Trektop NX question
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OverlanderJK
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Just give it time. Let the sun stretch it. Don't rush it or you will rip/break your top.
Lane87
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Thanks! I've been hesitant to put too much muscle into it. Good thing I don't have anything to do today but work on the jeep. Is 10:43 too early for a beer?
Yup, what he said. Sun and time will soften things up and make it easier. It'll still be hard the first time around but, you won't have to break anything.
There is no such thing as "too early" when it comes to beer.
GCM 2
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What everyone else said....
My top was truly impossible to get heated up enough and stretched to get the latches to even come close to grabbing the footman loops on the windshield so I ended up doing this- Make sure the top has been sitting in the sun like everyone is saying, then start unscrewing the footloops so they will meet the header latches. Don't worry those screws are pretty long. Once there is enough slack for the footman loops and header latches to be gently linked together, slowly start tightening the footman loops back to the windshield. Alternate tightening evenly between driver and passenger side to spread the load with the header latches on the loops (but not clamped down in the locked position). Once the footman loops are tighened down completely, start slowly attaempting to lock down the top's header latches to the footman loops. Hope this helps! And be carefully with the rear windows when intially zipping everything in, especially the back center window as you can break the zippers if the top is still too tight.
My top was truly impossible to get heated up enough and stretched to get the latches to even come close to grabbing the footman loops on the windshield so I ended up doing this- Make sure the top has been sitting in the sun like everyone is saying, then start unscrewing the footloops so they will meet the header latches. Don't worry those screws are pretty long. Once there is enough slack for the footman loops and header latches to be gently linked together, slowly start tightening the footman loops back to the windshield. Alternate tightening evenly between driver and passenger side to spread the load with the header latches on the loops (but not clamped down in the locked position). Once the footman loops are tighened down completely, start slowly attaempting to lock down the top's header latches to the footman loops. Hope this helps! And be carefully with the rear windows when intially zipping everything in, especially the back center window as you can break the zippers if the top is still too tight.
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
He speaks from experience. I have seen his mistake. :cheesy:
Oh, I totally forgot, there is one other trick that I've used to speed things along. Still in the sun and while things are nice and warm, partly open up the sunrider so that it's kind of standing up, disconnect the arms one at a time and then position the ends just in front of the mounts. Slowly pull the top down and, you should find that you can latch your top without too much fuss. Leave it like this for a few days to allow things to stretch out and then, open up your sunrider, reconnect the arms into the mounts as they should be and you should be good to close it back up. :yup:
Lane87
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Trying that now. GCM2's tip was close but still need about another 1/2 inch to hook. The hooks were about 1/8 of an inch from touching the hoops.
Oh, doing it the way I described will work, guaranteed.
Lane87
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Success! Thanks so much for the help!
OverlanderJK
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At the risk of saying I told you so - I told you so :crazyeyes:
Well don't you just know it all.
OverlanderJK
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Did your factory soft top fit? Or did you not have one? Doesn't look like it will work together.
Lane87
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I only had a hard top.. Well shit..
OverlanderJK
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How is that mounted? You could take it off and sand it down or trim it to fit. The soft top has to go under the lip on the tub.