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Old January 29th 05, 12:32 PM
Hooligan
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Default Stupid OEM bikini question

I bought a used OEM bikini, windjammer, tonneau combo off a 97 (says "Jeep"
on the tags, so I'm assuming its OEM). The header is a two piece, screw on
flat aluminum arrangement with a round channel for the front of the top.
Because the aluminum is brite, I assume the top must fold back over it in
some fashion. Now where does this thing bolt on?

On my CJ it bolted down on top of the windshield, slot forward. The Bestop
site shows their channel bolted to the inside of the windshield slot up
(seems that that would rip off at highway speeds). The guy I got it from
said "when i got it installed on my jeep they installed it outside just
above my window but its suppose 2 be installed inside ontop of the rubber
where your hard top sits", which I'm having a hard time picturing...

I'm at a loss. I can't seem to locate anything specific for this unit and
the local dealers are not very helpful. Does anyone have one and know how it
was originally intended to go on?

Its still dead of winter here so I can't go play on the TJ but I want to get
everything together for those first rays of hope...

Thanx in advance for any pointers...

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Old January 29th 05, 03:24 PM
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"EDITED FOR CONTENT Hooligan" > ASKED"

>I bought a used OEM bikini, Does anyone have one and know how it was
>originally intended to go on?
> Thanx in advance for any pointers...


Well first off is it a bikini or a thong? second, I hope you bought it for
someone of the female gender to wear, not yourself.
as for the fit and installation ... this seems like a very informative site
http://www.biniki-fashions.com/wearing_biniki.htm

Snow ... "smartass Saturdays" lol


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Old January 29th 05, 06:20 PM
Jeff Strickland
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You did NOT buy an OEM bikini. There is no such thing. Any bikini you found
is aftermarket.





"Hooligan" > wrote in message
...
>I bought a used OEM bikini, windjammer, tonneau combo off a 97 (says "Jeep"
>on the tags, so I'm assuming its OEM). The header is a two piece, screw on
>flat aluminum arrangement with a round channel for the front of the top.
>Because the aluminum is brite, I assume the top must fold back over it in
>some fashion. Now where does this thing bolt on?
>
> On my CJ it bolted down on top of the windshield, slot forward. The Bestop
> site shows their channel bolted to the inside of the windshield slot up
> (seems that that would rip off at highway speeds). The guy I got it from
> said "when i got it installed on my jeep they installed it outside just
> above my window but its suppose 2 be installed inside ontop of the rubber
> where your hard top sits", which I'm having a hard time picturing...
>
> I'm at a loss. I can't seem to locate anything specific for this unit and
> the local dealers are not very helpful. Does anyone have one and know how
> it was originally intended to go on?
>
> Its still dead of winter here so I can't go play on the TJ but I want to
> get everything together for those first rays of hope...
>
> Thanx in advance for any pointers...
>
> --
>
> (Please remove the "nospam" when replying)
>
> 2000 TJ - OME, 31x10,and a lot of wishfull thinking
>
>
>


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Old January 29th 05, 08:17 PM
L.W.(ßill) Hughes III
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http://www.bestop.com/installation_guides/52525.pdf
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Hooligan wrote:
>
> I bought a used OEM bikini, windjammer, tonneau combo off a 97 (says "Jeep"
> on the tags, so I'm assuming its OEM). The header is a two piece, screw on
> flat aluminum arrangement with a round channel for the front of the top.
> Because the aluminum is brite, I assume the top must fold back over it in
> some fashion. Now where does this thing bolt on?
>
> On my CJ it bolted down on top of the windshield, slot forward. The Bestop
> site shows their channel bolted to the inside of the windshield slot up
> (seems that that would rip off at highway speeds). The guy I got it from
> said "when i got it installed on my jeep they installed it outside just
> above my window but its suppose 2 be installed inside ontop of the rubber
> where your hard top sits", which I'm having a hard time picturing...
>
> I'm at a loss. I can't seem to locate anything specific for this unit and
> the local dealers are not very helpful. Does anyone have one and know how it
> was originally intended to go on?
>
> Its still dead of winter here so I can't go play on the TJ but I want to get
> everything together for those first rays of hope...
>
> Thanx in advance for any pointers...
>
> --
>
> (Please remove the "nospam" when replying)
>
> 2000 TJ - OME, 31x10,and a lot of wishfull thinking

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Old January 29th 05, 09:22 PM
Hooligan
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Snow - Its polka dotted and teenie which is what is causing the trouble.

Jeff - Guy said he got it from DC and the only tags on it say "JEEP" with
the trademark symbol (all three pieces). I assumed that would mean OEM but
hey...

Bill - If it was the same unit as Bestop's site I would have no questions.
It isn't the same.

I was just wondering if someone had the the same type of top and where it
was designed to go.

Thanx anyway...

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2000 TJ - OME, 31x10,and a lot of wishfull thinking


"L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III" > wrote in message
...
>
http://www.bestop.com/installation_guides/52525.pdf
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Hooligan wrote:
>>
>> I bought a used OEM bikini, windjammer, tonneau combo off a 97 (says
>> "Jeep"
>> on the tags, so I'm assuming its OEM). The header is a two piece, screw
>> on
>> flat aluminum arrangement with a round channel for the front of the top.
>> Because the aluminum is brite, I assume the top must fold back over it in
>> some fashion. Now where does this thing bolt on?
>>
>> On my CJ it bolted down on top of the windshield, slot forward. The
>> Bestop
>> site shows their channel bolted to the inside of the windshield slot up
>> (seems that that would rip off at highway speeds). The guy I got it from
>> said "when i got it installed on my jeep they installed it outside just
>> above my window but its suppose 2 be installed inside ontop of the rubber
>> where your hard top sits", which I'm having a hard time picturing...
>>
>> I'm at a loss. I can't seem to locate anything specific for this unit and
>> the local dealers are not very helpful. Does anyone have one and know how
>> it
>> was originally intended to go on?
>>
>> Its still dead of winter here so I can't go play on the TJ but I want to
>> get
>> everything together for those first rays of hope...
>>
>> Thanx in advance for any pointers...
>>
>> --
>>
>> (Please remove the "nospam" when replying)
>>
>> 2000 TJ - OME, 31x10,and a lot of wishfull thinking



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Old January 30th 05, 12:45 PM
Old Crow
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 20:22:07 GMT, "Hooligan"
> wrote:

>Snow - Its polka dotted and teenie which is what is causing the trouble.
>
>Jeff - Guy said he got it from DC and the only tags on it say "JEEP" with
>the trademark symbol (all three pieces). I assumed that would mean OEM but
>hey...
>
>Bill - If it was the same unit as Bestop's site I would have no questions.
>It isn't the same.
>
>I was just wondering if someone had the the same type of top and where it
>was designed to go.
>
>Thanx anyway...


My kid's got one with aa OEM Jeep tag on it also. I got it for him
from a Jeep that was traded in where I work. He had to go to the
dealer and get the channel, as it wasn't on the Jeep I got the top out
of.
The channel mounts to the inside of the window frame with a bunch of
sheet metal screws, and is different from the header that is part of
the soft top.
I'd describe it better, but he did the install, and the Jeep's about
70 miles from here, so I can't just go out and look at it.


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Old January 30th 05, 08:54 PM
Jeff Strickland
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"Hooligan" > wrote in message
...
> Snow - Its polka dotted and teenie which is what is causing the trouble.
>
> Jeff - Guy said he got it from DC and the only tags on it say "JEEP" with
> the trademark symbol (all three pieces). I assumed that would mean OEM but
> hey...
>


I was not aware that there was an OEM bikini. DC gets its top from Bestop,
and it is certainly possible that Bestop might have made a bikini that it
sold through Jeep, or sold and Jeep allowed them to put the logo on.

I guess the bottom line is, how do you install the header?






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Old January 30th 05, 09:55 PM
Hooligan
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And thats the part I don't know. The header is 2 pieces of brite aluminim
with a round channel for the leading edge of the top. Sort of shaped like
this when looked at end on:

_____(_)

The flat section has no cutouts like the pictures on the Bestop site to get
around the footman loop, ST/HT clamps, etc. The channel does have a small
lip on the bottom of both the forward and trailing lengthwise edge. Almost
like it should fit over something. If you bolted it to something flat it
would bow in in the center.

What started this was that I bought it via email and I wanted to make sure
that I got the proper gear from the sale while it was fresh. Not try and fix
a problem after several months when I can actually get it on... The canvas
parts looks band new, but the the channel didn't look like anything I had
seen or could find. The DC dealerships here in Sait John just looked blank.
I guess I will have to wait until I can lift the HT and experiment. The
hazards of buying summer gear in the dead of winter I guess...

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"Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message
news
>
> "Hooligan" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Snow - Its polka dotted and teenie which is what is causing the trouble.
>>
>> Jeff - Guy said he got it from DC and the only tags on it say "JEEP" with
>> the trademark symbol (all three pieces). I assumed that would mean OEM
>> but hey...
>>

>
> I was not aware that there was an OEM bikini. DC gets its top from Bestop,
> and it is certainly possible that Bestop might have made a bikini that it
> sold through Jeep, or sold and Jeep allowed them to put the logo on.
>
> I guess the bottom line is, how do you install the header?
>
>
>
>
>
>



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Old January 31st 05, 05:32 AM
Rick Ankrum
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Hooligan wrote:
> And thats the part I don't know. The header is 2 pieces of brite aluminim
> with a round channel for the leading edge of the top. Sort of shaped like
> this when looked at end on:
>
> _____(_)
>
> The flat section has no cutouts like the pictures on the Bestop site to get
> around the footman loop, ST/HT clamps, etc. The channel does have a small
> lip on the bottom of both the forward and trailing lengthwise edge. Almost
> like it should fit over something. If you bolted it to something flat it
> would bow in in the center.
>
> What started this was that I bought it via email and I wanted to make sure
> that I got the proper gear from the sale while it was fresh. Not try and fix
> a problem after several months when I can actually get it on... The canvas
> parts looks band new, but the the channel didn't look like anything I had
> seen or could find. The DC dealerships here in Sait John just looked blank.
> I guess I will have to wait until I can lift the HT and experiment. The
> hazards of buying summer gear in the dead of winter I guess...
>

This is a link to Bestop's installation instructions. On my 2004 TJ with
the Bikini top (Jeep logo label) the header is the same as the full soft
top one.
http://www.bestop.com/installation_guides/52525.pdf

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Old February 1st 05, 06:21 PM
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Tme out!

Have you investigated that you do not even need the new header? If you have
a Jeep version of the Bestop bikini, it should take the standard Jeep soft
top header connector. You shouldn't even need any additional hardware.
Simply take the soft top off and put the bikini on.

I have a Bestop soft top and a Bestop bikini for my CJ, and the header is
the same for both. I do not need two different headers for the two different
tops.



"Hooligan" > wrote in message
...
> And thats the part I don't know. The header is 2 pieces of brite aluminim
> with a round channel for the leading edge of the top. Sort of shaped like
> this when looked at end on:
>
> _____(_)
>
> The flat section has no cutouts like the pictures on the Bestop site to
> get around the footman loop, ST/HT clamps, etc. The channel does have a
> small lip on the bottom of both the forward and trailing lengthwise edge.
> Almost like it should fit over something. If you bolted it to something
> flat it would bow in in the center.
>
> What started this was that I bought it via email and I wanted to make sure
> that I got the proper gear from the sale while it was fresh. Not try and
> fix a problem after several months when I can actually get it on... The
> canvas parts looks band new, but the the channel didn't look like anything
> I had seen or could find. The DC dealerships here in Sait John just looked
> blank. I guess I will have to wait until I can lift the HT and experiment.
> The hazards of buying summer gear in the dead of winter I guess...
>
> --
>
> (Please remove the "nospam" when replying)
>
> 2000 TJ - OME, 31x10,and a lot of wishfull thinking
>
>
> "Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message
> news
>>
>> "Hooligan" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Snow - Its polka dotted and teenie which is what is causing the trouble.
>>>
>>> Jeff - Guy said he got it from DC and the only tags on it say "JEEP"
>>> with the trademark symbol (all three pieces). I assumed that would mean
>>> OEM but hey...
>>>

>>
>> I was not aware that there was an OEM bikini. DC gets its top from
>> Bestop, and it is certainly possible that Bestop might have made a bikini
>> that it sold through Jeep, or sold and Jeep allowed them to put the logo
>> on.
>>
>> I guess the bottom line is, how do you install the header?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

>
>


 




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