Reviews for Bestop All-New Trektop NX Soft Top for 18-23 Jeep Wrangler JL 2-Door
Love this top. Pretty quiet on the highway, much better than the top on my old TJ. Unlike some of the other reviews I didn't find it difficult to install at all. Definitely a number of small bolts but if you keep them organized while putting it together they're not unmanageable.
The only con I have with this top is a fault of my own. I run a powertank with their roll bar mount which won't work with the top. That is definitely a big drawback as now I have to engineer a mount for the tank. I should have realized the top would interfere with the powertank based on the angled rear window.
watch a video first, the instructions are worthless, agreed!
Just finished installing the top. Wasn’t too difficult to complete. I suggest throwing away the directions and watching this video a few times. I was able to complete the install in less than two hours. https://youtu.be/BH9ECbTe3ng
Also be very careful with some of the bolts. They strip very easily.
Agree totally with above review. I received my top last week and installed this last Saturday. Top looks great. Instructions are hard to follow in relation to side you are viewing. It took four hours and two times I had to uninstall parts and reinstall, because of improper orientation. Bolts could be better, and way fewer hex heads. Extra washers would be helpful as I was short two. It would have been nice for the allen wrenches to be included. I love the fold back feature and total look. The panels are very tight, a little slack would be helpful. Getting used to not being able to fold up my hard top back window for storage is difficult. Overall, I would buy again. Lastly, I can see storing these parts might be cumbersome. The removed top doesn't fit well in the jeep. Don't know how that could be improved though.
Very nice quality top. Directions are rather confusing but work. The silver torx screws are garbage, heads strip even when using new bits. Suggest 8 hex head bolts as a much better choice.
Once installed works as described. Looks good..quality top.
Pros: it looks like it can be taken off, once assembled, relatively quickly and easily to replace with your hard top for the winter without having to start from scratch; I didn't have to do any welding.
Cons: Good god this is difficult to install! If you don't have lots of patience and a spare day to work on it, don't get this one. Let me save you some time with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1tftZhQ9Dk
It's not the manufacturer's video; but it's much more helpful than anything I found in the box or on the manufacturer's website.
Lots of small bolts, nuts, washers, come all jumbled in one bag and unmarked. Complex and tedious assembly at each joint. This WILL take you over four hours - more like eight and counting. You'll put things on backwards and have to take them off again - small, tedious things. It's maddening.
Came missing one bolt and one other bolt stripped out using hand tools trying put in place, much less tighten.
I wish it could have come with a few of the joints and smaller bars/levers/etc. already assembled. I would have gladly paid more shipping cost for a more assembled product.
Verdict: if you are slightly masochistic and want what is probably a very good soft top, with (almost) all the hardware included, grab this one. Otherwise, they call them "freedom panels" on your hard top for a reason! Appreciate them!
not bad, requires alot of work installing, couldnt get it right the first time.
The material and fit: 5 stars
Instructions: -1 star
Construction of J-hooks: -1 star
This is a well made, tough soft top. The front is easy enough to flip back by 1 person inside the vehicle (while it's stopped, of course).
Tight fit on the sides. Do yourself a favor and wax the zippers, you'll thank me later.
Instructions are semi-worthless as it takes forever to try to understand them, even with 2 of us.
Plastic J-hook latch on the back top corner was broken on arrival. Bestop sent out a replacement piece within a week (awesome!). However, that piece broke as well. We're going to take it to a fab shop in town and see if they can make a metal hook instead. It works without the hook, but is a little loose in the top corner. Considering what I paid for this, it's a little annoying that 2 were broken (1 on arrival, the 2nd with the replacement). A little better QA might help for future, or do what we're doing: switch it to metal for durability.
really great top but the stitching on the upper part of the windows are messed up and have became unstitched ! hope that bestop can replace it for me. the hardware is sold though for sure
The hardware is absolute trash. Every Allen head zinc machine screw strips out when tightening. I’m now unable to back two of them out in order to complete the installation. Went to the hardware store to purchase a kit to remove the stripped screws and it only made a larger divot in the screw head, and I’m unable to proceed with the install. Some hardware doesn’t match what the instructions indicate. Paid too much to have to deal with cut rate trash hardware. Step your f*cking game up, Bestop. And shame on Quadratec for pimping this trash.