Sunrider question

[Jake]

Hey @BestopTeam at the top of my Sunrider there is 2 places at the front of the Sunrider where something can be screwed in. There is also 2 places at the rear where something could be screwed in. I have circled these areas in red. These screw holes are on both sides of my Sunrider. Are they there to secure your future roller sunshade that hopefully will come out as soon as you can get it to market? Or are they for something totally different? Thanks to advise.

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[Mkcagle]

Excellent question, was curious about that myself.,

 

[Bestop]

Hey @BestopTeam at the top of my Sunrider there is 2 places at the front of the Sunrider where something can be screwed in. There is also 2 places at the rear where something could be screwed in. I have circled these areas in red. These screw holes are on both sides of my Sunrider. Are they there to secure your future roller sunshade that hopefully will come out as soon as you can get it to market? Or are they for something totally different? Thanks to advise.

From what I can tell from the photos it looks like you have everything installed as we would expect. I'm sure that the areas you've circled were created by engineering for possible future add-ons but we don't have anything scheduled right now that would make use of them. With the Sunrider open maybe they could be used for GoPro mounts in the meantime

- the Bestop team
www.bestop.com

 

[Trippin01]

hmm, interesting, I'll be monitoring this thread.

 

[Rav34653]

My overland with premium soft top was Built on 5/31 and look different, must have been a change on the assembly line

 

[Trippin01]

HMM, mine was built around then to, I'll look when I get home.

 

[Mkcagle]

My overland with premium soft top was Built on 5/31 and look different, must have been a change on the assembly line

This thread is in reference to the Bestop Sunrider not the factory soft top.

 

[Jake]

Hey @BestopTeam I just saw the attached Bestop add on this forum site. Not certain if this is a picture of a Wrangler or if it’s a picture of a Gladiator but it certainly looks like there is a Sunrider and it also looks like a roller shade over the driver and front passenger. I have circled this in your add. Is that what I am looking at? That’s an accessory that I am ready to order from Bestop. Please advise. Thanks.

Hey @BestopTeam at the top of my Sunrider there is 2 places at the front of the Sunrider where something can be screwed in. There is also 2 places at the rear where something could be screwed in. I have circled these areas in red. These screw holes are on both sides of my Sunrider. Are they there to secure your future roller sunshade that hopefully will come out as soon as you can get it to market? Or are they for something totally different? Thanks to advise.

From what I can tell from the photos it looks like you have everything installed as we would expect. I'm sure that the areas you've circled were created by engineering for possible future add-ons but we don't have anything scheduled right now that would make use of them. With the Sunrider open maybe they could be used for GoPro mounts in the meantime

- the Bestop team
www.bestop.com

 

[Bestop]

Hey @BestopTeam I just saw the attached Bestop add on this forum site. Not certain if this is a picture of a Wrangler or if it’s a picture of a Gladiator but it certainly looks like there is a Sunrider and it also looks like a roller shade over the driver and front passenger. I have circled this in your add. Is that what I am looking at? That’s an accessory that I am ready to order from Bestop. Please advise. Thanks.

Sorry - that was a prototype that our graphics team integrated into the ad. I've asked them to create a new one so we don't continue to create confusion around the retractable sunshade.

As we've mentioned before there are no plans to release a retractable sunshade during 2020.

Again, sorry for the confusion.

- the Bestop team
www.bestop.com

 

[#HuckleberryJeep]

Sorry - that was a prototype that our graphics team integrated into the ad. I've asked them to create a new one so we don't continue to create confusion around the retractable sunshade.

As we've mentioned before there are no plans to release a retractable sunshade during 2020.

Again, sorry for the confusion.

- the Bestop team
www.bestop.com

Hey @Bestop, I saw a thread here a while back but can't find it now, where you mentioned that you needed commitments from a certain number of buyers before you'd produce this. Some sort of crowdfund or gofundme type deal. Are you still considering that? I'd sign up today if that helps push this to production.

 

[Bestop]

Hey @Bestop, I saw a thread here a while back but can't find it now, where you mentioned that you needed commitments from a certain number of buyers before you'd produce this. Some sort of crowdfund or gofundme type deal. Are you still considering that? I'd sign up today if that helps push this to production.

Sorry for the delay in responding - I've been traveling

We have been discussing the details of a Kickstarter campaign around bringing the Retractable Sunshade to the JL and JT. Unfortunately, given that there are a couple of parts in that product that we have to source from China (we've not been able to locate a domestic source), we're on hold since we no idea when we'd be able to source/receive them. Even if the Kickstarter campaign was successful, we don't know when the supply chain will start to function again. In the meantime, we'll continue to plan out the Kickstarter campaign, and when the supply chain starts to operate again, we'll get it launched.

- the Bestop team
www.bestop.com

 

[#HuckleberryJeep]

Sorry for the delay in responding - I've been traveling

We have been discussing the details of a Kickstarter campaign around bringing the Retractable Sunshade to the JL and JT. Unfortunately, given that there are a couple of parts in that product that we have to source from China (we've not been able to locate a domestic source), we're on hold since we no idea when we'd be able to source/receive them. Even if the Kickstarter campaign was successful, we don't know when the supply chain will start to function again. In the meantime, we'll continue to plan out the Kickstarter campaign, and when the supply chain starts to operate again, we'll get it launched.

- the Bestop team
www.bestop.com

Understandable. I'm in when you kick it off.

 

[Ravenron]

For those that have the Sunrider but really want some kind of shade - I used the Spiderwebshade JTKINI. It works GREAT! It is secured with bungies, sits very tight on the Jeep and is fairly easy to access the latches for the Sunrider. You do have to reach out the window and pull the top back to open but this isn't nearly as awkward as I expected. The benefit of having a shade far outweighs any difficulty deploying the top. The JTKINI is also available in MANY colors - I chose orange to match the orange accents on the Mojave.

Finally, Spiderwebshade was great to work with...excellent customer service, superb quality and they answered all my questions. They even reminded me to use a 15% off coupon code on ordering. This resulted in the lowest price I could find on the internet.

 

[Mkcagle]

For those that have the Sunrider but really want some kind of shade - I used the Spiderwebshade JTKINI. It works GREAT! It is secured with bungies, sits very tight on the Jeep and is fairly easy to access the latches for the Sunrider. You do have to reach out the window and pull the top back to open but this isn't nearly as awkward as I expected. The benefit of having a shade far outweighs any difficulty deploying the top. The JTKINI is also available in MANY colors - I chose orange to match the orange accents on the Mojave.

Finally, Spiderwebshade was great to work with...excellent customer service, superb quality and they answered all my questions. They even reminded me to use a 15% off coupon code on ordering. This resulted in the lowest price I could find on the internet.

Can you post a photo?

 

[#HuckleberryJeep]

For those that have the Sunrider but really want some kind of shade - I used the Spiderwebshade JTKINI. It works GREAT! It is secured with bungies, sits very tight on the Jeep and is fairly easy to access the latches for the Sunrider. You do have to reach out the window and pull the top back to open but this isn't nearly as awkward as I expected. The benefit of having a shade far outweighs any difficulty deploying the top. The JTKINI is also available in MANY colors - I chose orange to match the orange accents on the Mojave.

Finally, Spiderwebshade was great to work with...excellent customer service, superb quality and they answered all my questions. They even reminded me to use a 15% off coupon code on ordering. This resulted in the lowest price I could find on the internet.

Agreed. I did the same, and it works great, but if Bestop ever develops this retractable shade, I’ll still make the switch.

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