Okay a few of us have had problems with putting a soft top up and getting
it to go on easily. We of course have read Jeeps instructions and
it is really a pain doing it there way. I figured out an easier
way so I figured I would share it here with you and give you a couple
pointers of things to look out for if your top doesn't seem to be sitting
correctly. I'm going to only concern myself with getting the soft
top back up, but if someone wants me to show about putting it down, email
me and I'll put it in here.
| 1. First we need to put the top up. Making certain that the
front clips don't get folded between the top and the windshield frame. |
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| 2. Now we open the front latches all the way and clip them into the
holes in the windshield channel. We will not latch these down
yet. |
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| 3. Now insert the plastic edges into the door surrounds. If you
didn't put the door surrounds on now would not be the time to do it,
take the top back down and put them on. |
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Be careful you don't get the rear straps looped around the bar, they
should go straight back. |
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| 5. Also check to make certain that your plastic guides are sitting on
the rails, if one of them is off, you will get a lopsided soft top. |
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| 6. Now the 2003's came with this stupid strap that
they use to roll up the back window. Well if you've done that
already, you know it now hangs right in the middle of your rear view
mirror. To fix this, just simply loop the strap up and over the bar. |
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| 7. Now, pull down on the back corners and insert them into the body
edge. These of course can be hard to do, one trick is to reach
up grab the back bow and pull down with one hand and insert with the
other. |
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| 8. Now that you have your rear corners in, go back and latch down your
front latches. This makes it much simpler. |
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| 9. Now install your side or rear window, doesn't matter which one you
do first, I tend to do the side windows first. |
| 10. Side windows are fairly easy. Just hook the back section onto
the velcro and then insert the tip into the zipper and pull it closed. |
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| 11. Now clip the front plastic edge into the door surround. |
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| 12. Now insert the bottom plastic edge into the body edge. You may
need to adjust the position of the rear corner. |
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| 13. With both sides in you only have the back window to put in.
This I found fairly easy to do if you put the track in the holder
first. |
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| 14.
Then insert the zipper tip into both zippers. Now pull the top
zipper all the way around and you are done. You may need to
undo the one plastic piece from the edge of the back for easier access. |
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| 15. Don't forget to clip the plastic pieces into the holder in the back.
You may also need to do a little readjusting of the back pieces again. |
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Oh if you have half doors, you can install the uppers now, just stick
them in the holes on the door. |
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| 17. Now here is a quick idea about how do deal with your soft top windows.
I just used a pair of pants hangers to clip on to the edge of the
side window and hang it from a convenient hook in the garage.
You can do the same with the rear window if you take out the bar from
it or if you have to hooks fairly far apart, you can leave the bar
in. |
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