Bestop Supertop Classic Soft Tops

Purchased two of these for a 67 and 72 FJ40. The install is cake and on these newer ones, they use the original bolt holes, so other than like 4 small screws at the top of the windshield frame, no holes need to be drilled in your body. The only bad thing is the crazy price for the doors and the fitment of the doors at the top, rain can come in a bit.

Not likely to ever put hard-top back on. Shipping was faster than expected Too!

Only took my son and me about 1-1/2 to install the top. Granted, most of the hardware was all ready on the Jeep, so we just needed to unscrew and bolt in the new stuff.

I have purchased several Bestops in the past for CJ7's but this was the first I've purchased and installed on an FJ40. The fit and finish to the vehicle body and the factory hard doors is pretty poor. As a result there's a decent amount of rain that enters the vehicle while driving and while parked. The design and styling of the top is definitely a modified Jeep top. I expected this but am more disappointed with the appearance on the FJ than I thought I would. Factory style FJ40 soft tops and frames are typically around $1800.00. At under $700.00, I can't complain too much about the Bestop Supertop. Knowing what I know now, I would have spent the extra money to get the right top. I would not recommend this top to FJ40 owners.

The Bestop Supertop for the Jeep YJ is very nicely constructed and installs relatively easily for a seasoned car enthusiast using many of the factory holes that are supplied for the Factory Hard Top. It looks awesome once installed. The factory hard top took about 15 minutes to remove. Definitely a two strong man (or woman) job! Be careful not to strip the #40 torx bolts on the front windshield when loosening the top windshield brackets if they have been on for a long time. Our '95 was just purchased for my 17 year old daughter from an older gentleman that had passed away and had never had the top off! The bolts had some corrosion even though the Jeep had just 71K miles and was garaged its whole life. You have to take care in loosening the torx bolts so you do not strip them...I had to break them loose with a lead pipe on the torx wrench to extend it and get more leverage. I then sprayed lube on them and gently worked them back and forth until they spun freely. As far as the installation of the new top, the directions were fantastic, I used a Makita drill to drill the 1/8" holes in the factory windshield and then a makita power driver to install the Black sheet metal screws for the windshield retention brackets. Only 4 3/8" holes had to be drilled in the back for the rear side canopy brackets. I recommend starting those after you line up the factory holes with an 1/8 sharp metal drill bit. My daughter helped me with the install and the new top took exactly 1 hour and 45 minutes to install all the hardware start to finish, but thee first time installation of the new soft top if cumbersome and took about 1 hour more to get it to conform and fit properly. It looks fantastic installed with the black denim and the black tinted rear windows. My only complaints are that the canopy bars are very difficult to raise, which is necessary to tighten the top to the frame once installed. My second complaint is that in order to lower the top, you must remove the rear side windows as they do not fold in when folding down the top in order to put it down. Once the frame is installed, and you have installed the top on the frame, it is not difficult to remove completely, and only takes about 10 minutes to completely reinstall it on the frame. Overall, I think it was a great buy and a great product, but I just wish there was a way to easily put the top down and up without removing the rear side windows.

Everything is great only time will tell on durability that's why only 4 stars

Great top would recommend to anyone looking for a top better than factory.

I wrote a review on this top a few weeks ago berating how this top seals and fits. I've taken some more time since then to try to stretch and adjust the top. I've gotten a much better fit on it now. Once adjusted properly, all the components of the top fit together nearly perfectly and seals up surprisingly well. The only thing that doesn't seal well is the rear window. There are gaps in the corners of the seals where the rear window meets the tailgate.

The tailgate and rear corners of the doors do not seal. The threaded knobs used to attach the top to the windshield frame is not a good design, they're difficult to attach and they've already started to strip. This should be a summer, dry weather top. If you get a lot of rain or live in a colder climate, go with an OEM soft top.

My wife and I installed it with no problems. The instructions were very good. Took a little longer than I thought it would. Love the look of it on our jeep restoration project.