LookinIg at the TJ Spiderweb shade, it doesn't look like it covers the back seat. Is that the case? If so, what other options are there for increased coverage, like maybe the LJ version?
Spiderweb shade coverage
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Doesn't matter. If you want some shade, get something that makes shade. You don't make umbrellas out of screen, you don't put screen doors on submarines and you don't put something that isn't good at making shade over the top of your rig. That screen cloth is good for one fucking thing only, throwing over shit you're hauling to the dump.
I use a spider shade and love it, it really helps out on those sunny days. And their quality seems better than some of the cheaper ones I have seen. the fact you can put your soft top up and leave the mesh in place Is also a plus.
I have the LJ version (was only $30 on amazon a few weeks ago) and it goes down to about 2-3" above the top of my back seat. You can still see through it no problem. It's perfect if you expect to have people in your back seat, unless you live in some weird dimension where the sun is never behind you.
Christian Y.
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I have a spiderweb shade... When I take the hardtop off I'm more than likely running the Bestop bikini top. The spiderweb shade one helps cut some of the sun out, but it's less than ideal. Also being 6'6 the SW Shade sits too low and my head is constantly pushing the material up.
To answer the original question though I have this and it provides coverage for the rear. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXSS8KV/?tag=wranglerorg-20
To answer the original question though I have this and it provides coverage for the rear. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXSS8KV/?tag=wranglerorg-20
Never crossed my mind that the spiderweb shade was intended to provide total blockage ‘shade’, if that’s what you’re looking for then a solid bikini top will work, or leave your top up… I run that spiderweb 9 months out of the year & gives me the perfect balance of cutting the searing direct sunlight while maintaining the top down feel, I can look up & see the sky & whatever else is above. Call it a half measure if you want, sometimes that’s the perfect fit, there is a huge difference in feel between a mesh & a solid material, the latter giving a far more confining feel, one that hits me like a brick every November when I drag my top back up. I’m not in the desert southwest though, and neither are you, so that’s a factor.
And it does cover the back seat, at least from direct overhead sun, if you’re looking to cover the back between the end of the horizontal roll bar & the gate then it won’t cover that, not sure if the LJ version would.
I was not crazy about my Trektop NX, except for one thing. It converted to a really nice safari top when the windows were removed.
OP
I generally leave the top up on the LJ, with windows out, for 8 months out of the year. I have never taken the top down, except to put the hard top on. For the TJ, pulling the top down is much easier, so I'll likely do that. If possible, I'd like to leave the secondary cover on under the factory top. This was a primary reason I was looking at the Spiderweb shade.
OP
The Safari top is more my style, but I'm not a fan of the slanted back.
I have run a webshade under my tops year round, both hard and soft. Usually run the Trektop NX with no windows so safari mode and if we open up the sunrider the webshade helps to keep my bald head from burning.
It's the arm that rests on the door that gets fried.
Agree with @Westtown Willy ; I find the spiderwebshade blocks enough of the high-altitude UV to keep me from roasting, but preserves most of the open-air feel. It’s also super easy to fold back for total exposure when on a shady trail.
IMO, it’s a simple, low-cost way to keep the top down more of the time without sunburn.
IMO, it’s a simple, low-cost way to keep the top down more of the time without sunburn.
BoldlyGoing
TJ Addict
I’ve run mine this way too, mostly just because I don’t like direct sun. There’s just enough shade with how light diffuses through that material to be more comfortable that without it.
I had little experience with them on a rig until we got to take one for a test drive. My helper and I looked at each other with the "who thinks this is a good idea?" expression as soon as we pulled out into the sun. Yet another of those products whose popularity fully escapes me.
Diffusion happens when light is scattered. The light going through the holes in the screen isn't doing that. There is just slightly less of it but scattered isn't happening at all.
Does the Spiderweb shade stop 100% of anything coming down from above? No. If that's the goal maybe an armored top would help.
I did buy one that covers the front and rear of my wife's JK. I bought it because it's Made in the USA and based on the quality of the product I received I want one for my TJ. It's always installed under her hard top.
Kinda strange ending to this story: The wife doesn't want her whole hard top to be removed, just the freedom panels. Unfortunately the Spiderweb shade moves around just enough to make putting the giant freedom panel bolts back in more of a PIA than usual. My answer to that is getting her the short version and putting her longer Spiderweb shade on my TJ. From what I've measured it should work and I have no hard top to deal with.
I did buy one that covers the front and rear of my wife's JK. I bought it because it's Made in the USA and based on the quality of the product I received I want one for my TJ. It's always installed under her hard top.
Kinda strange ending to this story: The wife doesn't want her whole hard top to be removed, just the freedom panels. Unfortunately the Spiderweb shade moves around just enough to make putting the giant freedom panel bolts back in more of a PIA than usual. My answer to that is getting her the short version and putting her longer Spiderweb shade on my TJ. From what I've measured it should work and I have no hard top to deal with.
jesseshoots
TJ Enthusiast
I tuck the corners of the top up between the roll bar and the top and secure them around the bar with a bungee ball. Sorry for the low-res pics but it gets the point across.
