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Windshield Channel (51243-01)
This bolt-on, no-drill Windshield Channel is required to install a Bestop Bikini top to your Jeep. It fastens into factory header latch holes and the Bikini top fits into the windshield channel. Features Sturdy, corrosion-resistant steel construction Includes fastening bolts and latches. For Header Bikinis with?part numbers 52580, 52581, 52583, ...
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Windshield Channel (51243-01)

$99.99

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Item Specifications
Color
Black
Product Information
One Windshield Channel (1-piece no-drill header style design)
Product Type
Windshield Channel
Dimensions (L/W/H)
56 / 4 / 4
Weight
6 lbs
Description

This bolt-on, no-drill Windshield Channel is required to install a Bestop Bikini top to your Jeep. It fastens into factory header latch holes and the Bikini top fits into the windshield channel.

Features

  • Sturdy, corrosion-resistant steel construction
  • Includes fastening bolts and latches.
  • For Header Bikinis with?part numbers 52580, 52581, 52583, 52584, 52585 and 52586
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    Convenient and hassle-free experience with this product
    by Valued Customer on August 09, 2023
     
     
     
     
     
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    I am older and this made things so easy to put on and take off love it

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    Difficult installation process, but worth it
    by Valued Customer on May 02, 2023
     
     
     
     
     
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    This was supposed to be a really easy install.1st problem - one of the 8 little screws that attach the brackets to the channel just sheared in half. Head snapped right off. Not a biggie, it's a just a M10, and I had some extras laying around the garage, though an extra would have been nice to include. Of course, they're unusually short, so I had to cut one down to length.Then, when starting the final installation - turning the knobs to tighten it down - I got one about 3/4 of the way in (turning nice and smooth - not cross threaded). My guess is it hit a flaw in the threads; it bound, and then the rivet nut started spinning in the bracket. I had to completely disassemble - using vice grips on the rivet nut to get the knob out. Checked to make sure all the parts were steel - they were, so I was able to weld the rivet nut in place. They shold probably be tack welded at the factory. Chased all the threads- before re-assembling (taking extra care not to shear off any more M10's) - and it finally went together the way it should.So, if your install goes like mine, in addition to the reccomended tools, you'll need: at least one extra M10 screw, a cut off wheel (to shorten screw(s) to length), needle nose vice grips, a small grinder on a dremel to clean off paint for welding, a wire wheel for stripping paint off the bracket for a good ground, mig welder, 1/4-20 tap (to clean threads in the rivet nut), 1/4-20 die to clean threads on the knob, and paint.Maybe I was just unlucky with this one.

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    Great product, excellent customer service!
    by Valued Customer on May 22, 2023
     
     
     
     
     
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    So I bought this thinking it was the part I needed and it turned out that it wasn't but after looks at the product and seeing it and using it I could tell it is an excellent product this is diffidently worth the money and the customer service is amazing as well!

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    Impressed with the quality, but disappointed with the separate purchase
    by Valued Customer on June 09, 2023
     
     
     
     
     
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    I Was forced to buy this part in order to install the bikini top. why do they not come together even if the prices were combined?

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    Loose while driving - a major concern
    by Valued Customer on June 14, 2023
     
     
     
     
     
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    Randomly comes loose while driving

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    Very satisfied with the purchase
    by Valued Customer on May 08, 2023
     
     
     
     
     
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    Great price and easy to put on

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