hard tops, which brand is better & what are they worth?
- Thread starter redking11
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Anyone have info/history on Classic Tops? Single or double wall, how it mounts, quality? I have one for sale locally and am on the fence about picking it up. It looks like it has normal size side windows (sliding) and a small rear window but can not tell much about interior or construction.
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K9rockydog
Basic User
- City
- Glendale
- State
- Az
ACME tops are the best, because that's what came on mine
I am so far, quite impressed with mine.!! (ACME) only issues so far is deciding the best way to tie it down..
Scram beds aint exactly as beefy as the top Im tryin' to put on it..
For now, am using the latches from ACME.. But it doesnt seem very sturdy to me..
(Getting the feeling I have stumbled on a new thread topic here..)
K9rockydog
Basic User
- City
- Glendale
- State
- Az
Just my
but I dont think "classic" is the brand.. But it looks like a factory one to me..Price seems a tad steep to me.. But that may be what they go for down there..
- City
- God's Country
- State
- AR
Just my
Price seems a tad steep to me.. But that may be what they go for down there..
IIRC, the classic tops were supposed to be ok, but just don't like that tiny rear window...
K9rockydog
Basic User
- City
- Glendale
- State
- Az
I doth stand humbly corrected..
- City
- Merton
- State
- WI
I thought I would add some new pictures to this top thread. Here is my old top, very similar in style to an OEM CJ-7 top, although it came to me sans texture (black gel coat only) and the side windows are flat instead of convex (like the 7).
Here it is after some needed work. We re-glassed over the structural ribs on the interior of the top. Textured, primed, and painted, two coats of satin white paint for fiberglass. The inside temperature of top is noticeably lower after eliminating the black color. I ordered new clear glass and gasket material. The original tinted glass was too difficult to see out of at night. We removed a lot of excess fiberglass at the windshield frame area of the top, which was never done at the factory, to improve the fitment. It came out as perfect as you can get an old CJ top to fit... it is comfortable, quiet, dry, the margins are good and there is no rubbing.
The lift gate is definitely OEM. We swapped out to OEM hinges instead of the stainless hinges it came with.
We attached an OEM steel strip from a CJ-7 top to the fiberglass lip and replaced the windshield frame-to-top gasket / weather strip. The windshield frame has 1/4 - 20 rivnuts installed into the existing stock screw locations.
Added two OEM CJ-7 snubbers above the RockHard cage to snug it up
Here it is after some needed work. We re-glassed over the structural ribs on the interior of the top. Textured, primed, and painted, two coats of satin white paint for fiberglass. The inside temperature of top is noticeably lower after eliminating the black color. I ordered new clear glass and gasket material. The original tinted glass was too difficult to see out of at night. We removed a lot of excess fiberglass at the windshield frame area of the top, which was never done at the factory, to improve the fitment. It came out as perfect as you can get an old CJ top to fit... it is comfortable, quiet, dry, the margins are good and there is no rubbing.
The lift gate is definitely OEM. We swapped out to OEM hinges instead of the stainless hinges it came with.
We attached an OEM steel strip from a CJ-7 top to the fiberglass lip and replaced the windshield frame-to-top gasket / weather strip. The windshield frame has 1/4 - 20 rivnuts installed into the existing stock screw locations.
Added two OEM CJ-7 snubbers above the RockHard cage to snug it up
- City
- God's Country
- State
- AR
That looks great.
I picked up an extra CJ-7 hardtop cheap last weekend that needs work. Rusty hatch (already had that) and one of the hinge blocks is gone in the rear of the top. Front strip is rusted bad, so it will need to be replaced.. Shell itself and glass are in great shape though.
Where did you get the replacement front strip? Donor top?
I picked up an extra CJ-7 hardtop cheap last weekend that needs work. Rusty hatch (already had that) and one of the hinge blocks is gone in the rear of the top. Front strip is rusted bad, so it will need to be replaced.. Shell itself and glass are in great shape though.
Where did you get the replacement front strip? Donor top?
