Reviews for Bestop Sunrider for Hardtop for 07-18 Jeep Wrangler JK

Solid product. Performs very well so far. Very convenient and practical. No water leaks.

Gave it 4 stars as installation with the alignment of bolts can tricky + a little more than expected vibration of the twill at very high highway speeds (expected some). but still would go w/this product if one was looking for something like this.

Kind of a pain to install, but *so* much easier to open than removing and stowing the freedom tops. Getting everything aligned right and getting all of the screws in was much more difficult than I'd expected.

I love the top! This is what Jeep should have done instead of the freedom panels. Now I no longer have to find a place to store them in the Jeep, along with room for other things, just flip back and I still have storage room!

I experienced only two problems. First was with the installation, one of the welded nuts wasn't threaded properly, I just retapped the nut and everything went well.

The second issue was with QT. When I purchased the top they were offering a $100 QT rebate. The rebate is no longer on their site, I never received it, and (since I didn't have any screenshots to prove it) they deny the rebate existed.

I find it very nice. Went on little difficult but once it goes on, it looks nice. Just a little noisy (have a hard top) definitely need to get used to it if you are first time installing it.

Not to hard an install love the top and not leaks. Like being able to open the top and not have to mess with storing the freedom panels.

Happy with this purchase. So nice to have the ease of flipping the top back rather than having to take off the freedom tops and store in the back. Installation took about an hour.

This is a great product.
I have had my JKU for 5 years now, and even though I own a soft top, have only used it once. The issue with it is getting the hard top off, and what to do with it when it's off. The other issue is the way the OEM soft top folds back behind the sound bar. (My back seat rider complained that it sagged in his face.) The Sunrider doesn't have this issue. While the Freedom tops give the same effect, they are slower to remove, and again you have to find a place for them.
The Sunrider is fast to open, and quiet enough to be on full time for me. We will have to see how it does in the rain, however since my Jeep lives in the garage, I don't see a problem.
Installation is relatively easy. You do want to watch both videos from Bestop, and pay attention to the rubber strip on the back and how it's supposed to lay on the hard top. Also getting the holes for the Torx bolt that comes from the underside is a bit tricky to get lined up, but other than that it was a simple install.

Easy to use... great if you get stuck in traffic.. Second install and now it leaks...

NO REPAIR KITS and I do not see any replacement screws for the one that is now stripped... the leak is on the other side.

Went and put it on again.. still leaks...

I love the top and the ease of going topless in just a few seconds, but I just don't understand why Besttop couldn't have made the knob screws about a 1/4 or 1/3 inch longer. The front knobs were a piece of cake, but trying to screw in the rear ones were a pain and I just needed them to be a little longer to make it easier. What bothers me the most is that when I want to take the entire top off, I am going to have the same difficulty when putting it back together. So while the top functions as it is supposed to and looks good, the initial pain will be those two knobs that hold down the actual top.

An enormous amount of wind nose at freeway speeds, but worth it to be able to open (and close) the top in an instant.