So over the past month or so, I've been working on my hardtop repairs and mods. I picked up this CJ7 top for free back in June from a guy who was just going to scrap it!! I couldn't let that happen so I went up and picked it up. The back hatch was rotted out but he still had it and the glass was intact so I grabbed that too. I didn't really put much effort into it during the warmer months due to having a lot of projects I was working on already and not really "needing" the hard top for colder weather (heat in the YJ is phenomenal).
After following a couple of threads of on Jeep Forum and seeing other YJ guys getting their hardtops ready for the Winter, the creative juices started flowing and I started finding motivation to get this project underway. I am of the mind right now to do away with the soft top completely and stick with just the hardtop... possibly running a bikini top in the warmer months. My want is to set my Jeep up more for camping/overland type of activities. So that is the goal for the foreseeable future. I don't have any illusions that I'll ever be driving it out to Moab or Yellowstone or Colorado but I want to get the family out more around the area and we all love camping!
So this will be a multi-part posting. There are a lot of pics coming so I will try and keep the different stages and their associated pics relegated to separate posts within this thread. Hope y'all enjoy!