Replay Top w/ Tinted Side
and Rear Windows and
Upper Door Skins
Installation Instructions
For: Jeep Wrangler (TJ)
1997 – 2002
Part Number: 51197
51197 pg 1
Table of Contents
F ABRIC R EPLACEMENT T OP P ARTS L IST ............... PAGE 2
F ABRIC R EPLACEMENT T OP T OOLS N EEDED .......... PAGE 2
F ABRIC R EPLACEMENT T OP INSTALLATION ............. PAGE 2
F ABRIC R EPLACEMENT T OP W ARRANTY ................ PAGE 10
0710 Rev. C
Tools Needed
Shoe Horn
Safety Glasses
Razor Knife
Phillips Screwdriver
Quarter Window, Right Qty - 1
Quarter Window, Left Qty - 1
Rear Window Qty - 1
Door Cover, Right Qty - 1
Door Cover, Left Qty - 1
Step One
R EMOVE Q UARTER W INDOWS AND R EAR W INDOW
Remove the Quarter Windows and the Rear Window. Remove the metal Tailgate Bar from the bottom
of the Rear Window and set it aside.
Release the plastic strip sewn to the top above the
doors. Pull down and out to slip the plastic out of the
channel.
Release Plastic Strips
from Retainers
Parts List
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Step Two
R ELEASE W INDSHIELD L ATCHES
Release the latch that secures the header to the
windshield. Pull up on the lever and then down
and out to release the hook from the slot in the
windshield frame.
Header
Latch
Windshield
Frame
Pull lever up
Release hook
from slot
Step Four
UNSNAP R EAR B OW
Unsnap the fabric from the rear
bow and allow the bow to drop
onto the tailgate.
Step Three
R ELEASE R EAR C ORNERS
Release the rear corners of the top. Pull gently
down and then out to release the plastic strip from
the retainer on the vehicle.
Unsnap the fabric
from the rear bow
51197 pg 2
Pull down and then out
to release the fabric from
the retainer
0710 Rev. C
Step Five
U NFASTEN C ENTER B OW
Unfasten the ap around the Center Bow.
Unfasten hook and
loop to unwrap ap
Sport Bar
View from inside vehicle
Center Bow
Step Six
R EMOVE C ORNER S CREWS
Collapse the bow assembly down onto the tailgate.
With the bow assembly laying on the tailgate, remove
the screws that fasten the fabric to the corners of the
header. Set the screws aside for use in installing the
new top fabric.
Remove Screw
Header
Detail of Header
Collapse bows and
fabric onto tailgate
Step Seven
R EMOVE S CREWS H OLDING F ABRIC TO HEADER
Flip the top fabric back over into the rear of the
vehicle (so that the fabric lays backing side up) to
expose the plastic strip along the edge of the fabric.
Remove the eight or fourteen screws that secure the
fabric to the header. Set the screws aside for use in
installing the new top. Then remove the old top fabric
from the vehicle.
NOTE: Due to a recent header assembly modi cation by Daimler Chrysler, the plastic strip on the windshield header may have 8 screw locations instead of
14. Both attachment numbers of screws will securely
fasten the header and perform as the original design
was intende d.
51197 pg 3
Flip the fabric into the
rear of the vehicle
Remove the 8 or 14 screws that
secure the fabric to the header
0710 Rev. C