I just confirmed with another member here and a soft top of unknown origin is now mine and will be shipped up here next week. Looking at the pictures I am pretty sure it is an STC soft top, I got a good deal on it, however, I don't know if I have all the peices. I will obviously have a better inventory of parts once it arrives, but I have these pictures, can anyone tell me which parts I am missing, if any?

 

Looks pretty complete to me. Find the installation instructions on their web page, link on my page:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...op/index.shtml

 

Other than all the different machine screws, it looks like I am missing the tailgate aluminum peice, the two horizontal rods, the footman loop, and the bow release bracket, I will have to email or call STC and see if I can just buy those parts. Either way, I am really excited about this top!

 

My used Kayline top was missing some pieces and no installation notes. Got the instructions from Kayline (at the time) and found the footman's loop at my local hardware store. If you can't get the rest of the parts, it would be fairly easy to make them.

 

Be sure to post up pics when you get it installed.

 

I will definitely do that! Hopefully it will be shipping sometime at the beginning of the week.

 

Once I do get it I am going to drive up and down the street in front of trailrunner55's house!

 

you dick. ill just come by and either steal it or slash it

 

There were issues with shipping (the seller didn't want to ship some of the larger parts) but he was able to hook me up with a friend who was driving this way, so between some Yankee Toys members and some TTORA-NE members, this top made its way from central PA all the way to MA! Thanks to everyone that helped!
I hung onto it for a while but finally got around to ordering all the missing parts, STC was great, they were really helpful in getting the correct parts and shipping them to me. After a minor issue with me ordering one incorrect part, I finally accumulated everything I need.
I got everything installed on Saturday, the drilling that is required is really not that bad, I was dreading doing it, but it is pretty easy and it went quickly. The only thing holding me up now is that there are two rips in the rear part of the top above the window, about 6 inches on each (although the seller assured me otherwise, in his defense, they are on a seam and not easy to see), so I can't stretch it tight to align the tailgate peice for drilling and installing the snaps because it would rip wide open, that top stretches TIGHT. So until I bust out a needle and thread, it is just hanging over the top of the truck. Still a good deal though, final cost of all the parts, plus the new parts shipped from STC is about $167. I am going away for a week, so it will have to stay like that, but hopefully once I get back I can sew it up and post some pics of the final product.
I do have one question though. There are two footman loops on the rear, are they only there for tying down the whole top? When you roll up the sides and back, the rear bow isn't really held tight. In theory, it could bounce around, are there straps that are supposed to hold that in place (maybe running to the footman loops), or is it assumed that the sides, when rolled up, will keep it from moving?

 

Yes, the footmans loops are used to tension down the back hoop and keep the top tight when the back or sides are up. I had to add those parts to my old Kayline top and keep the straps snug all the time:

 

Were they originally sewn on the top or do they tie around the top bow or something? I am going to need to get a pair of these straps, or make a pair.

 

No idea, my top did not have them. I just made my own straps from some 1" nylon cargo straps from the hardware store. One end is tied around the rear hoop and they loop down through the footmans loop and back to a buckle.

 

Thanks, that is what I was thinking I would do with them.