fourxfourjeep

I started at 5:30 and just finished 9:35. Yea pain in the butt I started lowering it and the darn thing flipped over I had it held up with cargo straps and a couple 2X4's and had bungee straps through the mounting holes to keep it stable. As I loosened one strap it let go and the whole thing rotated where the top left was on the bottom right and the bottom right was on the top left. I had to tie rope around the thing and attached it to the hoist so I could hopefully get it to the floor without damaging it any worse. Once it was down to the floor I flipped it top side up and reattached the T bar and hoisted it up and got in on.

I guess when I take it off again I and Sand it down and put a nice glossy paint job on it

So if it took you longer than 4 hours 5 minutes... you got me beat... now it is time to

w squared

Actually, my last hard top install time was about that long (didn't check my watch).

First I pulled off the factory soft top and surrounds.

Then I pulled off my mesh safari top.

Then I cleaned a bunch of accumulated trail grime from the interior.

Then I fitted a manual winch to the wall of the carport (no garage at my place) and anchored two eyebolts to the ceiling to improve the routing for the wire rope for my hard top hoist.

Then I spooled all that new wire rope onto the winch.

Then I hauled the dolly that my hard top is stored on over, pulled the tarp off, and cleaned my hard top.

Then I put the hard top on.

So don't feel bad. You installed your hard top, and you learned a valuable lesson

fourxfourjeep

Yea that was supposed to be lower it down and bolt it down. I had hanging for a couple months, lesson learned...don't use tie downs to hang it from the rafters thought it was a great idea at the time. Will re think that when I take it off again

NTXJK

Wow that was a long time do you not have anybody that can help you me and my wife will have it on in like 15min max

BlackNorthernJK

likewise...and my girlfriend is 5'4" 120lbs...

RedneckJeep

Cargo straps, bungee cords and 2x4s. Now read that again. Even with nuthin else involved, it's a recipe for disaster.

HG07JKRubi

x2... I cringe every time I see a hardtop stored up in the ceiling with straps. I know plenty of people are doing it but I personally would not. That a lot of money waiting to come crashing down.
See my sig for a more reliable and sturdy DIY hardtop hoist/storage solution.

JulianK

Cloned that rig exactly and I can testify that it works great.

RedneckJeep

Hard to beat that. It's a great solution.

BlackNorthernJK