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Any good videos of folding down a Softopper on a 2nd gen K5?

urbex

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I've had my Softopper for several years, and I've never once been able to get it dropped down and folded nicely. I'm talking fully unsnapped and wide open in the back, not just rolling up the windows to make it a safari style top.

Softopper's instructions aren't all that great, and they only have video for a 1st gen on their site. I'm not sure if mine is installed incorrectly, but as soon as I unsnap the cab snaps, the whole thing collapses in on itself, completely barring any kind of neat folding like on their video. It also ends up sitting on top of the tailgate/bed rails, instead of dropping to the cargo bed floor like in the video...though I don't know if that's a 1st gen vs 2nd gen thing, or again..maybe I installed mine wrong?

So I've been searching for a video showing someone folding it down, but only finding 1st gen stuff, or 2nd gen ones where people are just rolling up the windows.
 
It works the same as the first gen. If you have a full vert, you have to flap over front half, and flap up the sides, then guide it down. While allowing the middle to fold in on itself.

Then you so some fancy rolling to get it in the bag. Mine will rest on the tailgate, but I can get it to lay in the cargo area. But the bars will need to be wiggles past the bed rails, and no interior panels helps
 
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