Soft top, rear window

Sairys · 08-07-2007, 03:32 PM

Just recently traded in my 96 Cherokee for an 05 TJ. As soon as I got back up north I dropped the hard top and am now running the soft. Issue is that the rear window sags a bit past the tailgate. How have you guys fixed this to keep the rain from flooding your "storage space"?

Ozarkwoods · 08-07-2007, 03:58 PM

Is it just the window or are your corner sails drooping also? Could be a frame issue. I have not heard of a window stretching that much that it sags. I would be looking at the soft top frame, the zipper. If all else checks out falling short of getting another rear window nothing.

BlueTeeJay · 08-07-2007, 03:58 PM

Have you got the metal piece that slides in along the bottom of the window and clicks in? It sounds like you may be missing something.

Rossta · 08-07-2007, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueTeeJay

Have you got the metal piece that slides in along the bottom of the window and clicks in? It sounds like you may be missing something.

Sounds like it. If every thing's in place, the rear window should be pretty tight, and no water should be leaking in.

Sairys · 08-08-2007, 10:21 AM

Hmm... just seems like the bottom of the window isn't catch on anything, so it dips a notch. I probably am missing something. ANyone got a picture of how it should look?

HowIRoll · 08-08-2007, 10:50 AM

When you took the hard top off did you install the small 6" long brackets on each side of the tail gate. The look like kind of like this [ .

the rear window should have a rail on the bottom that slides into to those c looking brackets and then when you shut the tailgate it holds that rail in and seals it up. I know with my TJ you have to take those brackets off when you put the hard top on and I always forget about them when I install the softtop.

You can see the bracket on the back of this jeep on the right side, above the tail light (the black bracket)

fish4life · 08-08-2007, 11:53 AM

yup somethin's wrong .... my soft top is 10 years old and no sagging whatsoever. The only issue i have is scratches and stuck zippers every now and then... no sags.

**Steelman** · 08-08-2007, 11:58 AM

Sounds like you are missing this ---> http://www.jeepsareus.com/Merchant2/...Code=Wrangler6

HowIRoll · 08-08-2007, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Steelman

Sounds like you are missing this ---> http://www.jeepsareus.com/Merchant2/...Code=Wrangler6

Well said. Agreed.

Sairys · 08-08-2007, 03:21 PM

The top was already installed, and the bracket is on there. I was wondering what it was for. I'll have to look around, maybe I just didn't see that piece when I unloaded the windows from the box. I'll call around.

BlueFlame · 08-09-2007, 01:38 PM

and, the plastic windows dont' usually stretch, they usually shrink. then crack...

Rossta · 08-09-2007, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueFlame

and, the plastic windows dont' usually stretch, they usually shrink. then crack...

They crack very easy when it's cold, as I'm sure most people know. Mine's got plenty of duck tape on it. Makes my Jeep look all ghetto.