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Unread 03-26-2004, 12:44 PM   #1
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Soft top sunroof
My wife saw a Wrangler yesterday with the first section of the soft top folded back like a sunroof. I told her I thought this was a specialty aftermarket product. She is convinced she can somehow gerry rig her OEM top to do the same. I don't think so. How can I talk her out of this?

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Unread 03-26-2004, 12:55 PM   #2
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My wife saw a Wrangler yesterday with the first section of the soft top folded back like a sunroof. I told her I thought this was a specialty aftermarket product. She is convinced she can somehow gerry rig her OEM top to do the same. I don't think so. How can I talk her out of this?
No you can't different top frames
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Unread 03-26-2004, 01:04 PM   #3
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What she saw was an after market soft top from Best Top.

You can check it out at Quadratec.com
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Unread 03-26-2004, 01:05 PM   #4
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Why would you want to? I've seen those in catalogues and don't see the point. If it's nice enough to have the roof open then why not spend the 5 min. taking the top down?

Just my opinion...
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Unread 03-26-2004, 01:10 PM   #5
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Why would you want to? I've seen those in catalogues and don't see the point. If it's nice enough to have the roof open then why not spend the 5 min. taking the top down?

Just my opinion...
You're either not serious or not married. FINGERNAILS dude! All that pulling and stretching and zipping just for a little sun in her face...her fingernails would never survive.
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Unread 03-26-2004, 01:10 PM   #6
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Hey You can build one. Try this:

http://www.stu-offroad.com/otherwrit.../sunroof-1.htm
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Unread 03-26-2004, 01:12 PM   #7
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You're either not serious or not married. FINGERNAILS dude! All that pulling and stretching and zipping just for a little sun in her face...her fingernails would never survive.

Am married and should have thought of that!

Good thing my wife drives a car with a sunroof.
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Unread 03-27-2004, 12:55 AM   #8
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I've got one of the Bestop sunrider tops, and its really a hastle when you want the whole top down. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for a set of pins on the door frames that hold the non-folded part in place. The darn things get stuck and I'm stuck not being able to put the top down until I get home and get the vice grips out. But the jeeps last owner threw it in. (never out of the box when I bought the jeep, because the stock top had a huge tear in it)
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Unread 03-27-2004, 01:12 AM   #9
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I just hope that people are smarter at taking their soft tops down than the salesmen at the dealership I work at. As I walked from one building to another (mostly to look at the new Unlimited again) I counted 6 trying to get it down. As I left to go back, they were up to nine. Simply sad. Even worse when you consider I rely on them selling cars to keep my butt in a job.........
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Unread 03-27-2004, 06:56 AM   #10
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I just hope that people are smarter at taking their soft tops down than the salesmen at the dealership I work at. As I walked from one building to another (mostly to look at the new Unlimited again) I counted 6 trying to get it down. As I left to go back, they were up to nine. Simply sad. Even worse when you consider I rely on them selling cars to keep my butt in a job.........
LOL...thats the way the salesman was when I bought my jeep....he finally got it down but he put it down "wrong", ya i didnt think that was possible either. So for months I was literally fighting this thing...then I read the manual and get it the top up and down in like less then 2 minutes, i think it easy now cuz i've been doing it the hard way for so long....
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Unread 03-27-2004, 10:02 AM   #11
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I just hope that people are smarter at taking their soft tops down than the salesmen at the dealership I work at. As I walked from one building to another (mostly to look at the new Unlimited again) I counted 6 trying to get it down. As I left to go back, they were up to nine. Simply sad. Even worse when you consider I rely on them selling cars to keep my butt in a job.........

This cracked me up as I thought of the salesman that tried to put my top down the first time. He started putting it down with all the windows still intact. Luckily I had the good sense to realize that's probably not how it works!

I got the manual out of the glove box and took over for the poor guy.
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Unread 03-27-2004, 10:41 AM   #12
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I was under the impression that the Unlimmited would be shipping with this kind of top.


Add split-rings (like on your keys) to the zippers on your soft-top and your wife will keep her nails much longer.
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