Make your own cargo netting
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From: ABQ, NM
Originally Posted by tomed13
I have about 8 hrs total work into it, prolly about another hr left in making mounting and installing (when I feel like removing hard top
) . I have $50-$60 dollars in parts, but I purchased more netting then I needed and other parts in just figuring out how I wanted to do it. So you could prolly spend between $30-$40 to make one ! compared to picking up the phone and shelling out $800 
I think I would rather use that $750 on something else that I can't make myself
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Rick
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Did it
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...-2-JK-Wrangler
made my own, you took to long lol...check it out guys
made my own, you took to long lol...check it out guys
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. And $800 for COP, I think you can make several on your own at that price. 
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I would be game to try it out.
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ok, I have been thinking a lot about this, making my own cargo netting,
I think cargo netting looks sweet on a jeep,
I noticed that the price for per made cargo netting was off the chart, way too much
so I have a few questions.
1. what thickness and width is the strapping you used?
2. what distance is each strap apart from the last? oh reading back found answer, 3 inch cheers.
3. How do you attach it to the roll bars? details and pics help.
4. will it hold the weight of a person laying on it like a hammock?
5. do you attach it only from roll bars, what about the bottom near the floor? for the side sections?
6. what sort of pattern do you use for the sowing?? like a square or a x, did you grommet first then sow?
7. will a normal sowing machine work?
8. do you use extra thick thread and needles? or just the regular stuff you would use to sow clothes? and if so.
9. will standard sowing machine handle extra thick thread and needles to make the whole rig stronger and more hard?
10. also why not have a grommet at each point the two straps meet, wouldn't that look good?
11. can you post the length, and width for front forward part as well back section and side sections?
I think cargo netting looks sweet on a jeep,
I noticed that the price for per made cargo netting was off the chart, way too much
so I have a few questions.
1. what thickness and width is the strapping you used?
2. what distance is each strap apart from the last? oh reading back found answer, 3 inch cheers.
3. How do you attach it to the roll bars? details and pics help.
4. will it hold the weight of a person laying on it like a hammock?
5. do you attach it only from roll bars, what about the bottom near the floor? for the side sections?
6. what sort of pattern do you use for the sowing?? like a square or a x, did you grommet first then sow?
7. will a normal sowing machine work?
8. do you use extra thick thread and needles? or just the regular stuff you would use to sow clothes? and if so.
9. will standard sowing machine handle extra thick thread and needles to make the whole rig stronger and more hard?
10. also why not have a grommet at each point the two straps meet, wouldn't that look good?
11. can you post the length, and width for front forward part as well back section and side sections?
Last edited by NEWWRANGLEROLDCJ7; Feb 17, 2011 at 04:32 AM.
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looks good, both of them. Been toying with the idea of making one for awhile now when i get back to Texas. Need something to keep the dogs in with the top down. Always feels good to make something yourself.
As for buying a COP one.... no offense to them or anyone that has one... but there is no way in hell i'm gonna pay their price for it. And to be completely honest, i don't like the way it looks.
As for buying a COP one.... no offense to them or anyone that has one... but there is no way in hell i'm gonna pay their price for it. And to be completely honest, i don't like the way it looks.
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From: VANCOUVER, B.C. CANADA
ok, I have been thinking a lot about this, making my own cargo netting,
I think cargo netting looks sweet on a jeep,
I noticed that the price for per made cargo netting was off the chart, way too much
so I have a few questions.
1. what thickness and width is the strapping you used?
2. what distance is each strap apart from the last? oh reading back found answer, 3 inch cheers.
3. How do you attach it to the roll bars? details and pics help.
4. will it hold the weight of a person laying on it like a hammock?
5. do you attach it only from roll bars, what about the bottom near the floor? for the side sections?
6. what sort of pattern do you use for the sowing?? like a square or a x, did you grommet first then sow?
7. will a normal sowing machine work?
8. do you use extra thick thread and needles? or just the regular stuff you would use to sow clothes? and if so.
9. will standard sowing machine handle extra thick thread and needles to make the whole rig stronger and more hard?
10. also why not have a grommet at each point the two straps meet, wouldn't that look good?
11. can you post the length, and width for front forward part as well back section and side sections?
I think cargo netting looks sweet on a jeep,
I noticed that the price for per made cargo netting was off the chart, way too much
so I have a few questions.
1. what thickness and width is the strapping you used?
2. what distance is each strap apart from the last? oh reading back found answer, 3 inch cheers.
3. How do you attach it to the roll bars? details and pics help.
4. will it hold the weight of a person laying on it like a hammock?
5. do you attach it only from roll bars, what about the bottom near the floor? for the side sections?
6. what sort of pattern do you use for the sowing?? like a square or a x, did you grommet first then sow?
7. will a normal sowing machine work?
8. do you use extra thick thread and needles? or just the regular stuff you would use to sow clothes? and if so.
9. will standard sowing machine handle extra thick thread and needles to make the whole rig stronger and more hard?
10. also why not have a grommet at each point the two straps meet, wouldn't that look good?
11. can you post the length, and width for front forward part as well back section and side sections?
I believe it is called dirty dog cargo net, and I hear it's ok but some don't like the grommets, is it the amount of them, or the color, what is it about them you don't like?
Last edited by NEWWRANGLEROLDCJ7; Feb 20, 2011 at 10:33 PM.