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Bestop Sailcloth Soft Top #672721 12/01/05 11:39 PM
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 25
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magsnubby Offline OP
Getting the Wheeling Fever
Any one have any expereience with these tops?. I'm in the market for a replacement top for my YJ.

Re: Bestop Sailcloth Soft Top [Re: magsnubby] #672722 12/02/05 12:08 AM
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 616
tomriddle Offline
Rock Warrior
i don't have one yet but i have heard good things about them. sad to say that i'm looking forward to replacing mine so i can have one too.


94 yj 456gears, detroit locker and 30 spline axles out back, 33" bfgs
Re: Bestop Sailcloth Soft Top [Re: tomriddle] #672723 03/02/06 06:53 AM
Anonymous
Unregistered
I had one on my 91 YJ. Great piece of gear. Much quieter than the stock top, and much easier to put on/take off.

Re: Bestop Sailcloth Soft Top #672724 03/02/06 08:55 AM
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Fred Blackstone Offline
Body Damage is Cool
I'm beginning to think that the sailcloth soft top is mostly hype! I have the sailcloth top on the '05 LJ (it was OEM) and the have the pre-sailcloth top (also a Bestop)on the '98 TJ. I really find neither to be as quiet as the hard top, and I find the sailcloth just as noisy as the pre-sailcloth Bestop. I've never check it with a meter, but just casually, it seems the same.
I've found the pre-sailcloth top to have better waterproofing. I had about a foot of snow on both Jeeps, the snow melted and pooled between the windsheild and the 1st bow. Both Jeeps set for several days, but it was the new sailcloth top that allowed water to seep through; not the pre-sailcloth top.
The noise appears to be mostly due to the fabric flapping between the windshield and the 1st bow. I've seen a new product that allows for an additional bow to be mounted between the windshield and the 1st bow to eliminate this fabric from flapping. Has anybody tried this Yet?
I've also noticed that all Bestop's softtops do not fit well on the passengerside rear window where the rightside tail inserts into the body rail. It seems to be about a 1/2" or more longer than the rear window leftside tail. The rightside rear window tail always works itself out of the body rail. I have this problem on all three Bestops I have on my three Wranglers, I have the Supertop on the 94 YJ. I suspect that the problem is with their jig --- it's never been updated at their factory. But this is a minor problem.


94 YJ, SOA, 2-1/2 Alcans, ARB-front, Detroit-Rear, 4.56:1 gears, Oasis Trailhead compressor, 4:1 Terra Lo, 37x12.50x15 SSR's, 8000 lb Ramsey, & etc.

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