Kyle09Rubi
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Heads-up to Trektop NX owners (with pictures)
I did a quick search to see if this topic had previously been discussed but couldn't find anything. Over the past few weeks, I've noticed the header bar on my Trektop NX would no longer form a tight, uniform seal against the frame of my windshield resulting in a substantial amount of wind noise and some flapping during heavy cross winds. I took the header bar off the side bows and found that several of the molded screw holes in the plastic portion of the header bar had broken off or stripped beyond reasonable repair. I asked Eric over at Offroad Elements to source me just the header bar and he was told by his Bestop rep that they only sell the header bar as an assembly with the fabric top as replacing the header bar is apparently very hard to replace by itself and the price was in the neighborhood of $350. I called up the customer service line at Bestop and, after pressing the issue, the technician was able to cross-reference the part in the system and locate the part number 55013-01 as the identical one used in the Trektops. I received/installed the new header bar yesterday and found that it is in fact a direct replacement and has cured all wind noise issues apparent with the old bar. The install wasn't exactly easy but with patience I was able to get it done myself while standing on the rear tires of my jeep. The new header bar was only $80 and I now have a nice tight fit and quite ride again. Hope this helps :thumb:
EDIT
This link is what Bestop includes as the installation instructions for the header bar. While I did not follow these steps, I'm sure they would net the same result. I see their steps as slightly harder to perform both by yourself and with the Trektop still attached to the vehicle. If any of you are wanting to tackle this yourself and find the instructions in the link difficult, let me know. I would like to avoid having to remove my header bar again but I have the old pieces that I could try to use as an example for the steps I used.
http://www.quadratec.com/Assets/Installation/145767.pdf
I did a quick search to see if this topic had previously been discussed but couldn't find anything. Over the past few weeks, I've noticed the header bar on my Trektop NX would no longer form a tight, uniform seal against the frame of my windshield resulting in a substantial amount of wind noise and some flapping during heavy cross winds. I took the header bar off the side bows and found that several of the molded screw holes in the plastic portion of the header bar had broken off or stripped beyond reasonable repair. I asked Eric over at Offroad Elements to source me just the header bar and he was told by his Bestop rep that they only sell the header bar as an assembly with the fabric top as replacing the header bar is apparently very hard to replace by itself and the price was in the neighborhood of $350. I called up the customer service line at Bestop and, after pressing the issue, the technician was able to cross-reference the part in the system and locate the part number 55013-01 as the identical one used in the Trektops. I received/installed the new header bar yesterday and found that it is in fact a direct replacement and has cured all wind noise issues apparent with the old bar. The install wasn't exactly easy but with patience I was able to get it done myself while standing on the rear tires of my jeep. The new header bar was only $80 and I now have a nice tight fit and quite ride again. Hope this helps :thumb:
EDIT
This link is what Bestop includes as the installation instructions for the header bar. While I did not follow these steps, I'm sure they would net the same result. I see their steps as slightly harder to perform both by yourself and with the Trektop still attached to the vehicle. If any of you are wanting to tackle this yourself and find the instructions in the link difficult, let me know. I would like to avoid having to remove my header bar again but I have the old pieces that I could try to use as an example for the steps I used.
http://www.quadratec.com/Assets/Installation/145767.pdf
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