Reviews for Bestop 5492235 Trektop NX Glide Soft Top in Black Diamond for 07-18 Jeep Wrangler JK 2 Door

No more zippers. :)

What do (I) think? I like it. Do I love it? Not even a little. Truly though, it's a quality made product.! Props to Bestop! Nicely made. I do love the overall look of this top. It made it look a bit more ruggedI My Jeep being a 2016, a sharp black top on my faded factory was a giant improvement. Best of all...It has 100% alleviated the mental breakdowns I would suffer each time I tried to get my top up and down by myself struggling with zippers. Which, by the way is the whole reason I got it. Mission accomplished! However, I do often like driving with just the back window off and the sunrider top open. THIS TOP has a REMOVABLE METAL BOW in the center, which frankly is IRRITATING! Jeep tan is stressful enough without now having to worry about a stripe! I removed it from spring to fall. DON'T DO IT IF IT RAINS! THE BOW SUPPORTS THE TOP! Therefore, if it rains at all, there WILL BE MASSIVE POOLING! YOU WILL GET WET! Miss just being able to roll up and Velcro the factory back window it up VS storing it, sliding it back on to prevent it from getting stolen. Be sure if you do get it to get the storage bag. PLASTIC DOES SCUFF EASILY! Was an dope and didn't switch to my hard top over the winter. It held up great! It's nice. It deserves an overall 5. It's just not MY 5! I prefer factory top.

No More zippers!

Installation was simple and shipping was fast. But I'm still waiting on my $100 Quadratec gift-card that came with purchase...

The style and Bestop name! This is my 3rd jeep yj, tj, jk. I've replaced all tops with bestop over the years!

Price

Took well under 3 hours to install. Found a crack in the header of the top, contacted Quadratec and within 5 business days had a brand new soft top delivered.
Great customer service by Quadratec and Bestop :)

I've had my NX Glide for my 2013 2dr JK for 4 months now.
I love it.
No zippers, easy open sun rider, side windows are easy to remove.
I did have a few minor issues on delivery but both Quadratec and Bestop were great and got me replacement parts.

Now, my first word of advice is once you put this on (don't be intimidated by the install, if I can do it anyone can), leave it up for a week.
It's going to be super tight and putting it down will scratch your roll bar covers.
Putting it back up is even harder.
So, as excited as you are to play with it, leave it out in the sun for at least 4 to 5 days.
Once it loosens up, it'll be great.

I've read reviews about leaks.
Mine does leak a bit in the back where the two corners have hook and loop fasteners (why can't we call it velcro any more? hmmmm).
But it's not worth sending it back.
I have BedTred hard liner floors, the water just rolls out when I pull the plugs and it's not that much.
However, if you are anal about that, you'd probably want to get them to replace.

I recently drove it to Orlando (for work because there is no reason to ever go to north to Orlando in my opinion) and I got up to about 90 (shhhsshh, don't tell the po-po) and the top was great.
Very secure, noise was minimal.

My second word of advice is spend the $100 and get the storage bag.
You can't roll the windows like the traditional top so the bag is a must have for keeping it clean and scratch free.
Sometimes Quadratec will do a sale and throw it in for free so if you're not in a hurry, hang until that happens.

Another great feature to this top is when you have all the windows out, you got a safari top built right in.
So nice not to have to swap it out any longer.
Oh! Anyone in need of a safari top by Bestop?
I have one.
Window retainer included!

So, in closing, this top is worth the money and it is from the OEM company that supplies Jeep with all their tops.

Thank you Quadratec and thank you Bestop for so many great products.

~capt

I absolutely love my new NX Glide top, particularly the ease of going from a full soft top to full convertible in a matter of minutes. The channels provided for the side and rear windows come off and on easily without the worry of broken zippers like I had with my other soft top. The quality of the components is terrific.

Installation was as expected. I bought this for 2 specific reasons. First, the lack of zippers. I'm sold on it. It's much easier to go varying degrees of topless. The second reason was the sun rider top. I wore out the original top in 6 years. This version made it 2 years. The driver side wire tensioner snapped. The passenger side tension snap for the sunrider frame failed. I'd love to be able to get replacement parts as this is my daily driver.