Converting a factory JK/JKU hardtop to modular
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Comanche Scott
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Looks really good! :beer:
If made with a quilted material, it would also reduce noise / provide a bit of insulation.
If made with a quilted material, it would also reduce noise / provide a bit of insulation.
jscherb
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Thanks! The shade is just a quick prototype, I don't know if they would be an option when/if the skylights get into production, but if they are the company selling them could choose whatever fabric they thought best. Insulated/quilted is a good idea, I'll pass it along.
jscherb
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I got this cell phone photo from the engineer at the RV window company today - it's a preproduction JK 2-door slider window. It's sitting in a retrofit kit to install it into a factory hardtop. This one is a passenger side, they were about to make up a driver's side and she said she'd ship both to me tomorrow. As soon as I get them I'll verify all of the details for correctness and assuming everything is good, I'll "bless" them for production.
They should be available very soon.
They should be available very soon.
jscherb
Expedition Leader
I got this cell phone photo from the engineer at the RV window company today - it's a preproduction JK 2-door slider window. It's sitting in a retrofit kit to install it into a factory hardtop. This one is a passenger side, they were about to make up a driver's side and she said she'd ship both to me tomorrow. As soon as I get them I'll verify all of the details for correctness and assuming everything is good, I'll "bless" them for production.
They should be available very soon.
Got word yesterday that a pair of preproduction 2dr slider windows will be delivered to me on Tuesday. I'll install them in the modular hardtop side panels Tuesday afternoon; assuming everything checks out they'll be ready for production. Photos on Tuesday.
Comanche Scott
Expedition Leader
Very nice! I like how much window was able to be fitted into this. :victory:
Should be some awesome ventilation for the JK crew.
Should be some awesome ventilation for the JK crew.
jscherb
Expedition Leader
Today a pair of preproduction 2dr slider windows were delivered for me to approve. I installed one in the modular test hardtop right away to verify that everything is correct. These are now ready for production. I expect the company will place the first production orders for the windows and the retrofit kit right away, so they should be available shortly.
Comanche Scott
Expedition Leader
Congrats on another excellent product! :beer:
You are going to make a lot of JK owners very happy people (and dogs). :victory:
You are going to make a lot of JK owners very happy people (and dogs). :victory:
jscherb
Expedition Leader
In the same box that came yesterday with the 2-dr preproduction slider windows were two preproduction Freedom Panel skylights. I installed one of them in a test Freedom Panel today. The tint isn't final, the glass company made the samples with whatever glass they were running when these samples came up; the final tint will be fairly dark.
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Agreed. Great product, but isn't this for a 2-dr?
Edit: nvm. JKU is a 4-dr. It would be nice to have one for it.
jscherb
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jscherb
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There's a Dana/Spicer ad in the November issue of JP Magazine (p74) with a photo of this Jeep, which has a hardtop apparently made by cutting the sides out of a factory hardtop.
Who knows, maybe it's a modular conversion they did after seeing this thread
. It looks like they left the rear panel thicker at the sides than I did with the modular conversion, so maybe all they did was cut the sides out and didn't make it modular. And I don't see joint lines between the rear panel and the roof, so it's definitely not modular. Oh well, they should have read this thread before cutting .
Here's a photo from earlier in the thread showing the same thing, although the top in this photo has a modular (removable) b-pillar, which would be used to attach the front edge of roll-up side panels.
Who knows, maybe it's a modular conversion they did after seeing this thread
. It looks like they left the rear panel thicker at the sides than I did with the modular conversion, so maybe all they did was cut the sides out and didn't make it modular. And I don't see joint lines between the rear panel and the roof, so it's definitely not modular. Oh well, they should have read this thread before cutting .Here's a photo from earlier in the thread showing the same thing, although the top in this photo has a modular (removable) b-pillar, which would be used to attach the front edge of roll-up side panels.
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jscherb
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A few months ago I posted this image showing how parts from a 2-dr and a 4-dr hardtop could be combined in a modular way to create a "factory" hardtop that would fit a JKU lengthened roughly the same as the Africa Concept from a few years ago.
Today I did a mockup using some parts from my 2-dr modular factory hardtop conversion posed alongside a JKU hardtop to check some of the dimensions:
Obviously this wouldn't fit properly on a stock JKU, it would hang over the back 10"...
Doing a tub extension in fiberglass might be an interesting project...
Today I did a mockup using some parts from my 2-dr modular factory hardtop conversion posed alongside a JKU hardtop to check some of the dimensions:
Obviously this wouldn't fit properly on a stock JKU, it would hang over the back 10"...
Doing a tub extension in fiberglass might be an interesting project...
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