I was thinking that... which might be ok...

sometimes I research stuff way to much.......
in this case I think I'm still researching.... and thinking..

 

Definitely get the rear bar, but I wouldn't bother with the surrounds. how many people are looking down on your rig? Plus, doors off is the way to go.

Pat

 

I got the surrounds for Christmas one year, so its no longer an issue, but it does help with the fit a lot more, plus it helps keep the rain from flooding into the Jeep more than not having them.

Had I known all of this before hand, I would have just bought a used soft top from eBay, Craigslist.

I'm actually thinking about buying a soft top from the classifieds, get rid of the safari top duster jamer combo.

 

thats the good thing about the best top bikini... you can seperate the channel header from the material.. and install it back above the windhield so theres no need to store it. same with the tailgate bar. even still... the bikini... windjammer... and duster cover take up more space than you think folded up.

 

Great point!

 

good point on the Bestop setup....

like I said to much thinking going on.........
a friend at work wants to sell his Bikini top. So I might start there....cheap and it will give me some ideas and thoughts about what I might really want to do...
as for the colorado trip coming up in June.... I think i'll go with the hard top and just take off the top panels,,,, it opens up the Jeep pretty good....

the configuration I thought of is keep the hard top freedom covers on and take the hard top off, and replace it with these items...
3. Bestop Duster with mounting hardware (tailgate bar and clips,,, etc)
4. A Bestop Windjammer, WRAPAROUND Windjammer

then take the freedom covers off and drop the windjammer and there is a topless Jeep with the security of putting back together the top to get out of the rain..... This should keep camping gear and my radio setup dry in the back...

 

The new trektop NX works as a bikini.

That and a Spiderwebshade, your set.

 

whatever youd o.. dont bang your hard top off a rock or tree... its expensive for a new one. i saw one get cracked on a tree a couple weeks ago. wasnt even wheeling it.. just backing out to head to another trail.

 

freedom panels would be bagged and strap down under the back cover....
and also a spiderwebshade would help keep things in to...... I like the idea....

One thing with a Jeep once you start a mod no 2 are ever the same.....

freedom hardtop with wrap around windjammer should also be a nice highway ride.. which is an important factor to all this,,,, . with the back secured with the dustcover and a spiderweb...
Now to put that cost together,,,,

 

im not gonna lie.. i love my best top set up. it was the first mod i did to my jeep when i got it because mine came with a hard top and i needed a way to go topless without having anyone there to help take the top off. at the time.. best top was the only option for the jks. i bought mine right when they came out in 07. now.. i havent had any personal use with other bikinis.. but my best top hasnt done me wrong aside from all the other little things you need to make it work right. I didnt research it enough when i bought it because i was in a hurry. youre going about it the right way. i think after all was said and done.. i have just about 700 bucks invested in it.