Installation of the rag top is straight forward, it's a pre-engineered, pretty much pre-assembled kit.

Basically, map out your cuts, get a right angle grinder with a .045 cutting wheel attached.......and go for it. I had no intention of retaining my headliner, so I left it it place while cutting, this way it caught all the sparks & mess while cutting.



From there, basically drop it in, drill some 1/8" bolt holes, seal it, bolt it down and gooooooo!



................Now you're ready to crank up some tunes & roll!.................

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Very nice!

I'm wondering how well that top will keep its seal, though.

 

It's an 'over-lap' seal, you'd have to spray water under it, then theres a channel that traps water........eventually you'd get wet I suppose.....

I also cheated & bought a replacement canvas at the same time, if I get a rip, I can replace without hassle or waiting.

 

nice thread man. i will def keep watchin

 

Man I love this thread! I still cant get over the rag top idea. I will definitely be doing this in the near future!

 

I love this XJ, and your parts think i need to place an order soon for some stuff from you

 

nice.

 

oh so nice

 

Sick XJ! Your front end is bada**! This is the most entertaining thread ever! I will be following this one.

 

Rage......in the cage....

So roll cages are in alot of Cherokee's now a days, I'm going to hit on some high lights of mine and try not to over do it.........

The first thing I wanted to engineer, before any tube was even cut.....was entry room and knee room........I mean without knee room, forget about this ever happening.................


With that in mind, instead of the A pillar tube going 'around' the dash, or thru the dash, I used bar stock and went along side the dash, similiar to what Poison Spider offered for their TJ cages, material is 1/4" thick.....

Top which would accept tubing:


Side:




The 1/4" material allows the door to shut normally, with the door shut, the steel is sandwiched between the dash and the door

Finished:




Once the initial parts were fabricated, I moved on to the overhead portion of the cage..

Progress:


The top portion of the cage was fitted to the roof line, at the same time it was fitted to the A pillar supports, removed, fully welded, and reinstalled. From there I worked downward at the B, C, & D pillar areas.........tube was also added horizontally down along the inside rocker panel area.



More to come, but at this point I was feeling pretty good about it and considering a new product line........

 

Love the cage around the dash. Where can I browse your catalog?

 

Just click on my signature, check out the facebook page as well, lots of pics!

 

great thread, diggin the great humor and the concept is damn sweet

 

 

SICK!