spiderwebshade + roll bar covers?

[eubea999]

I currently have the long version of the Spiderwebshade on my 2-door '22 Willys. The mesh top does an excellent job of protecting against much of the sun beating down on everyone. It's very tight and does not flap excessively when driving say over 50mph (and yes, I do have rear passengers frequently).

The one 'issue' I have is that the rollbars (even though they are now painted on JLs) just looks so bare and skinny and unfinished. The holes for the soft top brackets need to be covered in my opinion as well.

I'd love to cover the roll bars but the mesh top needs to have the screw/silver nubs exposed to work. You can see more clearly in the attached pics. Had thought of getting the cheapest roll bar cover that I could find and then cut some small holes so the silver nubs are exposed. Alternatively, I can ditch this mesh top (really don't want to) and get one that uses a the more common bungie like chord or velcro strap connection. Maybe something to extend the bungie chords with another smaller strap to wrap around the bars (but guessing they won't stay fixed and will move).

Any suggestions out there? Thanks much.

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[Xcoaste]

I would thinking puttying a small cut into the rollbar cover would be fine.

 

[eubea999]

I think so, as I've googled this for a while now and can't find anything that would work

 

[eubea999]

interesting though, it almost looks like the Dirty Dog roll bar padding, soft top version, would work on mine - trying to figure out if I can take advantage of those roll bar padding cutouts

 

[gregeast]

I have the Dirty Dog roll bar pad. I needed to put a couple of small holes in it to mount our Bestop Windblocker.

To keep the hole from tearing, I put in a couple of grommets, using a tool I bought on Amazon. Mine are just 1/4" diameter but I think there are larger ones available.

Alternatively, we use the JTopsUSA Sunshade, which used buckles to mount, no access to bolts required.

Here's a pic of the Dirty Dog Rollbar Pad (sunshade not installed in this pic).

 

[eubea999]

ahhh, very nice - if I go that route of making holes, foolishly, hadn't thought about getting grommets to make it look more finished and to prevent it from ripping or fraying...

still looking into the Dirty Dog soft top version - the soft top version openings on the padding looks very close to where my spiderwebshade silver nubs are located, or maybe I only need to make one extra hole... but can't be sure this will work unless I order it and try it out...

 

[eubea999]

I gave up on trying to make this work... my $10 'fix' was to add another set of grab handles to cover the unused soft top bracket holes ? - not sure what to do with the middle pillars still

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