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You're welcome friend. As I said it's not overly difficult to install - the instructions are concise and it's just Part A goes here Part B goes there. But if you'd rather not bother and the $149 doesn't hurt the Bestop installation is a good alternative. There's all sorts of folks out there...

My experience: I bought the square-back twill top directly from Bestop In May and hit the "Buy It Installed" button. I installed a soft top years ago on my old TJ and it wasn't bad if I remember correctly - time consuming, but not incredibly difficult, but of course I was a younger man then :)...

'06 Rubicon. Drivers and passengers the same.

No, never. I do the easy stuff myself and save the rest for my regular Jeep shop.

Out of the blue I got a safety recall yesterday from Mopar for the clutch interlock switch on my '06 TJ. Being a natural skeptic I am naturally skeptical. The recall is not in the form of a letter in an envelope like we've gotten in the past from Ford, Honda, Jayco, etc. Instead it's one of...

Toyo Open Country is what I have. Stick like glue on the road, great up in the woods here in the Northeast. Little buzzy but not louder than the regular TJ noise.

Than\\k you Friend

I have a set of end caps for the stock bumper coming and when I get them I'm going to pull off the milk jugs, which will give me easier access to the fog lights. One of mine has a cataract so I'll be doing like you - separating the lens from the reflector housing. If all goes well I'm going to...

Had to be 40 years ago I was going up Cresson Mountain (painfully slowly) in western Pennsylvania in my first '69 beetle. A tractor trailer was coming down the hill toward me and hit a deer just as we were about to pass. The deer shattered all over the front of the beetle, thankfully not...

We're out here deep in the rurals and the first day of buck last year, which is the day after Thanksgiving, I was walking my dog up the driveway in the early morning and there was an 8 point dead off to the side. Apparently someone hit it and it made it this far and dropped, so I got an 8 point...

Finally called Bestop again yesterday and got a different customer service person. We got the whole thing straightened out in 10 minutes. He says the knuckle is the same on the TJ and JK but they don't recommend installing it because of the possibility of under/over torquing the little retainer...

That's the broken part. I have no idea what happened (I don't have the sleeve) but I noticed it last week. I called Bestop Wednesday, the girl couldn't picture the part I was describing so she sent me her email address and I took some pictures and sent them to her. I followed up Thursday, and...

I'll tell you my Friend, I have the same top and it's fantastic. BUT, trying to close the top from full-on convertible is a huge pain in the ass because the sunrider flops all around making guiding the windshield header over the roll cage almost a two-man job. Any suggestions you might have if...

Bestop sunrider has a hinge where it opens. That hinge is apparently called a pivot knuckle and a search shows some chatter on JK forums about the part failing. Well I have a 2006 TJ and can't find a replacement specifically for my old girl, and Bestop customer service is just not getting back...

Just my two cents, or pence, or whatever. The first time I drove a TJ back in 1999 the handling was...unusual. It tracked just fine but I knew I would have to pay attention out there (it was brand spanking new btw). Fast forward to now, my current TJ is also bone stock and I know what to...

Having had four tops so far - the Jeep I have now came with a hardtop which I replaced with the twill top, and the 2000 Sport I had way back when came with the factory spice top that eventually wore out and I put on a black diamond replace-a-top. The hardtop is by far the quietest of the four...

Not necessarily fear of doing repairs. What's the worst that can happen? You screw something up and end up having to take it to the shop? That's not a big deal. I would guess most of us on here have another vehicle. I take the TJ twice a year to a Jeep-only shop that's over two hours from me...

I'm with you man. I used to do what I could, basically all the OP listed, but I've gotten to the point where the sweat, aggravation, and busted knuckles are just not worth a couple hundred dollars. I am old now, I can afford to pay the guy who does it for a living. Figure I'm contributing to the...

I just went down the Bestop twill road. Thing is tight as a drum - makes getting the spring-loaded pins for the sun roof into their brackets a real struggle when putting the top up. However, I drove 5 hours to Ocean City yesterday with the top up because it's just so hot here right now and the...

I bought a Bestop Supertop NX squareback about two weeks ago directly from Bestop and it's finally installed. When placing the order I saw the option to buy the top installed. Now I'm not an idiot but I am alone out here in the middle of nowhere, and on top of that I'm not a spring chicken...