Friday, January 15, 2010

How to remove the soft Top of a Jeep

Step 1: Remove the zippers for the windows on either side in the back. Also remove the zipper from the truck. Now that is easy.
Step 2: Look above the driver seat and passenger seat for a clip. It will be above the shade. Unclick them to free the top from the front.
Step 3: Now this is the hard part. You have to the remove the remaining soft top which is attached by tension to the Jeep's body. The soft top is attached via a runner along the middle of either side of the Jeep's body - all the way from the trunk to the front seat. This is really hard to find because it doesn't look like this can be removed. Apply pressure and pull the top down. Try to pull off the top's end out of the runner in the Jeep's body along the side. This requires some strength and patience (especially the first time when you don't know if you are doing the right thing because it feels like you are tearing it apart!)
Step 4: The soft top is also attached to the top part of the windows on the driver and passenger seat. Apply pressure and pull it from the top (similar to step 3).
Step 5: If you did Step 3 and 4 successfully, the top will be loose and not attached to the jeep's body. Now push the iron rod that runs from the upper middle of the Jeep to the trunk, towards the trunk. It will completely fold behing the back seat and will take the loosened soft top with it.
There you go. You have the soft top off.

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