervous anticipation...
Step 1 of leak testing was driving at high speed on the interstate listening for wind noise. If there was wind noise anywhere, it could mean a gap in the weatherstripping and I'd need to check that area for the possibility of leaking.
No wind noise, the Safari Cab is very quiet.
Step 2 of leak testing consisted of pouring water along the windshield joint, a likely place to leak from heavy rain runoff.
No leaks there.
Step 2 was a trip through the automatic car wash.
No leaks there either. The car wash doesn't necessarily prove that there wouldn't be a leak in an extended torrential downpour, but I'll declare it leak-free.
Nice and clean now...
Step 1 of leak testing was driving at high speed on the interstate listening for wind noise. If there was wind noise anywhere, it could mean a gap in the weatherstripping and I'd need to check that area for the possibility of leaking.
No wind noise, the Safari Cab is very quiet.
Step 2 of leak testing consisted of pouring water along the windshield joint, a likely place to leak from heavy rain runoff.
No leaks there.
Step 2 was a trip through the automatic car wash.
No leaks there either. The car wash doesn't necessarily prove that there wouldn't be a leak in an extended torrential downpour, but I'll declare it leak-free.
Nice and clean now...
08-17-2016, 06:44 AM
#985
JK Super Freak
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One thing I do need a 2dr for is the exact measurements so the storage compartment I posted the other day clears the roll bar. I think I can get the measurements I need from a 2dr on the local Jeep dealer's lot though, so no need to make a few hour drive for that.
It would be fun to give the factory hardtop modular conversion a try on a Jeep though, maybe that would be worth a drive...
08-17-2016, 07:49 AM
#987
JK Super Freak
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Since I just took the new JK Safari through the carwash, I just had to take some photos of it all clean, so please forgive me for posting a bunch more photos of it...
08-17-2016, 08:09 AM
#989
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It's been very cool as a viewer to see this come to fruition so I'm sure as the fabricator and owner that it must be super rewarding.
08-18-2016, 10:19 AM
#990
No complaining here! You can post all the pictures you want, we love seeing them. Congratulations on completing this project. The top came out great and I hope you and your wife enjoy having a modular hardtop that the rest of us can only drool over.