ShadowsPapa
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Be honest, blunt if necessary. It was a heck of a struggle and my back is killing me, and holding bolts to get them started - NOT fun, took longer than it should have (unboxing to full install, 1 hour, should have been half of that)
I have been all over my "processes", the "instructions" and thought and thought and thought, but I can't see any other possible way that the Jeep's own seal and weatherstripping (esp. that corner seal) can go.
The door pretty much rubs the sunrider on the passenger side. closing the door shoves the rubber seal in and the top of the door is hard against the sunrider. If it wasn't for that other seal there, it would likely take paint it's a hard fit.
The left is really tight, too - but not as tight.
You can see the sunrider shoves the Jeep's own seal downward. On the right, closing the door shoves the seal in and bends it inside. There's zero - 0 - clearance for that seal. I have to hold the seal, slowly close the door until it's amost latched, then give the door a shove to get it closed without shoving that seal to the inside.
I think the thing rides way too low on the roll cage (as I call it)
But any higher - it would leak at the windshield?
It also had a horrible BOW. I had a hell of a time getting the back down to get that rear clamp installed. I had to stand on my power steps and hold down really hard with one hand on the top and then use that clamp to wedge and pull down the rear of the sunrider. There's a crazy amount of tension on the thing.
I seriously thought the clamp back there was going to break. Before I clamped it, there was a gap big enough to put my hand through.
If it's this bad of a deal - it's coming off and getting shoved in a corner.
No way I'm going to struggle to get the rear back in place again next time, and the way it is now,
I'm seriously considering getting help and yanking the thing back off anyway - I don't want the paint on the doors damaged, or the Jeep's door seals messed up and this is really screwing with them.
anyone else have this? Did I mess up?
anyone else have a HUGE gap at the back where it almost took two people to shove the top down and get that rear clamp in place? Yeah, it was bowed a couple of inches upward and that's before I even bolted the sides in place! It was seriously bowed JUST SITTING THERE!
In short, I"m not happy with the fit or quality - and that rear bow, wow, how does anyone else get that rear clamped in place?
Do your door top edges actually touch the sunrider?
Does it shove your Jeep seals down and distort them badly?
Right door would likely rub if not for that bit of rubber there - I had to hold that in place while closing the door otherwise the sunrider forces that seal down so hard, the door catches it.
Sunrider shoves the factory seal down so far the door hits it and shoves it inward.
Because the sunrider shoves the seal down the door catches it and pushes it in, instead of being where it should be, deforming and distorting the seal.
See how it shoves that factory seal down?
I have been all over my "processes", the "instructions" and thought and thought and thought, but I can't see any other possible way that the Jeep's own seal and weatherstripping (esp. that corner seal) can go.
The door pretty much rubs the sunrider on the passenger side. closing the door shoves the rubber seal in and the top of the door is hard against the sunrider. If it wasn't for that other seal there, it would likely take paint it's a hard fit.
The left is really tight, too - but not as tight.
You can see the sunrider shoves the Jeep's own seal downward. On the right, closing the door shoves the seal in and bends it inside. There's zero - 0 - clearance for that seal. I have to hold the seal, slowly close the door until it's amost latched, then give the door a shove to get it closed without shoving that seal to the inside.
I think the thing rides way too low on the roll cage (as I call it)
But any higher - it would leak at the windshield?
It also had a horrible BOW. I had a hell of a time getting the back down to get that rear clamp installed. I had to stand on my power steps and hold down really hard with one hand on the top and then use that clamp to wedge and pull down the rear of the sunrider. There's a crazy amount of tension on the thing.
I seriously thought the clamp back there was going to break. Before I clamped it, there was a gap big enough to put my hand through.
If it's this bad of a deal - it's coming off and getting shoved in a corner.
No way I'm going to struggle to get the rear back in place again next time, and the way it is now,
I'm seriously considering getting help and yanking the thing back off anyway - I don't want the paint on the doors damaged, or the Jeep's door seals messed up and this is really screwing with them.
anyone else have this? Did I mess up?
anyone else have a HUGE gap at the back where it almost took two people to shove the top down and get that rear clamp in place? Yeah, it was bowed a couple of inches upward and that's before I even bolted the sides in place! It was seriously bowed JUST SITTING THERE!
In short, I"m not happy with the fit or quality - and that rear bow, wow, how does anyone else get that rear clamped in place?
Do your door top edges actually touch the sunrider?
Does it shove your Jeep seals down and distort them badly?
Right door would likely rub if not for that bit of rubber there - I had to hold that in place while closing the door otherwise the sunrider forces that seal down so hard, the door catches it.
Sunrider shoves the factory seal down so far the door hits it and shoves it inward.
Because the sunrider shoves the seal down the door catches it and pushes it in, instead of being where it should be, deforming and distorting the seal.
See how it shoves that factory seal down?
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