This is the 3rd job in a month that I had to repeat myself......."It's not supposed to fit....but I'll make it fit!"
Customer brought in his Jeep (we've done some minor lighting work on it in the past) and wanted a panoramic view out the top of his Jeep year-round.
Looked like a challenge so I accepted...little did I know I was in for a bigger challenge than expected!
Some dude out of New York makes these plexi-panels for the top of your Jeep....they allow you to have a 'moon-roof' experience on your REMOVABLE Jeep Tops, year-round...which is cool.
Well...when I got the product package and thought immediately that I was missing parts....because all that came with it was 2 panels and some grommet/gasket material. No mounting hardware, no templates and no instructions. So after some digging, I found this 'builders' YouTube page and watching (comically) for a few minutes before I realized this is gonna be interesting! Basically this guy is selling tinted plexiglas panels for a pretty penny and expects owners to be able to cut their fiberglass tops and GLUE....yes GLUE them into place.....kinda ghetto if you ask me....but whatever....end product/goal is worth it....so let's start hackin!!!
Immediately I knew I had a problem....these looked like they might not be big enough and I was right......the glass is supposed to cover the entire top and the 'humps' on the top...well these were a few inches short (that's what she said)....so, after some thinking, I figured I could make it happen but might not be the prettiest. Basically, you CAN have a seamless look IF the panels cleared these humps...but I needed to counter-sink the glass into them because they would not be flush if I didn't.....so I started cutting and thinking and kept cutting.
After some precise sanding and dremel work, I got these to fit the best possible and then threw some silicone (recommended from dude-bruh online) and hoped for the best.
In the end...the look/feel you get from the new view above is pretty cool...I can see how on a not-so-good-day, this will be a good mod to have on your Jeep.
Just make sure you do your research and make SURE positive that these will fit your Jeep...because Dude-Bruh in New York didn't research ALL makes/models of Jeeps and his product does not fit this one!
TL/DR......I Got Itchy and High on Fiberglass Fumes and put some holes in some removable Jeep Top Panels!
Customer brought in his Jeep (we've done some minor lighting work on it in the past) and wanted a panoramic view out the top of his Jeep year-round.
Looked like a challenge so I accepted...little did I know I was in for a bigger challenge than expected!
Some dude out of New York makes these plexi-panels for the top of your Jeep....they allow you to have a 'moon-roof' experience on your REMOVABLE Jeep Tops, year-round...which is cool.
Well...when I got the product package and thought immediately that I was missing parts....because all that came with it was 2 panels and some grommet/gasket material. No mounting hardware, no templates and no instructions. So after some digging, I found this 'builders' YouTube page and watching (comically) for a few minutes before I realized this is gonna be interesting! Basically this guy is selling tinted plexiglas panels for a pretty penny and expects owners to be able to cut their fiberglass tops and GLUE....yes GLUE them into place.....kinda ghetto if you ask me....but whatever....end product/goal is worth it....so let's start hackin!!!
Immediately I knew I had a problem....these looked like they might not be big enough and I was right......the glass is supposed to cover the entire top and the 'humps' on the top...well these were a few inches short (that's what she said)....so, after some thinking, I figured I could make it happen but might not be the prettiest. Basically, you CAN have a seamless look IF the panels cleared these humps...but I needed to counter-sink the glass into them because they would not be flush if I didn't.....so I started cutting and thinking and kept cutting.
After some precise sanding and dremel work, I got these to fit the best possible and then threw some silicone (recommended from dude-bruh online) and hoped for the best.
In the end...the look/feel you get from the new view above is pretty cool...I can see how on a not-so-good-day, this will be a good mod to have on your Jeep.
Just make sure you do your research and make SURE positive that these will fit your Jeep...because Dude-Bruh in New York didn't research ALL makes/models of Jeeps and his product does not fit this one!
TL/DR......I Got Itchy and High on Fiberglass Fumes and put some holes in some removable Jeep Top Panels!
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