Topic: Jeep King USA

[grumpygy]

  Has anybody gotten one of their Hard tops for their YJ.  They have a special going that seems to good to be true. Shipping $125 from San Diego to Portland Or $149 and the Top is $995.  I can't get a used and abused Hard top for that up here

[Jeffy]

Never heard of them.  Though it looks like they are a limited run.  I've never seen an aftermarket top that was as good as the OEM though.  Saying that, they seems to be copying the OEM top rather then making just the outer and inner shells like most other aftermarket tops.  A YJ top should cost around $700-900 and then an extra $400-600 for doors.  The full doors are the important part though.  Living with sliding windows suck.  They're usually too small to be usable and they aren't secure.  The locks for them are usually really easy to defeat.

I bought an aftermarket top once then ended up selling it and buying an OEM top.  I like the OEM top so much that I leave it on year round.

[grumpygy]

OK so where do you get an OEM for that cost, what I have found goes for twice that and that did not include shipping that was 400-500 more.

[grumpygy]

Just looked again and the best I could find and it was not OEM, was $1595 with $395 shipping.

[Jeffy]

Apparently not in Oregon it seems.

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pts/5460757546.html
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/pts/5455517841.html
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/pts/5464991241.html
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/pts/5456456484.html
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/pts/5447980654.html
https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/pts/5454003858.html

I ended up going on an 800 mile trip to get mine.  That's was a week after I drove down there.

[grumpygy]

Think I may try the Jeep king one, cost to get to the closest one would add up quick.  Up here they go for much more. As far as the slider windows thats what I've used for years.

[jfrabat]

I second the comments on OEM tops and full doors.  I have a Pavement Ends targa top, and that thing leaks EVERYWHERE!  And the sliding windows are a real pain.  They are worthless to let air into the cab, and become a real problem when trying to get something through at the drive-through.  On the other hand, the half doors are just awesome for wheeling, though, and the full doors do weight a ton!