After I sold my hardtop I wanted to buy a soft top and I really wanted a Kayline or STC because I liked the way that the design followed the contour of the Jeepster body and especially the angle of the tailgate. Unfortunately the Kayline and STC are very hard to find (since both companies are out of business) and the other company that makes a soft top for the Jeepster is Bestop but the design of their top isn't as stylish and doesn't follow the body lines as good. But I saw a used Bestop come up for sale on a Jeep site, the price was just about what I sold my hardtop for so I bought it.

My idea was to use my roll cage tubes to support the soft top but to do that would actually make the cage look funky if the top was off or just a bikini top was being used which is the plan during the summer months. So my plan changed to making removable bow pieces that can be bolted to the cage that will be installed when the top is used and removed for summer when the top is not used.

Recently a Kayline top came available on the JCCA forum, it was missing the windshield channel and the door opening rods but the color is Spice which will go well with the original Butterscotch Gold paint I will be spraying the Jeepster with. Plus it's a Kayline top!! And as an added bonus it has a sunroof!! I was able to sell my Bestop to another member on the JCCA forum which paid for the Kayline so it was a win win for me.

Now I needed to figure out the support bows and the door opening rods. This picture shows the front bow that I made, it uses two simple brackets that bolt up to the B pillar with a few 1/4-28 bolts.