Re-sewing a wrangler soft top

trevoringle

trevoringle

Just a dirtbike rider with a RZR
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So I called several shops today about repairing the timber bestop super top on my YJ since a good amount of the thread has started to let loose but my actual top is still in good shape. So any ways, it’s looking like repairing it myself is going to be the best option since now bestop wants $700 just for the replacement skin. So just wondered if anybody has messes with re-sewing their top or of replacement is the only route to take.
 
trevoringle said:
So I called several shops today about repairing the timber bestop super top on my YJ since a good amount of the thread has started to let loose but my actual top is still in good shape. So any ways, it’s looking like repairing it myself is going to be the best option since now bestop wants $700 just for the replacement skin. So just wondered if anybody has messes with re-sewing their top or of replacement is the only route to take.
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I ripped my top just above the driver door at Golden Mountain on one of the last rides it was open.

I broke out the sewing kit and used heavy duty thread. It was in the warmer months and it worked for a while. Once it got cold there was "shrinkage"

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And the tear opened up. In the end I slapped some gorilla tape on it and some on the inside and hit it with a heat gun. Keeps it from leaking but that's about it. There's just not enough material to allow the thread to really hold anything together.
 
CasterTroy said:
I ripped my top just above the driver door at Golden Mountain on one of the last rides it was open.

I broke out the sewing kit and used heavy duty thread. It was in the warmer months and it worked for a while. Once it got cold there was "shrinkage"

Decides Terrence Howard GIF



And the tear opened up. In the end I slapped some gorilla tape on it and some on the inside and hit it with a heat gun. Keeps it from leaking but that's about it. There's just not enough material to allow the thread to really hold anything together.
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This is pretty much what I keep reading on other forums too. I was hoping nc4x4 had some better answers haha
 
orange150 said:
I'd look for a canvas company that serves the boats around Lake Norman.
If you end up buying from bestop prepare to be disappointed.
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Didn’t think about that, might make a couple more phone calls. I’d buy the replacement too from them again if they would have doubled in price.
 
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