How to Install Barricade Frameless 2-in-1 Soft Top, Black Diamond on your Wrangler

Step 1: Soft Top Owners: Refer to owner’s manual for instructions on lowering factory top. Once open, unscrew shoulder bolts fastening it to vehicle’s roll bars. Hard Top Owners: Refer to owner’s manual for instruction on removing factory hard top. 

Step 2:  Remove metal soft top mounting brackets attached to roll bar in cargo area. 

Step 3:  If applicable, install new Factory Surrounds at this time.

Step 4: Begin installation of soft top to header by looping top over header channel and fastening with snaps on underside of header. 

Step 5: Slide Soft Top Assembly to front of vehicle, placing top over rollbars. 

Step 6:  Attach header tab to footman near windshield of vehicle, ensuring assembly is centered on vehicle. 

Step 7: Ensuring assembly sits flush with top of windshield of vehicle, tighten plastic knob into header. Repeat for both sides. 

Step 8: Pull side plastic retainer over front door surround and hook into groove over front door. Repeat in ‘X’ pattern for front and rear door surrounds (front driver, rear passenger, front passenger, rear driver) for best tension results. 

Step 9:  Pull side plastic retainer over rear passenger door surround and hook into groove over front door. Repeat for front passenger and rear driver surrounds.

Step 10: Pull two center straps on inside of vehicle around front sport bar. 

Step 11: Hook clip at end of strap to lip of circular cutout in sport bar. Tighten straps.  

Step 12: Pull two rear straps around rear sport bar and through plastic buckle. Tighten both sides. 

Step 13:  Loop rear side strap around rear roll bar, moving toward outside of vehicle. 

Step 14: Loop strap under seatbelt stud, then back around to outside of vehicle. 

Step 15:  Loop strap through plastic buckle and pull strap to tighten. Repeat for both sides. 

Step 16: Begin installing support bows by first inserting from front of vehicle over center roll bar. 

Step 17:  Hook front end of support bow into pocket at front of vehicle. 

Step 18: Hook second end of support bow into rear pocket of soft top. Repeat for both sides. 

Step 19: Pull side plastic retainer of side window around door frame and hook into groove of front door surround. 

Step 20: Zip top side window zipper. Repeat for both sides.

Step 21: Pull bottom plastic retainer of side window into side groove of body tub. 

Step 22: Zip rear window to side windows in rear of vehicle. Repeat for both sides. 

Step 23: Loop top corner strap through plastic holder at rear corner of vehicle. Tighten strap and repeat for both sides. 

Step 24: Fasten all velcro around side and rear windows.

Step 25:  Insert remaining side window plastic retainers into groove of body tub. Repeat for both sides. 

Step 26:  Slide tailgate bar into bottom of rear window and attach to receiver on tailgate.

Step 27:  Install metal hook on end of top rear strap into body tub through cutout in rear panel. 

Step 28: Tighten strap and repeat for both sides. 

Step 29:  If desired, rear window can be rolled upwards, secured with two rear straps, and fastened to top with snaps located under top flap.