Thanks GreytSilly! That's awesome. I've found one in Michigan which is a 3 1/2 hr drive one way but I might just do it.

I can get my top up and down quickly as well but I'm not allowed to leave it open in my work parking lot and I hate playing with the cloverpatch in the parking lot...

 

Hey Gypsy, hope the information helped. Good luck on the top in Michigan. I drove a couple hours each way to pick mine up. I can get my top down in a couple minutes too, it's putting all the windows back in that takes time. When I just want to run into town quick, I can just pop open the Sunrider now. Biggest bummer of the day was that it rained all day so I didn't get to do the install. I guess I have a Rainrider top on at the moment still.

 

she decided not to sell it and "keep it for a while". Arggghhh. I guess it is just not meant to be.

 

Hang in there, I looked for over a year before finally finding one.

 

LOL, now she's going to sell it to me again. She can't decide.

 

She must have a hard top on her Jeep. Just work on her, you know, "Oh the hardtops are so easy to take the panels out of, why would you want to fool with a soft top?" Maybe you can persuade her to part with the Sunrider. It's nice out here today, I'm going to try and get mine installed. I'll post some more pics when I get it done. Good luck with the purchase attempt.

 

As is mentioned elsewhere on the thread it's the windows that seem to add the most amount of time. Plus I'm short and have trouble grabbing the bow high enough to pull down both sides at the same time from outside the vehicle. I can do it no problem if I do it from the inside, but it makes it more cumbersome. For me the sunrider avoids all of that with little downside to me except for my son who loves having the backseat completely open.

Given the utility I get from it I would order it as an option or buy it aftermarket. But I agree I wouldn't be paying much over $500-600 for it.

Regards, Tim

 

But dont you have to at least take the back window out to use the sunrider at any speeds over a certain khp? for me the back window is the biggest PIA. I am 6'1 though so doing the softop alone isnt much of a problem.

 

I bought my Rubi used so the back window came pre-scratched. As a result I use the loops and roll it up. The complaint with the elastic loops is that they stretch and rolling the window scratches the glass. I haven't noticed either, but my back window was far from pristine.

Others have suggested unzipping it all the way to the right and letting it drop into the back. The only issue I've heard about doing is that is that at highway speeds folks have had it get sucked out. But I'm not sure if that was 4dr v 2dr and with or w/o doors. I haven't tried that approach yet, but may give it a shot. If you do that you don't have to fiddle with the lift gate bar and removing the window from it.

Regards, Tim

 

When I bought my JK the Sunrider was a $250 option. I got this one brand new still in boxes for $375 so I have an extra $125 invested. If I run the Sunrider in the summer months and my standard top in the winter months, I think I've made a good investment as I won't have to replace a top for many years due to weathering and wear. Got the top on tonight but it needs a day in the sun to get stretched out good. I don't dare open the Sunrider part up until it stretches some, it took my wife and I both together to get the sail panels hooked and the header latched. Actually, for the differnces I see in the two tops, I don't understand why Jeep doesn't just put the Sunrider on them all and have it done with. The only difference I see is a latch on the door surround and a flange and hinge on the front side bows. Everything else looks the same, even the canvas top looks the same.