I have a 2008 Jk and want to replace my hardtop with a soft top for summer time driving. I normally just take the hardtop off and hang it in the garage for summer and drive my spare car for rainy days. Well, don’t have a spare car anymore, so I think I need to get a soft top. Any suggestions on top to buy and what is needed to do this. I suppose some kind of frame and top? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Replace hardtop with soft top
- Thread starter Diesel1968
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You didn't mention if yours is a 2dr or 4dr.
I looked into this for my 2dr and found that I needed a header bar for the top of the windshield, roll bar brackets, door surrounds, and tailgate bar. That being said, I found numerous relatively unused factory soft tops on Marketplace that included all of the above.
I started wondering why and found that the soft top "dropping" process isn't a quick process, relatively speaking. I decided I'll probably go with some form of soft half cab config for the Summer with a tonneau. Still undecided, though.
My situation is like your previous one in that I have another vehicle available, however...
Something like this. Mastertop offers a similar product:
https://www.quadratec.com/products/11180_423X_PG.htm
I did just what tJK said, I found a relatively new top on marketplace that included all brackets. Any small pieces that might need replacing can be purchased through quadratec…here is the 2 door break down for instance.
https://www.quadratec.com/jeep-replacement-parts/wrangler-jk/soft-top-hardware-parts-2-door
As far as installation goes, with a friend to help, I thought it was a simple and quick process. I have a hard top for winter use and swap to the soft as soon as weather permits
Good luck
https://www.quadratec.com/jeep-replacement-parts/wrangler-jk/soft-top-hardware-parts-2-door
As far as installation goes, with a friend to help, I thought it was a simple and quick process. I have a hard top for winter use and swap to the soft as soon as weather permits
Good luck
vaffanculo
JK Enthusiast
Go for it a soft top will make you love your jeep more then you already do...so yes there are Xtra parts needed a header rail , a tailgate bar ,and door surrounds .go on offer up ,craigslist etc. They are in abundance and most include all the parts needed I got mine for 125 bucks on offer up ...
