Finaly got the hard top on

Just need to replace a door window and the rear window. What do you guys think about using plexiglas?
Still have to paint it.

 

Plexi will scratch easily when you scrape it, and will probably not be DOT road legal. Depending on your state, you might get away with it. For the door I would recommend safety glass, wouldn't want to get speared w/a piece of plexi if something ever happened. P.S. I want your top .......

 

Plexi isn't road legal, it's straight glass so go safety, it's not hard to work. Trucks! did a show on it, fitting flat glass, You score both sides evenly, and somehow fill the lines made with a flammable liquid to melt the plastic, cut it with a knife, and there you have it.
But, my buddys dad owns a plexi business, they make plexi windshields for motorcycles all the time, he said there's a special coating that doesn't scratch.

 

Nice what brand is it? I like how the doors dont overlap the body but go in the grove like the top. Kind of unusual

 

I second that it is a COOL top!! And again...what brand? Looks aluminum. I also vote to go with safety glass.

 

Thanks guys. Its a Tecumseh Top made by Meyers ind. I think for the door peice ill go with safty glass but the rear hatch has rounded corners so maybe plexi on there. Oh it is aluminum.

 

Its the same top I have, can you take pictures of the rear hatch support arms, mine are missing

 

Sorry mine are gone also. I was thinking of using a gas lift of some sort. Im using a 2x2 for now.

 

Ya my jeep came w/ a stick. if you find something that works please let me know, looks good:v6:

FYI:I had to replace the back window, after someone put 5 pellets into it. it ran about $90.00 to have a peice of glass installed and I had one of the door sliders replaced when I first got the jeep about 1.5 years ago I think it was about $50 installed.

 

what size bfg at are those ?

 

Worn out 31 10.50 15 They came on the Jeep when i bought it. only had it for a couple mo.Still fixing all the little things.

 

Will do

 

My kelly top has suports that like slide and lock. But one is missing so im going to use gas struts. Im going to just measure what i need and get some from the junk yard

 

These supports(Part #263099) are the same(exept for one bracket) as what originally came on the Meyers/Orville rear hatches http://www.alhansen.com/pdfs/cat103/cat103_pg097.pdf . I think they might work for you.Heres a thread I posted in regards to replacement parts for the Meyers/Orville tops http://www.earlycj5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60021. I think many of the parts could be used on other brands of the old hardtops.

 

Although not the best photo this shows the supports on my Orville top.