Where do you keep your freedom panel storage bag in the jeep?

[AstroZombie]

Eliminate both the bag and the panels, get a Bestop Sunrider for hardtop, so much easier.

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[AstroZombie]

I got a bag on offerup for $25 from a previous model Unlimited and it rolls up and fits behind the rear driver side seat.

 

[jav_eee]

Yeah I get the whole "leave it at home" thing but sometimes it's a nice evening and taking the tops off would be cool. Also, when I'm out I usually have a backseat passenger (the kid) so throwing them in the back with a floor mat in between wont work. Also because I dont have floor mats. Team Armorlite!

 

[reduas1]

https://eztrunk.net/shop/ols/products/2019-present-jt-ezflip-top
I have used this. Works great.

 

[D3nali]

I never used the bag until storing the panels in my garage after installing the Sunrider. Before the Sunrider, I just put the panels in the back seat without the bags, and wedging a rear floor mat in between the panels to prevent rubbing.

I also wrap them in a harbor freight furniture pad i keep Under the seat and let them ride in the back seat easier than carrying that bulky bag.

 

[TangoMac]

Don't worry about that. You can't see the top from the driver's seat!

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THANK YOU! This lets me know how it looks in all different positions and who doesn't like position changes and views? I like it...

 

[jav_eee]

https://eztrunk.net/shop/ols/products/2019-present-jt-ezflip-top
I have used this. Works great.

Looks like an interesting product!

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Looks like an interesting product!

I can't see how it would secure like factory when closed with them together like that.......
the right panel goes in first and is secured and the left panel then goes in and secures against it. You'd have to secure the two to each other permanently
and
flipped paint to paint, rubbing, potential smacking against the roof on hard bumps? There'd have to be some hefty rubber bumpers up there.
No thanks.............
I can see a dealer flipping out during a trade and saying "return it to stock", not to mention your warranty would be history (leaks, wind noise and so on)

 

[reduas1]

The kit includes rubber bumpers to prevent paint on paint contact. The hinge is a compound hinge. So far, after at least 6 months of use there is no additional wind noise or leakage. The latches keep the lids open with no rattling. I have been happy with the product.

 

[Labswine]

I don't.

Around 15 April, I put in my BestTop SunRunner, put the Freedom Panels in the bag and hang them up in the garage until around mid-October when I switch back. Then the bag is neatly rolled up and put on a shelf in the garage until spring.

 

[legacy_etu]

I never do that if going more than 20 minutes away.
I'm very thankful I leave the bag in the truck and if the panels are out, they are in the bag in the back of the truck.
We were 60 minutes away from home when this hit Iowa -

and we were in the middle of it before we got home. I will never leave home for very far without those panels.

There was no rain or storms in the forecast. You can have a perfect day in the weather forecast and get 5" of rain in an hour that same day.

My wife was on the phone while we were parked and she was talking to the owner of a store and the store owner told my wife park the vehicle somewhere and head for cover NOW! My wife said no, we're going home, we can beat this thing. I tossed the panels back on in record time and we hit the road.

Panels stay with me.

Wow. beautiful countryside there.

Yeah, I always keep mine in the bed under the tonneau.

I bought a Sunrider for the JK but sold it after a month. I always regretted how much I spent on it , plus it caused weird turbulence in the cab that I did NOT like.

 

[Janster]

We've been leaving it at home..... with or without the tops in it. That's for local trips around town. If there's any chance of it raining - we don't take them off.

For longer traveling ...we'll put the bag in the truck bed.

We've only had the truck for a couple months, so we're still *figuring it out*.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

We've been leaving it at home..... with or without the tops in it. That's for local trips around town. If there's any chance of it raining - we don't take them off.

For longer traveling ...we'll put the bag in the truck bed.

We've only had the truck for a couple months, so we're still *figuring it out*.

Glad you live where they can actually forecast whether or not it's going to rain.
It's changed in the last 3 or so years with the droughts - we're still in the severe drought, but the joke was, if they say 0 - 10%, you're gonna get it, and if they say 60% or over, plan a picnic.
It's a horrible place to try to forecast rain.
The derecho day was supposed to be nice..............
The night I left my Javelin parked in the front yard - no chance of rain and we got 5"/hour that night and all 5" found its way into the engine through the air cleaners that stick up through the hood.
You take rain gear with you for almost any car show.
You just don't count on the forecasts. Even meteorologists say because of how weather patterns merge here - it's not easy.
But in the last couple of years - they can say you'll get rain, it's certain this time, and you watch the clouds split up and go around you.

 

[EXXXchef]

I used to keep it under the back seat but I have essential gear now , so under the taneau cover it goes......sort of.

 

[dos0711]

I don't.

Around 15 April, I put in my BestTop SunRunner, put the Freedom Panels in the bag and hang them up in the garage until around mid-October when I switch back. Then the bag is neatly rolled up and put on a shelf in the garage until spring.

Sunrider for Hardtop is one of the top 3 best mods for a JL/JT hands down.

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