need some soft top measurements please.

[tallhoedude]

i got me a really nice used soft top for mine.
could someone please take a few pics or measurements
of where the bars are mounted to the floor??

thanks

[fun in dirt]

Not sure what measurements your talking about...do you mean the where the braces go on the bed sides...What brand is yours?

[tallhoedude]

sorry,not enough info.

not sure of the brand,possibly not one???

im looking for where the bottom of the bars mount?
is it on the bedfloor,wheel tub,or bedside?

and looking for measurements like distance from frt or rr of bed floor
so i can have a decent starting point to make mine work.

thanks

[Burt4x4]

Check the back window for a label, Kayline & Specialty Top (STC) put labels on the back window.
If it is an all snap top probly Kayline or Besttop...?

I have had Kayline & now I have STC "fasttrack"

What hardware came with the top?
You should have snaprails & support bars, both bolt to the top of the bed/tub. There is a bracket the support bars bolt to after you bolt it to the bed. The snaprail has a cut out were the bracket mounts....I'm at work so no access to mesurements of what I have...get some pics

[bouncytruck]

I have PDFs of install instructions for STC Fastrack and Bestop. PM me your email address and I'll send them to you.

I've never had a soft top that had anything mounting to the floor.

[Otsa580]

My softtop is a Kayline. These are about all the pictures I have. I took them so I remember how to reinstall it.

My top has snaps screwed into the windshield frame and a rail that mounts onto the bedsides. No braces on the floor or anywhere else.

[tallhoedude]

mine has no tags anywhere on it.might be homemade???

i got it from a fellow board member who got it insame condition.
got it for a VERY fair price.
top material is in excellent condition and with my fab skills i figure i can
make whatever parts i need.
ill get it out this weekend and take pics of all pieces.

i got a long piece that goes across top of windshield frame to hold front.

i got 2 support bar assys.one is just a single bar,the other is a 2 bar design.

and thats it.so i know i need a rail with snaps that attaches to the top of the bedrail or to just mount screws to the bedside and gate.other than that,not sure what i need.ill be back on monday with pics.

[fun in dirt]

Here is a close up pic of the material type on my BestTop, maybe that will help you determine your brand.
I have some extra parts & pieces (rail that mounts to bed, bracket from bows to rail, & door window frame) for a BestTop if you figure out that's the brand you have.

[tallhoedude]

thanks,ill look closer and get some pics this weekend.gonna try and get it out on the truck and see how it fits.
i may want to talk to you about the rails that bolt to the bed,know i dont have those,but not sure snaps are the same sizes from brand to brand.
i have the brackets that bolt the bars to the bed.
thanks

[Burt4x4]

A long peice of alum angle iron would work for your bed rail snaps:
I zoomed in so you can see my snap rail for the Kayline top I use to have

Sorry it's so big but....

[tallhoedude]

thanks for all the input so far.
i will have pics to put up monday.

[tallhoedude]

Ok here the pics:

heres 4 hold downs:

[tallhoedude]

heres the bars.
one single bar and one double bar:

[tallhoedude]

the piece across the windshield:

[tallhoedude]

heres the top.
snaps are 8" apart all the way around.

[tallhoedude]

top and window channel areas:

[Burt4x4]

Thoes parts look nothing like what I have had? So either Bestop or custom built is my guess..
Thoes bolt on loops could be for the tailgate to pull or sinch the top nice and snug to prevent hwy flapping? I had two of them with sinchstraps looping around the rear bar back to the tailgate.

[Gary 70 Jimmy]

Not a bestop the bars dont look like mine I dont think bestop made one with the piece for the windshield frame.

[fun in dirt]

Originally Posted by Gary 70 Jimmy

Not a bestop the bars dont look like mine I dont think bestop made one with the piece for the windshield frame.

I agree.

Good thing is looks like you have the parts that would be the most time consuming to duplicate! Like Burt4x4 said the side rails are just aluminum angle. And you can get a package of snaps from Lowes pretty cheap; all the ones I've seen are the same size too.
So make you side rails up & bolt them to the truck, then snap your top on. Then you can set your bows inside to see where they can best be placed along the rail to make the top stand tight before making an attachment for them to the rail. The only true fab stuff will be for around your door windows. We all know that fitment originally sucked around a hard top so almost anything will be good enough; just something to keep the wind flapping down.
There's a phrase me & my husband always use to remember this is not for a show truck when trying to get something to work on our 4x4s: It's only a mud truck!

[tallhoedude]

great,thanks for the input guys.

it doesnt really need to be super tight fit,not like im gonna be driving on the highway at 55mph plus.
hell right now top speed is 40mph!

once we get some warmer days ill get it drug out and on the blazer and get some more pics.
thanks again