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The Alien shade doesn’t use any screws or rollers…. It’s all bungees wrapped around everything. Even the bungees in the center/rear were too short (or the holes in shade need to be moved inward to use the contour of the speakers.

I have a Mojave X with (what I think is) the Premium sound system. There could be a difference between speakers (OEM vs Premium).
I was able to get mine installed with the premium stuff. Did you pull the bungees very hard? Yeah they were tight, but they worked. They may be a bit too tight, but still worked.
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Can you access the panel latches, or if you had a Sunrider, could you unlatch that, or latch it when closed?
i had no problems putting my freedom panels back on after I was done installing it all. There is enough room to get your hands / fingers up to latch each one. The fronts latch you have to manuever the shade a hair but i think thats common.
 

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i had no problems putting my freedom panels back on after I was done installing it all. There is enough room to get your hands / fingers up to latch each one. The fronts latch you have to manuever the shade a hair but i think thats common.
Yes, it's common - the Spiderweb sunshade is pretty tight up there and you have to have strong fingers to get through and run the latch. Just so it's no worse than that.
 
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I really appreciated the photo.... I just received the Spiderweb shade from Amazon.
It DID NOT come with these nubbins.
The bag has 8 of #2's ......all were the same.
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I brought the spiderweb a few months ago (2024 Willys). I watch a few Youtube videos for 2024 and newer and looked at the instructions took about 45mins to install. Spiderweb does not interfere with the side airbags. Pretty easy to install. The creases are nearly gone from it being shipped. Picture is the day I installed it.

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I brought the spiderweb a few months ago (2024 Willys). I watch a few Youtube videos for 2024 and newer and looked at the instructions took about 45mins to install. Spiderweb does not interfere with the side airbags. Pretty easy to install. The creases are nearly gone from it being shipped. Picture is the day I installed it.

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I just wish they had that in Green
 

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Spiderweb sunshade?
I sure missed that if they do......
Yeah it's on there website, I thought about it but wasn't sure how well their green would match the Mojito green. I had their beige color trying to match with my Sahara Tan 2011 and it didn't look right, I've just stayed with black since.
 

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My green alien is not too too far off from mojito
 

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I just wish they had that in Green
I’ve seen a video of a guy who had a ‘red’ shade. He was complaining about the ‘glare’ from the color of the shade.

I would’ve bought blue, but ended up getting black.
 

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I’ve seen a video of a guy who had a ‘red’ shade. He was complaining about the ‘glare’ from the color of the shade.

I would’ve bought blue, but ended up getting black.
The beige one I had suffered from that too, the black did a better job IMHO. I was talking with a guy that as a Tuscadero pink (like my wife) and had a pink shade, was way to bright for me.
 

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i was never satisfied with my alien shade. the bungee system and stretching it, just was not worth it IMO. id rather just have soft top all the same.

side note: i wear a hat alot and put my sunglasses on the brim. I kept scratchng my lenses and couldnt figure out why.......it was my sunshade.
 

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I’ve seen a video of a guy who had a ‘red’ shade. He was complaining about the ‘glare’ from the color of the shade.

I would’ve bought blue, but ended up getting black.
Seriously? LOL
I had blue before....no problem. Glare? Heck no

But my blue one was SpiderWeb, not Alien........... so maybe it's an alien thing, they just glow or glare.
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