Soft Top Mods anyone?
JK Newbie
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From: Catania, Italy
Originally Posted by SaFFFari
There's a guy on here who chopped the rear portion off his soft top, and had sewn the ends, I must admit it looked great. And Franky asked why would you want to do that.. Well heres why I think it's a great idea.
1- I HATE cloudy soft top windows :-(
2- I love the sunriders ability to fold half way
3- anyones whose tried to put a bestop bikini top on door surrounds knows its not an easy task.
So my answer to why anyone would want to mod it, is so its a much better "user friendly" bikini top.
Now back to the topic... Soft top mods... Has anyone bedlined, vinyl wrapped, spraypainted, or canvas upholstered the soft top windows? I hate cloudy windows and I'm not ready to buy new ones
1- I HATE cloudy soft top windows :-(
2- I love the sunriders ability to fold half way
3- anyones whose tried to put a bestop bikini top on door surrounds knows its not an easy task.
So my answer to why anyone would want to mod it, is so its a much better "user friendly" bikini top.
Now back to the topic... Soft top mods... Has anyone bedlined, vinyl wrapped, spraypainted, or canvas upholstered the soft top windows? I hate cloudy windows and I'm not ready to buy new ones
As for the windows, usually in the beginning of summer, I get a small bottle of izenglass (sp?) polish, Usually from a nautical store and polish out the windows..
I hardly ever have user the sun rider portion. Seems neat, but haven't figured out when I would actually use it..
JK Super Freak
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From: Riverside, Ca
Ah Franky... Don't worry bout it.. I didn't think u were being a jackass.. Just figured u truly didnt know why anyone would want to do such a thing. I wouldn't have ever known If it wasn't for my bikini top (which I sold). I wanted something to protect me from the sun on a 6 hr trip to Yosemite but wanted to be able to take it off easily once I got there. Then after the purchase I realized bikini tops suck to take off compared to factory soft tops. That's when I started exploring soft top mods
JK Newbie
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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Ditto to Gary B. I have the Spider Shade and love it. My wife really likes it as the sun can burn her good. It also helps with some noise deflection with the tops on. Great price and easy to install.
JK Enthusiast
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From: Nashvegas, TN
Originally Posted by Ezekiel97
I don't run rear windows. Would be nice if I could ditch the door surrounds and still secure my soft top.
Also, thanks to the posters on this thread...cool stuff.
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JK Freak
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From: Woodlands,Tx
I modified my soft top so that I could run it as a bikini or as a normal soft top. It folds back into the bikini position. DIY. Cost = FREE!
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JK Newbie
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From: College Station, Tx
Is there any reason why you need the door surrounds to secure the soft top? I've been running the top up and no windows. I have half doors (no doors for the last two weeks) so I like to take off the surrounds so you just have the roll bar showing. The top is clipped to the windshield only. Am I I f-'n up my top by doing this?
Also, thanks to the posters on this thread...cool stuff.
Also, thanks to the posters on this thread...cool stuff.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Rockford, MI
[QUOTE="Nelly"]I modified my soft top so that I could run it as a bikini or as a normal soft top. It folds back into the bikini position. DIY. Cost = FREE!]
How the heck do you get your headrests to fold back like that?
How the heck do you get your headrests to fold back like that?
Last edited by Jsboening; May 24, 2012 at 02:42 AM.
