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jzak
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Years ago when I had a Wrangler, I bought the same Bestop combo kit. It looks great, but the big problem is it will not protect you from the elements like a full-top does. Every time it rained, i would get soaked.
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My thinking was I have my speakers mounted just behind both seats. With that "curtain" I could hear my sterio. It would also keep the rain from blowing in from the back. I don't care about the bed cover
Neuner
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Not sure if with all of the flapping around of the fabric and plastic that you are going to be able to hear your stereo any better.
There's a guy on another forum that is making and selling a Safari style top so that the 'bikini style'-extends over the rear seats with an add-on bracket. I drive in the rain with my doors and bikini top and stay relatively dry with exception to the occasional blow-back that you speak of. I think with the extension it would keep this from happening as much but you'd still get it from the back-sides. Plus the back seat area stays a little better protected in the sun, etc. The top he's selling extends down the sides of the roll bar more and has a plastic insert to keep the top from flopping around in the wind some.
Might be an option. Hoping that I can get one this winter.
There's a guy on another forum that is making and selling a Safari style top so that the 'bikini style'-extends over the rear seats with an add-on bracket. I drive in the rain with my doors and bikini top and stay relatively dry with exception to the occasional blow-back that you speak of. I think with the extension it would keep this from happening as much but you'd still get it from the back-sides. Plus the back seat area stays a little better protected in the sun, etc. The top he's selling extends down the sides of the roll bar more and has a plastic insert to keep the top from flopping around in the wind some.
Might be an option. Hoping that I can get one this winter.
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Actually those 'bikini' half tops with the straps don't flap very much at all (at least on my Kentrol bar) and with a modest amp and the front firing 6x9 speakers in my tool box it overcomes even the heaviest road noise from my KM2's
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