Body Information on fiberglass/steel replacement hardtop hatch

[xfalcon]

I need to replace my rusted hardtop hatch, Id like a rust free oem but still on the hunt, Any experience with remanufactured hatches? or fiberglass? all i see are $400+ ,a little steep

Any feed back would be great thank you

 

[CJ]

I'll give @elwood blues a shout and ask him to chime in. He is a hardtop expert.

 

[elwood blues]

Thank you @CJ but you're overexaggerating my hardtop knowledge more than a little

@xfalcon Are you looking for the whole hatch? I don't have any experience with aftermarket or fiberglass ones. I've heard good things about the fiberglass ones, but it depends on where you get it from. And from what I understand that really goes for anything made of fiberglass.

I see you're in TX, have you checked with Collins Bros Jeep? Their stuff is expensive, but, it's generally good stuff. Also there's a place here on the east coast, Watson and Sons' Jeep Salvage, I think they're on FaceBook. There's also this place, deadjeep.com , I've never dealt with them before, there's 21+ pages of CJ stuff to sort through on their webpage.

This is the only "new" aftermarket one I can find; Key Parts 0479-401. $420 is a lot of money, but it's officially licensed Jeep reproduction.

Hopefully this helps. Let us know what you find!

 

[xfalcon]

Thank you for that info

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