Your opinions please? (Viking Fastback thread) (now with pics!)

I can do one of two things --- somehow possibly find a new soft top frame for my jeep and keep the current khaki diamond color

OR

I go with this, and maybe some full soft doors ---

http://www.4x4rockshop.com/scr…dView.asp?idproduct=10748

They are farely popular out west...and its a frameless soft top. From what I'm hearing its almost quiter than the stock top.

I'm just not sure if it will be too black for my jeep??

The soft doors are based on the fact that I think the upper doors on them will work in my factory doors.

Your opinions please --

Quote from NitroRubi

yep thats def what i remember.

On the ROF people have highly rated this top....

put on the new top and the new soft doors, tunred out great!

Quote from omaha

PICS!!

not yet, I need to get some black flares on it. It kinda looks funky.

It also needs a bath, maybe later today....

Quote from deadfeat

How well do these hold up? Since there is no tension, and the top must strech some. I would worry that it might loose its fit.

Steve

Not a loose fit at all. I have the top on with no roll bar padding and its great. very tight. There are 2 threads on ROF and JU that talk about the top. It's great, I'm most defintley loving the thing. Best investment I've made. You have a lot better view of vision around you with this top.

Here is the only downside....It sometimes will do this on the corners. Once it gets heated up you can get it smooth. Because I don't have padding on mine it does this, and its not super tight.

Here's some more photos of other Jeeps.

Quote from astape

Chris, WickedYJ, on the board has one of those tops. I am not sure if it is the same brand though. Any ways we trailered his Jeep to RC with the back window rolled up and it tore the stiching across the top because the window does not come out like the factory one. This may be the only negative I see.

Aaron

Not trying to flame you Aaron, just posting this so everyone understands....I think your talking about a different brand of top, because there would be no way to keep it rolled on the top.

When in the down position the rear window is held by 2 straps, and velcro on the top. The zippers are on the side....

I wouldn't recommend rolling up this window on this top. I kind of don't see how its possible (but there is a way from everyting)
The best way I see for this top is to lift it up and fold it under where the windows are supposed to go. Thats at least what Viking recommends. It's very hard to describe.....as you can see.

Here is a photo of where the rear window goes when folded up into the top.

Here would be the way this top goes from full top to safari top in a few minutes time.

Quote from "Endo"

Ok, so I got some daylight just after work today and snapped some more pics. I'm going to go through the process of converting the top from the full top, to the safari.

First, you have the full top. Start by undoing the rear straps and pulling the clip out of the lip.

Flop the safari all of the way forward. It is attached at about the middle of the top.

You then need to pull back the velcro zipper cover and unzip the rear window all of the way on both sides.

Flop the rear widow over on top of the jeep and push it all of the way forward.

Remove the windows from the channel on the body, as well as the door surrounds.

Flop the windows on top.

Line the windows up next to eachother. Notice that there is a cut in the plastic that fits into the body channel. This is where you fold the sides forward.

Straighten everything up nice and neet.

Pull the Safari top back over everything. Reattach the straps and tighten.

WaLaaa, nothin to it.

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Here are some pictures I've taken with the rear window out and the doors off. I'm debating whether or not I want to replace the flares with black ones. These are the ones that came with a few select Jeeps in 2005...they aren't faded, just khaki diamond color.