safest speed for Bestop Sunrider For Hardtop
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JK Enthusiast
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safest speed for Bestop Sunrider For Hardtop
so bestop, was this baked into the plan?
make it so easy to flip the sunrider for hardtop back, that we would start experimenting the fastest speed to open and close the top?
i assume the answer is ONLY WHEN AT A STOP or Standstill.
of course but sometimes the rain comes down on a long road with no pull offs, or i change my mind mid drive.
have you tested retracting the top at speed? and do you have a limitiation of such?
its a very solid construction, and although it might pick up a ton of air, at what speed is it too much?
make it so easy to flip the sunrider for hardtop back, that we would start experimenting the fastest speed to open and close the top?
i assume the answer is ONLY WHEN AT A STOP or Standstill.
of course but sometimes the rain comes down on a long road with no pull offs, or i change my mind mid drive.
have you tested retracting the top at speed? and do you have a limitiation of such?
its a very solid construction, and although it might pick up a ton of air, at what speed is it too much?
JK Junkie
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From: Kitchener
I know with my Bestop trek top NX (softtop) just added to my jeep last week I tested that lol .... At a stop perfect .... Released driver and passenger clip while still and just pushed up the top it snapped back nicely and I was baking in the sun 
..... Next day I decided to do the same at a light but it turned green so I was just starting to crawl thru the intersection like 10km/hr and SNAP it flew back ... I won't do that again ... It was a tad windier but still I'll wait til I'm at a complete stop to flip it back
..... Next day I decided to do the same at a light but it turned green so I was just starting to crawl thru the intersection like 10km/hr and SNAP it flew back ... I won't do that again ... It was a tad windier but still I'll wait til I'm at a complete stop to flip it back
JK Junkie
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From: Sanford, Florida
I know with my Bestop trek top NX (softtop) just added to my jeep last week I tested that lol .... At a stop perfect .... Released driver and passenger clip while still and just pushed up the top it snapped back nicely and I was baking in the sun ..... Next day I decided to do the same at a light but it turned green so I was just starting to crawl thru the intersection like 10km/hr and SNAP it flew back ... I won't do that again ... It was a tad windier but still I'll wait til I'm at a complete stop to flip it back
..... Next day I decided to do the same at a light but it turned green so I was just starting to crawl thru the intersection like 10km/hr and SNAP it flew back ... I won't do that again ... It was a tad windier but still I'll wait til I'm at a complete stop to flip it backLol I bet that was loud. That header has hit my rear cage a few times and scared the crap out of my wife but never while moving.
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25mph is the ideal speed for a 2dr top being folded back. I've gone as high as 40. Keep in mind though that doing this is an awesome way to tear and destroy your top. I've got a friend who accidentally had it happen and his top was destroyed after coming undone at speed.