Reviews for Lange Originals 014-910 Power Hoist-a-Top for 18-23 Jeep Wrangler JL 4-Door Unlimited
Looks like easy power up and down. The install looks pretty simple too.
Ease of use long term.
It's highly recommended.
The apparent ease of use.
Well engineered, quick delivery, easy and flexible set-up. Even with a 10’ overhead, this easily worked. The kids now remove and replace the top without bugging me.
Lange direct was also great with customer service - had a damaged piece on delivery and when I called they shipped a replacement (arrived in days) at no cost to me. Great experience overall.
great product
If you have a hardtop this is a must have! Product works as advertised. I live in the Salt Lake City area and called Lange and their customer service is incredible. Carter was very helpful and knowledgeable.
This is a great product! As others have said, the instructions are adequate but not stellar. They show how to mount the winch and hoist in a variety of situations. That's the best part because chances are, your garage will not fit nicely into any of the scenarios in the instructions. But by reading about all of them you should be able to adapt to your situation.
The packaging was great -- everything was nicely protected and arrived with no damage. Installation took about 3 hours with two people. You do have to think carefully about placement in advance or you will be installing it multiple times. Lange supplies all the hardware you need for installation for every possible scenario except that we couldn't find screws that fit the pulleys. Having an impact driver will save you a lot of headaches. Also, it would have been nice if Lange had included some shrink-wrap tubing for the cable ends because you have to cut off cable on the shorter pull line, and the cut end is likely to stab you at some point.
One issue we had was with the rear window hanger. All the videos I watched showed that you could close the window after putting the hanger in place. But the hanger appeared to contact the rear window when it was almost closed. I was afraid of cracking it if I closed it all the way. My solution was to simply leave the window open.
I gave the product 5 stars because it delivered what they promised with essentially no surprises. That, and the winch is totally awesome! My hard top is now up against the ceiling and my Volkswagen Golf is parked underneath. I have a 7 1/2 foot ceiling and there's enough room but the Jeep hardto does hang down far enough that I'm afraid of putting my eye out if I run into it. This is not a problem with the Lange product, but is a byproduct of how my garage is built. Nicely done Lange!
Great product. Easy install with the video.
Came in a nice package, instructions were okay, but I'm a handy guy. I'm happy I don't have to buy pizza and beer for my neighbors to take my top off.