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Application: Installation Instructions • Jeep Wrangler Unlimited • Jeep Wrangler 2007 and Newer 2007 and Newer Part Number: 41611 Part Number: 41610 www.Bestop.com - We’re here to help! Visit our web site and click on “Ask a Question”. Click here for more Jeep Accessories by Bestop.

INSTALLATION TIME SKILL LEVEL

2 Hours 3 - Moderately Hard TOOLS

1/2"

1/2" Hardtop Installation Instructions 426.03 Parts List and Hardware Identifi cation Remove Soft Top If there is a soft top installed on your vehicle, you must remove it. Cockpit Cover Qty - 1 Rear Shell Qty - 1 Unpacking the 2 Piece Hard Top 5/16" Washer, Save all packing materials. Qty - 6 Unscrew the Rear Shell and Cockpit Cover Rear Cockpit Shell from the pallet and remove them. Cover Remove all hardware and 5/16-18 Tapping Plate, Qty - 6 weatherproof seals from the box with doors and check them against the Parts List to ensure that you have received all the necessary parts. Rear 5/16-18 x 1" Phillips Rubber Spacer, Shell Head Bolt, Qty - 6 Qty - 2 Cockpit Cover

Remove Tailgate Retainers Tailgate Guard, Part Hex Bolt, Qty - 2 Number 426.07 Qty -1 Roll the Tailgate Retainers on each side of the tailgate opening until they release from the vehicle body. There is a rubber Mucket Seal on top of the

Turn Knob Assembly, belt rail near the tailgate opening behind Turn Knob, the door openings. Make sure this seal remains in Qty - 2 Qty - 2 place on both sides of the vehicle. Wire Harness Kit, Part Number 426.40, Qty - 1

Tailgate Spade Connector, Make sure Mucket Seal Retainer Tailgate Qty - 1 is in place Opening Driver’s Side Shown Brass Fuse Wire Harness, Qty - 1 Connector, Qty - 1

Rev. D 4.02.07 41610 / 41611 pg. 2 Hardtop Installation Instructions Two people are required Secure Rear Shell – to install the top on the 4 Door Vehicle vehicle. Install six 5/16”-18 x 1" Bolts and 5/16" Fender Install Rear Shell Washers and 5/16-18 Tapping Plates through the holes in the fl ange. Lift the Rear Shell onto the vehicle and line up the holes in the shell with the mounting holes in the Install a Hex Bolt in the holes in each front corner body. of the shell with a Rubber Spacer between the top and the body.

5/16-18 x 1" Bolt

5/16 Fender Washer

Top Flange

Vehicle Body Flange Secure Rear Shell – 2 Door Vehicle 5/16-18 Tapping Install six 5/16”-18 x 1" Bolts and 5/16" Fender Plate Washers and 5/16-18 Tapping Plates through the holes in the beltline fl ange. 5/16-18 x 1" Bolt

5/16 Fender Washer 5/16”-18 x 1" Bolts 5/16”-18 x 1" Top Flange Bolts 5/16" Washers 5/16" Washers Vehicle Body Flange 5/16-18 Tapping 5/16-18 Hex Plates Tapping Bolt Plates 5/16-18 4 Door Tapping 2 Door Plate Rubber Spacer

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Install Cockpit Cover Full Door Alignment Check

Place the Cockpit Cover on the vehicle, rear edge If you have full doors, they must sit at least 1/4" in- fi rst, then lay the front edge down on the wind- side the rain gutter on the vehicle in order to ensure shield. You may need to pull the cover toward the a tight seal and to prevent leaking. rear to engage the seal. Use the two (2) Knobs with Washers to secure the outside holes and the other two (2) Knobs to secure it in the center. Doors should be approx. 1/4" inside of rain Place Cockpit gutter Cover on Vehicle

Turn Knobs Install Tailgate Guard Press the Tailgate Guard onto the rear edge of the Tailgate. Work across from the right side of the vehicle to the left. Tailgate Guard

Inside of Vehicle

Turn Knob Assemblies

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Disconnect the Quick Disconnect Thread Wiring Harness under Sport Bar Cover before removing the Cockpit Cover. Unzip the sport bar cover Install Wiring Harness Quick Disconnect and route the Wiring Har- ness along the sport bar Locate the Wiring Harness in the toward the . Inside Top parts kit. The leads are marked Inside Top Zip the sport bar cover “Rear Defrost”, “Lights”, and closed. “Ground”. Connect the Wiring Harness to the Quick Disconnect fi tting under the carpet in the Cockpit Cover. Wiring Harness Unzip Sport Bar The Defrost and Light Cover Switches in the Cockpit Cover are pre-wired.

Remove Passenger Sun Visor Remove Molded Corner Panel and A-Pillar Panel

Use a phillips screwdriver Remove the push fastener that holds to remove the two screws the Molded Corner Panel in place. Set that secure the passenger the fastener and panel aside to be side Sun Visor. Set the vi- reused later. Then remove the A-Pillar Remove A-Pillar Panel sor and screws aside to be Panel. reinstalled later. Remove 2 Phillips Screws

Windshield Windshield Windshield Sun Visor

Remove Panel

Remove Push Fastener

Rev. D 4.02.07 41610 / 41611 pg. 5 Hardtop Installation Instructions Thread Wiring Harness Thread Wiring Harness through Fire Wall through Dash Pull the panel along the side of the Continue to route the Wiring dash away. Harness along the route of the Wiring Harness Route the Wiring Harness from the other bundled wires through sport bar down along the A-Pillar and grommet in the fi rewall and into under the dash into the footwell. the engine compartment.

Thread Harness through Grommet

Disconnect the battery before Connect Ground to Install Spade Connector the Ground off the installing the Fuse Connector. Connect Spade Battery Connector to Brass Press the Spade Connector on the end of the Fuse Connector power line on the Wiring Harness. Install Brass Fuse Connector Route the Wiring Harness along the engine compart- ment to the accessory connection point for power Spade Connector source when the key is on (Fuse CB1 Ignition off accessory power) in the fuse box. Install the Brass Fuse Connector. Connect the Spade Connector to the Brass Fuse Connector. Connect the ground on the Wiring Harness to the ground off the battery. Power Line from Harness Reconnect the battery.

Install Brass Fuse Connector

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Reinstall Moldings and Hardtop Confi gurations Sun Visor Tuck the Wiring Harness in and reinstall the panel Hardtop without Hardtop with along the side of the dash. Then reinstall the A-Pil- Cockpit Cover (Sold Separately Part lar Molding and the Molded Corner Panel. Reinstall Number 41400 or 41101) the Sun Visor.

Hardtop with Rear Hardtop with Cockpit Cover Shell Removed Stored on Roof Rack (Sold Separately)

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LIMITED WARRANTY We warrant our product to be free from defects in material and workmanship, for the terms specifi ed below, provided there has been normal use and proper maintenance. This warranty applies to the original purchaser only. All remedies under this warranty are limited to the repair or replacement of any item or items found by the factory to be defective within the time period specifi ed. If you have a warranty claim, fi rst you must call our factory at the number below for instructions. You must retain proof of purchase and submit a copy with any items returned for warranty work. Upon completion of warranty work, if any, we will return the repaired or replaced item or items to you freight prepaid. Damage to our products caused by accidents, fi re, vandalism, negligence, misinstallation, misuse, Acts of God, or by defective parts not manufactured by us, is not covered under this warranty. THE WARRANTY TIME PERIOD IS AS FOLLOWS FOR REPLACE-A-TOP™, SAILCLOTH REPLACE-A-TOP™, SUPERTOP®, SUPERTOP® REPLACEMENT SKINS, SUNRIDER®, AND TIGERTOP®: TWO YEARS FROM DATE OF PURCHASE. THE WARRANTY TIME PERIOD IS AS FOLLOWS FOR ALL OTHER “SOFT GOODS” MANUFACTURED BY OUR COMPANY (USING PRIMARILY VINYLS, PLASTICS, AND/OR FOAM): ONE YEAR FROM DATE OF PURCHASE. THE WARRANTY TIME PERIOD IS AS FOLLOWS FOR ALL OTHER “HARD GOODS” MANUFACTURED BY OUR COMPANY (USING PRIMARILY METALS, PLASTICS, AND/OR FIBERGLASS): ONE YEAR FROM DATE OF PURCHASE. ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE CREATED HEREBY ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE SAME DURATION AND SCOPE AS THE EXPRESS WRITTEN WARRANTY. OUR COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specifi c legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.

For further information or request for warranty work, please contact: Bestop Inc., Customer Service Toll-Free: (800)845-3567 Main: (303)465-1755 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.Bestop.com

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