Bestop Sun Extended Safari Style Bikini® Top (52411-11) for Jeep Wrangler JL 4-Door

Works great but as indicated in other reviews we needed to purchase different screws...but it works really well!

I was annoyed right away that this top has notably less headspace than the hard top, but the biggest issue was the rear snap coming undone at 65 miles an hour on the highway. A: not that high of a speed for failure. B: if my rear passenger hadn’t grabbed the top it could have come all the way off and seriously injured someone.

I do like that I don’t have to take it off to have the top on, but it makes locking in the rear outer locks on the Freedom Tops difficult to get to, I guess only time will tell how annoying that will be.

I bought this as a Christmas gift to my brother who recently got a 2020 Jeep Rubicon 2 door. Due to the weather and the fact he runs a hospital lab during the pandemic, he was unable to try on the top to use until late May (past the return date). Amazon does not answer their customer service phones anymore. My brother has tried to install the top and it isn't fitting. He personally emailed Bestops asking for help and he doesn't think it has all of the parts (instructions are for every model they sell) and got a canned response "if you don't get an answer to question please email back". I'm mortified that the gift I bought him frustrated him on top of his very stressful job. His Jeep is his "therapy" and the Bestop caused distress!!! I'm out the money and my brother bought a J Top.

Instructions call for 10 snaps, straps, and clips, but the hardware bag only provided 8 of each. Furthermore, the safari top for the 2020 JL Sport 2 door only had 1 buckle for the sport bar (hence the reduction of 2 of each of the hardware pieces). However, the rear straps weren't long enough to wrap around the rear roll bar and reach the rear buckle. The top also only covers 1/2 of the back seat which is consistent with the photo. I've used Besttop products previously without any problems on my old YJ, but this one was a mess. Ordered a Rugged Ridge full coverage sun shade - we'll see how that goes.

The bikini top fit well and the mesh provides ample shade. The front magnets are not strong enough to hold while driving at highway speeds. Need to bolster the support in order to keep it fastened safely. Will need to try Velcro or snaps. I expected a solid design for the price paid.

The ideas behind this are great. There are a lot of little great design features for what seems like a simple product. It fits very close or on top of the edge all around. The front folds back so the T-top can be put on without removing the bikini top, while not leaving a gap when the top is off. The front magnetically clips under the front shield, so it doesn’t catch any wind or flap. There is no noticeable added wind noise. The material is quite rugged and seems like it will last. It protects me from burning in an hour of driving, which is the main thing I needed.Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be designed for the Gladiator JT. Perhaps they made it for the Wrangler and figured it’s close enough to keep for the JT, but it suffers for that.The straps aren’t quite long enough in the back. It very difficult to attach in any way with the back hardtop on (though I managed to barely get them attached after an hour, so it’s possible). I don’t think it could possibly reach in the way the directions described, hardtop or not - I wrapped them a different way angled around the sides and barely connected them. (At the least they could print a new direction sheet for the JT.)The way the front folds back so it doesn’t have to be removed to put the T-top back on is great. This makes the front latches accessible. There is also a hole to access the back latches. However there is no hole to access the side latches, so it’s a struggle to get those to close/open. It can be done by pushing on an angle stretching through the mesh, or you have to have a long forearm to reach above the front and back to the latch, or you have to remove the bikini side clasp. My forearm to fingertip is 19 inches, so I can barely reach it over the top. I’ve managed to push it through the mesh as well. Taking the clasp off would be a real pain.It’s not practical to keep it taut whichever method you use because they all involve stretching the top, so don’t expect it to be a beautiful flat mesh like in the photos. The latter doesn’t affect its functionality, just cosmetics. I’m not sure it’s practical to keep any mesh top perfectly taut over time, regardless.So two significant flaws = 2 stars off. I’m not sure if I would buy this one again or another, as others don’t have many of the little engineering features this one has. Hopefully it gets improved by the time I need a new one (which I expect will be several years). They do seem to care about the quality of their product.

Nice top, a tricky to centre and get the front magnets to stay on the front windshield frame. They advertise that you can leave it on with your soft top but you CANNOT. If you leave it on and try to close the soft top then then locking handles are hidden by the top, there's no way to get to the locking levers with the top installed.