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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 03:19 PM
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I have a roll of plastic disposable tarp from Home Depot. Works fine along with my spiderweb shade to hold it up.
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by horrocks007
I have a roll of plastic disposable tarp from Home Depot. Works fine along with my spiderweb shade to hold it up.
That's right! I forgot that I'd have my spiderweb on at the same time! That would really help with the sagging.
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Run2Ga
Besttop all weather trail cover sounds like what youi're looking for. I've had mine for several years, works great. I take off the frames when I'm doorless, so you don't need those. They probably might make the fit worse anyway. I may have to try the PVC idea, although I've never had a lot trouble with water pooling on the top.
I have the besttop trail cover too for my JKU and its great but I have tons of problems with water pooling.
Ive had it stretch out my spidershade a few times due to hard rains.
That being said, it would probably be very easy to fix with a few pieces of PVC or something.
I ran without the top for a couple months but then it started raining all of the time so the soft top has been on a while so I can DD when i want too.
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Old Sep 16, 2014 | 12:39 PM
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I have a Raingler, love it. Has straps to keep it tight to the keep wind from blowing it off, though I rarely use them.
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Old Sep 16, 2014 | 01:40 PM
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I have the smittybilt cover for my jk and I like, cant drive with it but it keeps the interior dry for the most part, the floor gets a little wet but I think I could keep that from happening if I strapped it different.
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Old Sep 16, 2014 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by tae73
I have a Raingler, love it. Has straps to keep it tight to the keep wind from blowing it off, though I rarely use them.
Do you mean Rain Gear? I can find Raingler netting, but not rain covers.
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Old Sep 16, 2014 | 02:33 PM
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I'm happy with the Bestop cover. I've been able to throw it on in < a minute to keep the majority of a sudden rain out. Takes probably five minutes of adjusting for a good fit. The dietech mirror brackets keep the door openings from fitting perfect, but it's good enough because I'm most concerned with keeping the seats and dash dry. When there's a puddle on top I just pull it off to one side.
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Old Sep 16, 2014 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by dawgtre
I'm happy with the Bestop cover. I've been able to throw it on in < a minute to keep the majority of a sudden rain out. Takes probably five minutes of adjusting for a good fit. The dietech mirror brackets keep the door openings from fitting perfect, but it's good enough because I'm most concerned with keeping the seats and dash dry. When there's a puddle on top I just pull it off to one side.
Nice Jeep! I've got Dietech mirror brackets as well.....so the Bestop doesn't account for mirrors? The Dietech bracket puts the factory mirror in practically the same spot as it they were mounted to the doors.
So this prob means the cover doesn't fit any differently if you decide to leave the doors on (though who would care whether or not the cover covers the door area or not).

The Rain Gear cover shows to go around any mirror you may have. I woulda thought Bestop would be the same.

So far I'm hearing more about Bestop than anything else.
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Old Sep 16, 2014 | 02:58 PM
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Sure seems like these things would come with a couple of drain tubes so the water doesn't pool.
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Old Sep 17, 2014 | 10:44 AM
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Yes you are correct, got them mixed up. I had a issue with the first cover, there customer service was top notch.

Originally Posted by bfschor
Do you mean Rain Gear? I can find Raingler netting, but not rain covers.
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