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Gladiator Soft Top Protection Inquiry

ParNT

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Hello, everyone. I am new to the forum. I got my Gladiator soft top w/ soft bed cover in August. I searched the forum first, but didn't see what I was looking for, so I'm going to ask it here. My apologies if this is a duplicate...

I do not like taking the soft top completely off. I enjoy the flexibility of keeping it attacked and don't mind the look of it open. I also find it be completely civil when the back window is out and the top is folded back on the highway. I have the soft top window and corners bag (what a pain in the ass that was to obtain). Is there any interest out there for a soft top boot cover for the opened top? Is there already a Mopar or aftermarket soft top boot cover, similar to the Smittybuilt one in this photo, to protect the Gladiator soft top when it is folded back? If not, I have an easy on / easy off design concept for one that would use the existing channels of the soft top. Do you think there's an interest in this, or a plan on Jeep's part to make one?

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I hope so !! It definitely needs a Boat for a nice clean look. I have been searching for the past week online and have not found anything.
 

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Yes I would really like to have one and trying to find one on the internet now. I wish the top would lay down a little further. A boot would help lower the profile and also protect from dust and keep it from flapping.. Weird that none of these aftermarket companies have come up with one yet. Please post if if anyone finds something.
 

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We have had a few threads on this, but sadly no one makes one.

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/soft-top-canopy-boot.67551/#post-1108894

FWIW I contacted Jtops about using one of their wrangler boots and Bestop about the possibility of using their softtopper boot.
They both did not feel their existing boots would work because of how they are open in the front and would catch air and want to balloon up high on the Gladiator, even with the strapping.

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I got side tracked but I need to do some measurements and just try to find a boat bimini top boot that would fit as I know mine with a simple zipper works at highway speeds without ballooning.

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