Rough Country 51180-15 User Manual

Vehicle Application

Installation Instructions

Fabric Replacement Top

Upper Door Skins Not Included

www.Bestop.com - We’re here to help! Visit our web site and click on “Ask a Question”. Click here for more Jeep Accessories by Bestop.

• Jeep Wrangler TJ

1997 and 2002
Clear Glass Windows
Part Number: 51127

• Jeep Wrangler TJ

1997 and 2002
Tinted Glass Windows
Part Number: 51180

INSTALLATION TIME

1 Hours

TOOLS

SKILL LEVEL

2 - Moderately Easy

Fabric Replacement Top – Installation Instructions

Parts List

Fabric Top Qty - 1
Quarter Window, Right Qty - 1
Quarter Window, Left Qty - 1
Rear Window Qty - 1

Remove Quarter Windows and
Rear Window

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

Release Windshield Latches

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.

Release Rear Corners

Release the rear corners of the top. Pull gently
down and then out to release the plastic strip from
the retainer on the vehicle.

Pull down and then out
to release the fabric from
the retainer

Unsnap Rear Bow

Unsnap the fabric from the rear bow and allow the
bow to drop onto the tailgate.

Unsnap the fabric
from the rear bow

Header
Latch

Windshield
Frame

Pull lever up

Release hook
from slot

Rev. D 0606 51127 / 51180 pg. 2

Fabric Replacement Top – Installation Instructions

Unfasten Center Bow

Unfasten the fl ap around the Center Bow.

Unfasten hook
and loop to
unwrap fl ap

Sport Bar

View from inside vehicle

Center Bow

Remove Corner Screws

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

Remove Screws Holding
Fabric 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.

Due to a recent header assembly modi-

fi 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 intended.

Flip the fabric into the
rear of the vehicle

Remove the 8 or 14 screws that
secure the fabric to the header

Header

Detail of Header

Collapse bows and
fabric onto tailgate

Rev. D 0606 51127 / 51180 pg. 3