LidLess07X

Rampage had some sliders like that in the works a few years ago but they never came to market.

eric262

Here's mine. Traded my full doors for half doors a few months back. When I picked them up




Stripped them down myself, had them professionally painted. Installed power mirrors, power locks. Re-keyed the door locks myself. They turned out freakin' awesome.

jscherb

Testing being pretty much completed, the company is just about to place the first production order with the window company. There is one small detail the testing uncovered that has to be worked into the production sliders, there are a few minor details being worked on, such as how the window company will package the windows for shipment (there are lots of details like this required to make a product ready for market that you don't often think about), and choosing the tint for the glass. But the main work is done - the sliders fit well, work well and install easily.

I think the plan for window tint is for the fronts to match the tint of the factory front windows (a very light tint), and possibly to offer two options for the back windows - the light tint the same as the front, or a darker tint that would match the windows of the factory hardtop.

The photos and videos I posted shows the sliders installed in factory soft uppers, but they are also designed to install in Bestop and Rugged Ridge uppers. This photos shows a test fit of a frame (no glass) in a Bestop upper.

htm7765

Question how do they seal love the look and function of the half doors but do they seal my buddy has a set of best top soft doors and the uppers flap like crazy and the doors do not seal out any weather

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jscherb

There's no issue with the windows sealing, the tests I've done show them to be very weathertight. But installing the sliders doesn't change the relationship between the upper door and the Jeep body, so if your uppers leak before the sliders are installed, that won't change :(.

Bestop recommends bending the uppers so they seal better; in my experience all half door uppers require some adjustment before they seal adequately. This is from the Bestop web site:

htm7765

Yeah that was all done still never could get them to sell properly I was hoping these going on half doors were a little more stout, thanks for the info

jscherb

Yeah, nothing beats the factory half door uppers for sealing... except perhaps fiberglass uppers - here are a couple of photos of a prototype fiberglass rear upper. It's unlikely there would be enough demand to make it worthwhile for a company to bring fiberglass uppers to market though.

Guinnessdawg

Those replacement slider windows are exactly what I need at the moment. I have factory half doors for about five years now and the drivers window is toast. I've been thinking about pulling the trigger on buying replacement uppers. It would be nice if the sliders were out by winter!

jscherb

They are on track for availability before the winter. The first production run should happen in the next few weeks, as soon as a few minor details get decided - glass tint and a few commercialization details like packaging for shipping.

robertgreen79

Love the retrofit kit. I'll be one of the first buyers. Wish the fiberglass ones were coming out too. I would've really liked to be able to paint match.