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Disclaimer: I am not an employee or owner of GPCA. I do not earn money from GPCA's sale of product. I am a happy owner of purchased GPCA product.
In a thread I started a while back https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...-wait-most-for-to-be-built-or-invented.13490/ on things we wish the aftermarket would produce for the JL, I indicated as one of my top desires a cargo cover that you could store things on top of.
Other posters concurred, as they did the idea that--shall we politely say--the JL aftermarket currently falls short of user wishes: something I'm sure time will eventually address, like it has for the JK model.
I'm glad to report that GPCA has not simply met my wishes but exceeded them in their Jeep Wrangler JL Unlimited Cargo Cover PRO.
https://www.gpca.us/shop/gpca-jeep-wrangler-jl-unlimited-cargo-cover-pro/
This design is not only rugged enough to hold the weight of objects on top of it, but provides numerous ways of securing said items.
I'm not implying that the cover will hold "bags of concrete stacked to the rig's roof" on its top. I am implying that the concrete (in this metaphor) goes below the cargo cover, secured (along with any valuables) from prying eyes by the cargo cover, while the less heavy items go above on top of the cover.
The cover is flippable, providing a more rugged (yet refined) appearance on one side (my preference) that includes MOLLE tie downs, and a more "finished" look on the other side if you prefer.
Regardless of which side of the product you face out, the purchase includes 6 Tie-Down D plates that allow you to further strap down items on top of the cover with separately purchased straps of your liking.
Additionally, (my product at least) featured 2 stainless steel M8 X 1.25 size flat head bolts, threaded identically to the bolts that keep (and come with) the hard top secured. These bolts, given their flat head style, are designed to secure the front most straps of the cargo cover to the tub liner should you be running with a soft top. To point, the two "dog leg" pieces of hardware that secure the soft top at and behind the back doors (of an Unlimited) obscure the front most hardtop bolt down holes.
Simply and temporarily undo each dog leg's 2 bolts with the FCA supplied T 40 torx wrench, lift the dog legs up a tad and install these screws with their Tie Down D plates. Put the dog legs back into position and screw them down again: 2 minutes work tops with written and video instructions.
Essentially, you do the opposite of what Rob Jarrell of Quadratec does here on the soft top install:
Alternatively, if you run with a hard top, the factory supplied bolts will work fine, although I prefer use of GPCA's Tie-Down Anchor Pro screws https://www.gpca.us/shop/jeep-wrangler-jl-jk-hardtop-quick-release/ because their design provides more places to anchor stuff with rope. M8 screws like these, at least 4, are needed for soft top owner users (who don't also have a hard top via a Dual Top Purchase,) who don't have M8 screws otherwise supplied with a hard top.
Anyway, back to the cover. Held in by industrial strength Velcro straps, the cover can easily be removed or partially taken down if you wish, for example, to haul items whose size and orientation demands require the complete cargo area floor to roof height size.
I think many of us will agree the GPCA doesn't "invent the wheel," they just "perfect it."
For example, when they entered the grab handle business such products were already well positioned in the market, but theirs, given is well thought out design and materials, along with their ability to tuck out of the way, made it distinct.
If you need a locking box in your cargo area, this product alone may not be for you--although it might hide the presence of such a box and provide tie down storage abilities above. But if you want a cargo cover to keep stuff in the cargo area from flying around, hid from view (especially in top off/down situations,) and the ability to put items above the tub height and secured (on the cargo cover's top,) this is solid product to do so.
Happy trails.
In a thread I started a while back https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...-wait-most-for-to-be-built-or-invented.13490/ on things we wish the aftermarket would produce for the JL, I indicated as one of my top desires a cargo cover that you could store things on top of.
Other posters concurred, as they did the idea that--shall we politely say--the JL aftermarket currently falls short of user wishes: something I'm sure time will eventually address, like it has for the JK model.
I'm glad to report that GPCA has not simply met my wishes but exceeded them in their Jeep Wrangler JL Unlimited Cargo Cover PRO.
https://www.gpca.us/shop/gpca-jeep-wrangler-jl-unlimited-cargo-cover-pro/
This design is not only rugged enough to hold the weight of objects on top of it, but provides numerous ways of securing said items.
I'm not implying that the cover will hold "bags of concrete stacked to the rig's roof" on its top. I am implying that the concrete (in this metaphor) goes below the cargo cover, secured (along with any valuables) from prying eyes by the cargo cover, while the less heavy items go above on top of the cover.
The cover is flippable, providing a more rugged (yet refined) appearance on one side (my preference) that includes MOLLE tie downs, and a more "finished" look on the other side if you prefer.
Regardless of which side of the product you face out, the purchase includes 6 Tie-Down D plates that allow you to further strap down items on top of the cover with separately purchased straps of your liking.
Additionally, (my product at least) featured 2 stainless steel M8 X 1.25 size flat head bolts, threaded identically to the bolts that keep (and come with) the hard top secured. These bolts, given their flat head style, are designed to secure the front most straps of the cargo cover to the tub liner should you be running with a soft top. To point, the two "dog leg" pieces of hardware that secure the soft top at and behind the back doors (of an Unlimited) obscure the front most hardtop bolt down holes.
Simply and temporarily undo each dog leg's 2 bolts with the FCA supplied T 40 torx wrench, lift the dog legs up a tad and install these screws with their Tie Down D plates. Put the dog legs back into position and screw them down again: 2 minutes work tops with written and video instructions.
Essentially, you do the opposite of what Rob Jarrell of Quadratec does here on the soft top install:
Alternatively, if you run with a hard top, the factory supplied bolts will work fine, although I prefer use of GPCA's Tie-Down Anchor Pro screws https://www.gpca.us/shop/jeep-wrangler-jl-jk-hardtop-quick-release/ because their design provides more places to anchor stuff with rope. M8 screws like these, at least 4, are needed for soft top owner users (who don't also have a hard top via a Dual Top Purchase,) who don't have M8 screws otherwise supplied with a hard top.
Anyway, back to the cover. Held in by industrial strength Velcro straps, the cover can easily be removed or partially taken down if you wish, for example, to haul items whose size and orientation demands require the complete cargo area floor to roof height size.
I think many of us will agree the GPCA doesn't "invent the wheel," they just "perfect it."
For example, when they entered the grab handle business such products were already well positioned in the market, but theirs, given is well thought out design and materials, along with their ability to tuck out of the way, made it distinct.
If you need a locking box in your cargo area, this product alone may not be for you--although it might hide the presence of such a box and provide tie down storage abilities above. But if you want a cargo cover to keep stuff in the cargo area from flying around, hid from view (especially in top off/down situations,) and the ability to put items above the tub height and secured (on the cargo cover's top,) this is solid product to do so.
Happy trails.
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