I found a hardtop online and would meet the person to buy it and I need to know the dimensions for it to fit in the back of another car or if i need to get a buddies truck.
Hardtop dimensions for transporting in the back of vehicle
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If not installing it directly on a jeep, a trailer is definitely your best bet to safely fit and secure a hardtop. I don't know of any car or suv the hardtop will actually fit inside of. On most trucks, I don't believe the top will fit between the wheel wells in the bed to sit flat, but i could be wrong on that. Just measure the width of the jeep tub, length from top of windshield frame to rear of tub, and the height from the top of the tub rail to the top of the windshield frame for a rough set of dimensions.
Load your Jeep onto a trailer and take it to where the top is. Unload the Jeep and install the top. That’s what I did.
Fun factoid. It is made to fit your Jeep, so if you measure the rails it sits on on the tub you can also get it's dimensions!!
This is going to sound really stupid, but why don't you drive the jeep to where the top is, and just install the top onto the jeep and drive it home? If you have 6 bolts worth of hardware it will take all of 5 minutes to do the whole task.
Don't ask how I know, but you truthfully only need 3 bolts.
You might need even fewer, I don't have any data on that.
You might need even fewer, I don't have any data on that.
If you end up using a trailer, a TJ/LJ hard top will just barely fit on a 5-foot-wide trailer. Make sure you bring longer straps, and cardboard to protect the sides!
I bought one and picked it up in my truck, a Dodge with 6' 4" bed, and I was able to shut the gate. Turned sideways, the front of the top had to hang out over the side a little, but pretty much just a little more than the mirror.
You know, they make trucks for stuff like that.
Maybe this is a little more appropriate for your area. I wouldn't want you to stand out too much. 
I didn't even think about turning it sideways. Whatever works though!
KennethS
TJ Expert
You know, they make trucks for stuff like that.
I brought many an oversized item home from Lowes / Home Depot in the back seat of my convertible with the top down. Use what you have at the time.
Even more truthifully
, you can do zero bolts if you take side roads and don't drive like an idiot.Similar threads
