Custom soft top windshield bracket

[ashman]

yeah, Brother, I was gonna say that if his packaging skills were better than his fab skills, i might think twice about holding my top on with that bracket...

LOL!

all good bro, it arrived in perfect condition. just giving you a little hell. :P

 

[Z71paramedic]

LOL!

all good bro, it arrived in perfect condition. just giving you a little hell. :P

I expected no less about those "boxes"

I couldn't find anything out here they'd fit in, and it was gonna cost $50 to buy boxes and have them shipped here so I said F that and made some from cardboard from the Safeway I knew they weren't going to get damaged, but I figured they wouldn't send them bare or I might have just tried that...

 

[crv]

I know this is an older thread, but is anyone still making/selling anything like this? Saw a guy on another forum made a mold with fiberglass but haven't been able to get a reply from him.

 

[RANDAL]

not sure but I'm glad this came back to life. so I can try and make my own one of these weekends.

 

[crv]

Still looking....have a Softopper I'd like to use this summer but don't want to drill windshield.

 

[ekajkrats]

I believe z71 just made 'em out of extra material he had laying around and was just making them to help out the brotherhood. I ended up just mimiking his and bp71k5's designs and made one an automotive body class I took at the local community college. If you have access to a welder the design can be pretty simple to copy and I recommend giving it a try. I had never welded anything last year when I bought my rig and was able to make the bracket and have since put a few thousand miles on mine.

Haven't heard of anyone here or on the other board making them out of metal...just the already mentioned thread about a fiberglass one.

If I can be of any help answering any questions about how to do it, let me know, but good luck on whichever route you choose to take!

-Jacob

 

[Z71paramedic]

Yeah I just had enough steel left over to make a few and sent them off to a few guys. Super easy to make. I just used a cardboard template. Cut it out, make a few bends, weld the ends together and drill some holes for the snaps and factory hard top holes. Took a couple hours but totally worth it to not drill into the windshield frame.

 

[crv]

Thanks guys but unfortunately I am not capable of making something like that. Will keep trying to get in touch with the guy making the fiberglass pieces.

 

[ashman]

Look into Sponsoredbydad's version. He made his without doing any welding. Maybe you could do that?