jjonesx86
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When I brought the new Jeep home my kids asked an innocent question. "We thought a Jeep was a convertible, how do you take the top down"? Having a hard top I quickly removed the freedom panels and they were less than impressed
I tried to take the top off myself and then with my wife's help but it just wasn't going to work. Time for a garage project.
Here is the finished project...success! After a few weeks, more than a few hundred dollars and a lot of sweat, I am able to go topless and have a great multi-use storage solution!
I started by ordering the Racor hoist and the Topsy bracket. The Topsy bracket went on quick and easy, I wish I could say the same for the hoist!
Uses the factory bolts for a quick installation:
This is my garage when we first built the house, just to show the standard overhead garage door opener. It turned out my project was going to require moving or replacing it to get the headroom I needed. The project just got bigger but I always wanted this gone anyway
The garage now after 7+ years of adding storage and stuff. Now I have the full 10 1/2 feet of height to use!
I went with a jack-shaft garage door opener and while they are picky in terms of install requirements, ours went in easy, just a few hours to swap everything out:
The Racor installed and connected to the brackets, all ready to lift:
Installation of the Racor lift is pretty straight forward but I'm too old to be working on such a high ceiling and holding everything up there myself. I wasn't patient enough to wait for help so after a few nights of work and some Advil I was all set:
All seems to be working well:
This strap comes with the Topsy bracket kit and is pre-made to work. It seems the fiberglass top carries more weight than I would like but I'll check to see if this is causing any damage...seems like it should be fine:
I tried to take the top off myself and then with my wife's help but it just wasn't going to work. Time for a garage project.
Here is the finished project...success! After a few weeks, more than a few hundred dollars and a lot of sweat, I am able to go topless and have a great multi-use storage solution!
I started by ordering the Racor hoist and the Topsy bracket. The Topsy bracket went on quick and easy, I wish I could say the same for the hoist!
Uses the factory bolts for a quick installation:
This is my garage when we first built the house, just to show the standard overhead garage door opener. It turned out my project was going to require moving or replacing it to get the headroom I needed. The project just got bigger but I always wanted this gone anyway
The garage now after 7+ years of adding storage and stuff. Now I have the full 10 1/2 feet of height to use!
I went with a jack-shaft garage door opener and while they are picky in terms of install requirements, ours went in easy, just a few hours to swap everything out:
The Racor installed and connected to the brackets, all ready to lift:
Installation of the Racor lift is pretty straight forward but I'm too old to be working on such a high ceiling and holding everything up there myself. I wasn't patient enough to wait for help so after a few nights of work and some Advil I was all set:
All seems to be working well:
This strap comes with the Topsy bracket kit and is pre-made to work. It seems the fiberglass top carries more weight than I would like but I'll check to see if this is causing any damage...seems like it should be fine:
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