Vendors, build a removable rear window!

[sanman357]

It's been done. There was a CJ-5 hardtop years ago with a "garage door" style rear window:

Nice. Now get theses guys on it ASAP!

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[FunWagon]

A good way to do a removable rear window is to make it like a half door - just like half doors have removable uppers, a tailgate can have a removable upper. The additional benefit of that approach is that the tailgate + upper swings as one piece, you don't have the two-step open the hatch then open the tailgate operation.

This is a hard upper version in action on the JKU:



Here's a hard upper on my LJ, this one removes easily by removing a few nuts.

There's also a soft version, it's installed in these next photos:

This is a JKU version soft version:

Another JKU soft version being removed:

Something like these could be done for the JL. I don't have a JL so I haven't done one, I've only built them for the JK/JKU and the TJ/LJ.

that is genius!!!

I’ve been driving a JK with half doors for 13 years and never thought of that...

I love that idea . Add an upper half to the tailgate. Simple and proven. Genius. Never occurred to me.

 

[jscherb]

that is genius!!!

I’ve been driving a JK with half doors for 13 years and never thought of that...

I love that idea . Add an upper half to the tailgate. Simple and proven. Genius. Never occurred to me.

I built the first one 11 years ago when I had a soft top on my LJ. It was such a pain to access the rear cargo area, especially in the rain or snow, that I thought there had to be a better idea. So I designed a fairly simple upper frame that mounted to the tailgate and modified a factory soft top rear window to mount to it. It worked out very well, it didn't leak and it eliminated fussing with zippers. After that one proved successful I built one for the LJ hardtop and when I got the JKU I built both hard and soft uppers for that one. I can never go back to a zipper soft top window or a glass liftgate.

 

[Low_Spark]

I would love a slider, my dog rides in the back in a crate and it would be great to have a window I could slide open a bit to get him some air circulation.

 

[FunWagon]

Such creative ideas. @JeepCares are you listening?

Problem:
- Rear window not removable on sky one touch top (in particular wanted when used with half doors)
- Access to cargo area not ideal with the flip up rear window

Creative solutions:
- Rear window that slides up and into Jeep
- Rear window that is attached to tailgate, opens with tailgate, and can be detached from tailgate and stored in trunk

 

[eLECTRICON]

We just need quick disconnect hinges.

 

[Capricorn]

It would be nice if the Freedom panels have hinges connecting to the main hard top and act like a bifold hard tonneau cover. Basically become like a hard Sunrider top. It would of course require a design change on the hard top so it has a straight cut instead of an angular one.

 

[sanman357]

It would be nice if the Freedom panels have hinges connecting to the main hard top and act like a bifold hard tonneau cover. Basically become like a hard Sunrider top. It would of course require a design change on the hard top so it has a straight cut instead of an angular one.

Someone already makes that. I just picked up the EZ Window.
https://eztrunk.net/shop/ols/products/2019-present-jt-ezflip-top-201-prs-jt-zfl

 

[Capricorn]

Someone already makes that. I just picked up the EZ Window.
https://eztrunk.net/shop/ols/products/2019-present-jt-ezflip-top-201-prs-jt-zfl

Nice!

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