I found a great deal on Craigslist for a nearly new softtop. I went with the money and bought it and when loading it, the guy goes into the barn and gets out a second soft top that he didnt know what is was, but it looked to also be a 4runner top. I took it because i could have used it on a diffent project if it wasnt a 4runner. So I got it home and realized that the second top was peed on by a cat or something. It was stinky ride home.

Today i got to cleannig both of them. The one i originally bought is a Kayline top. With all bows.




The second one I do not know what the manufacture is. After going through the piles of bows it looks like i also have the bows for it but not the rear window. This one is not vinyl like the KAyline but a heavier canvas type. The bows are also a two piece setup. The side windows are a little glazed but i may be able to clean them up.




Here are all the bows that came with them



But they are both drying. The garage smells a bit like vinegar but it is better than urine. Does anyone know what the second top type is?
Also can somebody point be to directions for installation for the Kayline and once the other is ID,d i would need directinos for that, just so i know what parts of the bows go with each.

Oh did i say I got them both for $150

 

That second one looks like a newer Kayline version. Here's some info I found when I was searching to do mine...

http://www.off-road.com/trucks4x4/ar....jsp?id=305997
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...op/index.shtml
http://www.off-road.com/trucks4x4/ar....jsp?id=305997
http://www.thejeep.com/kayline/instsheets/228010.pdf

 

so ya interested in selling one.

 

So you're the one that beat me to getting to Joey. I had a new Kayline I sold last year, just couldn't drill all those hole in my truck. Here's pic of the hardware, the angle brackets are in the white box.


and it had the directions and sample pack of 303


here are the directions, you might have to wait until a real hot sunny day so that thing can stretch out.

 

Guilty

 

HHMMM. this is weird. The newer of the main bows are one piece. I have an older set that are two piece kind of like your pic there. I have to go throguh them all and see what i ahve.

 

The second top you got looks like a Suntop. Does it have a plastic rear window? If not, its the Suntop. I will buy it from you if you'll sell it. Here's what it looks like.

 

it looks like that one, but there is no rear window, it is missing. Probably could be made. Do you have any pictures of that bow setup?

 

Look at the pic, it's like my Killertoytop, the factory window goes up in it.

 

OH Ok.

 

I don't have any pics of the hardware setup. I do know you don't have to drill holes and there's only two bows. One in front of the roll bar and the other at the back. In that side pic, you can see the top rests on the roll bar. Both bows connect at the bottom and fold to the back. They made a boot to cover both of them when folded.

 

Looked at the bows, it looks like i have pretty much all the kayline parts. The large one piece bows i guess go with the other top, but it looks like i am missing the pieces that mount those bows to the truck itself.

 

I can't find the pic with the top off the frame, I just remembered that there is a small bow that comes off the front one aiming to the back, that's not the roll bar pushing on the top.

 

Hmmm, I could be mistaken, but I don't believe the Suntop one had snaps up the sides and across the top at the front like what the second pic shows. I haven't seen one installed, but there was another soft top made by a company called "4Tops". Any chance of there being a logo embossed on it anywhere?

 

Unfortuantely i do not see any logo. The bows I have do match what is on the literature here.

 

Well from that it definitely looks more like the Suntop. I have to say that I haven't heard of convertible concepts, though. If you are missing any of the hardware like the mounts shown in the circled pictures, I can provide them as they are very similar to what I use.

 

I am missing the first 2 circled items. I am a bit dissapointed, going through all the parts and checked which top they go with, i thought the kayline top would use the bolt on cab bracket, but no Kayline has to use sheetmetal screws to hold it on. I do not like that

 

or not...

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...op/index.shtml

 

Nice, I will be doing that.

 

thats what I did.