Quote:
Originally Posted by tucsonbroker
The top is installed and it looks great!
Install was not an hour as they say, but I think most of the delay was because the previous owner of my truck had changed up the hole pattern for the hard top. When I looked underneath the lip, there are oval patterns that match the supplied aluminum rail. That said, here is the relevant info about this soft top.
The good:
1. Aluminum poles are high quality and click together easily.
2. Top is nice and well constructed.
3. When installed, the entire thing is tight and there is no sagging.
4. Everything is adjustable, lots of straps and options.
5. Extra snaps for the front. I ended up needing them for the ones I broke.
The bad:
1. Their instructions are terrible. A big box of parts and 2 pages of poorly done pictures don't help. To make matters worse, I ordered the optional header bar and there were no instructions for that piece. More on that later.
2. They claim to supply a drillbit. None in the kit. Fortunately I had a #30.
3. Bolts supplied to attach the aluminum rail do not come with nuts or bottom washers. I guess they assume most people have a single walled top. Not me, but fortunately I had some spare 1/4" 20 nuts in my shop.
4. The web site says the windows are lightly tinted. They are clear.
5. There are 3, count them, **3** soft topper logo's on the top. One on each side and 1 on the back. Last I checked they don't pay me any advertising. I also have the same issue with car dealers that put their logo's on new cars. Just a peeve of mine.
6. The optional header bar is a thin piece of aluminum. The premise is that only 5 actual holes need to go into the blazer. A good idea in theory, but the aluminum doesn't bend quite enough on the edges and the one end snap doesn't seem to want to hold it to the window frame tight enough. The snaps supplied that go into the blazer are not long enough and I didn't feel confident that they grabbed enough metal. So I used the bar as a template and just drilled all of the holes into the blazer then tossed the thing. One other thing, when the header bar is installed, the snaps that do not go into the blazer are too long. I guess they expect us to file them down or something. Very poor implementation if you ask me.
Overall: Fit, finish, and cost make this a worthwhile purchase. Just don't expect an hour install and don't expect the header bar to solve all your problems.
|
Maybe one of you guys that live close to the maker of this top, can print this post out and discuss these issues?