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What Windshield header is this?

tJKrider

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I've been contemplating getting a soft top although the jury is still out. 😂

I'll probably pick up a used one and try it out to see if it's to my liking or not. Many for sale locally don't include the rollbar brackets and/or door surrounds. One popped up with worn out fabric that I grabbed mainly to get the aforementioned components. For $25 I couldn't resist.

Question is about the windshield header... This one is mounted on top of the fabric and it looks like the fabric was replaced at some point - best I can tell its a Bestop Supertop w/ replacement Quadratec fabric. I haven't seen any like this before - can anyone shed some light for me?

Top front (outside):
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Bottom front (inside)

PXL_20250711_172824531.jpg


Trying to learn and understand if I can get a replacement top for this framework or not...

Thanks!
 
After staring at this a bit longer I'm thinking whoever replaced the top did so incorrectly... The header has the Bestop insignia stamped into it so I don't think there is anything weird going on there.
 
Took it apart and indeed, the PO installed the header totally wrong. I took the opportunity to install it the right way just to learn how to do it, even though that fabric is trashed even more than I thought. It has ~27 screw holes in the front from the incorrect install.

So that's good though, I figured out the header is pretty standard and I think I can utilize the entire frame if I choose to just replace the fabric.
 
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