How to Install Bestop Trektop NX Glide - Black Diamond (07-17 Wrangler JK 2 Door) on your Jeep Wrangler

Before you begin installing your new Trek Top Glide, please read all the instructions thoroughly.

For easier installation, the top should be installed at a temperature above 72°F. Below this temperature, the fabric may contract an inch or more, making it difficult to fit the vehicle. It is normal for the fabric to contract and wrinkle when stored in the shipping carton. Within a few days after installation, the fabric will relax and the wrinkles will disappear.

WARNING: Do not rely in any way on the components of this product to protect against injury or death in the event of an accident. Never operate the vehicle in excess of manufacturer’s specifications.

Read and follow, precisely, all installation instructions provided when installing this product. Failure to do so may result in a poor fit and could place occupants of the vehicle in a potentially dangerous situation.

Step 1: Unzip the protective covers on the front sport bar down-tubes and locate the two threaded holes on the side of each sport bar down-tube.

Screw the Right Bow-Mount Bracket #529.84 to the right-side sport bar down-tube using two (2) Bow-Mount Screws #308.64.

Screw the Left Bow-Mount Bracket #529.83 to the left-side sport bar down-tube using two (2) Bow-Mount Screws #308.64.

Step 2: Locate the Pin Point Bracket #539.20 over the existing hole in the rear downtube of the sport bar. Make sure the Pin Point Bracket wraps around the outside of the sport bar.

Fasten the Pin Point Bracket to the sport bar using one (1) Button Head Socket Screw #538.99, two (2) 1/4” Flat Washers #538.71, one (1) Rubber Tube #544.54, and one (1) Press-In Nut #538.97 per side.

Make sure that the Press-In Nut has the ridged side facing the Rubber Tube.

Tighten the Button Head Socket Screw to firmly seat the Pin Point Bracket to the sport bar, and replace the sport bar cover.

Step 1: Locate the Right Door Rail. Attach the Right Door Rail assembly to the Jeep belt rail behind the right side door, inserting the alignment pin on the bottom of the Door Rail assembly into the hole in the top of the belt rail.

Repeat for left side.

Step 2: Secure Left and Right Rear Door Rails to the Jeep Sport Bar using (2) M8x75mm Knobs per side. The knobs go through the tabs on each Door Rail, and screw into the threaded holes.

Step 1: Insert the Top Arch #483.24 into the slotted tab on the Door Rail. Insert one end of the arch, and flex the arch to insert the other end into the tabbed slot on the opposite side of the Jeep.

Step 2: Remove and discard the protective peel-off strip on the top surface of the Top Arch.

Step 1: Locate the left and right Tailgate Bar Mounts. Each mount snaps onto the Jeep belt rail just outboard of the tailgate opening.

Snap each mount into place by hooking the inner catch portion of the mount under the belt rail on the inside, and then rolling the mount downward until it snaps into place under the bottom edge of the outside belt rail.

Step 1: Lay the Header/Fabric Assembly out with inside of fabric facing up. You may want to use the shipping box to keep the fabric off the ground.

Remove and set aside the two screws holding the protective flap down on the inside of the header. Fold the protective flap back to expose the screw holes used for attaching the Right Side Bow.

Repeat on left side of Header/Fabric Assembly.

Step 2: Insert the end of the Right Side Bow #486.52 into the hole in the right side of the Header/ Fabric Assembly, aligning the two holes in the tubing with the two holes in the header. Make sure that the Spring Catch faces in.

Secure the Right Side Bow in place with four (4) #8 x 1/2” Pan Head Washer Screws #393.79: two from the underside of the Header/Fabric assembly, and two from the topside.

Repeat on left side, using Left Side Bow.

Step 3: Replace the protective flaps on both sides, and re-insert the screws you set aside, two for each side.

Step 1: Lift Fabric/Header/Side Bow Assembly onto top of Jeep, with the Header sitting on top of the Jeep windshield, and the fabric draped forward over the Jeep hood.

You may want to protect the finish of the Jeep by putting a blanket across the Jeep hood.

Extend the Side Bows out straight and lay the Side Bows on top of the Door Rails.

Step 2: Release the spring-loaded catch at the end of the bow leg by pulling out on the knob.

Slide the slotted end of the catch over the leg of the Bow Mount Bracket, and release the catch so that it snaps into place in the hole.

Repeat on the left side

Step 1: Locate the #2 Bow Assembly #541.20 with attached stay straps. Place the #2 Bow Assembly on top of the side bows, with the legs of the #2 Bow resting on the plastic spacers on top of each side bow tubing. Align the holes in the end of each #2 Bow leg with the holes in the side bows.

Step 2: Secure the #2 Bow Assembly to the side bow using one (1) M5x30 screw #308.87, two (2) plastic bushings #473.40, and one (1) M5 Nylon Lock Nut #308.62 per side, in the order shown in the diagram above.

Repeat on the left side.

Step 1: Align the Header/Fabric/Bow Assembly so that the locking flange with brass bushing is positioned above the spring-loaded locking lever assembly in the top of the door rail.

While pushing in the latch release lever on the underside of the door rail, slide the Header/ Fabric/Bow Assembly down so that the locking flange aligns with the spring-loaded locking pin.

Release the latch lever so that the locking pin engages the brass bushing.

Repeat on the left side.

Step 1: Bring the Top Fabric from the hood of the Jeep back, and fold the top fabric partway back across the top of the Jeep, so that the long fabric bowflaps sit just in front of the #2 bow

Step 2: Wrap the flaps located just in front of the #2 Bow under the bottom of the #2 Bow, from front to back, and secure by attaching the hook and loop fabric together along the length of the flaps

Step 1: Attach a Rubber Bumper #538.96 to the underside of each rear leg of the Rear Bow Assembly, #547.30.

Step 2: Attach the Rear Bow Assembly #547.30 to the Pin Point Bracket on the rear downtube of the sport bar by pulling out on the spring catch release knob, and sliding the catch over the protruding tab of the Pin Point bracket as shown in the diagram above.

Repeat for the left side.

Step 1: Lift up the fabric and drape it back over the top of the Jeep, pulling it over the top of the Rear Bow Assembly and Stay Strap connecting to the #2 Bow.

Open the Sunrider.

Step 2: Locate the loose end of the right side Stay Strap. Wrap the Stay Strap over the top of the right side of the Rear Bow, and attach it to the Rear Bow Assembly with two (2) #8x1/2” Pan Head Washer Screws #393.79 per side, using the outer two pre-drilled holes in the Rear Bow Assembly.

Attach the Stay Strap to the Rear Bow “Flag” using one (1) M3 Machine Screw #545.15, one (1) M3 Flat Washer #545.13 and one (1) M3 Nylon Lock Nut #545.14. Use the hole closest to the tube.

Repeat for left side Stay Strap.

Step 1: Attach the long fabric flaps on the inside of the fabric top to the Rear Bow Assembly. Wrap the flap around the back side and underneath the Rear Bow, and secure the flap to the front side of the Rear Bow using six (6) Pan Head Washer Screws #393.79

Step 2: Locate the small fabric flap at each rear corner of the fabric top, and attach the flap to the inner hole in the Rear Bow Assembly, using one (1) Pan Head Washer Screw #393.79 per side. 

Step 1: Make sure that the Sunrider is still open.

Step 2: Thread the right side Cable Spring through the Right Cable Pocket #544.22 as shown, and move the Cable Pocket along the cable to get it out of the way.

Repeat on the left side of the Jeep with the #544.23 Cable Pocket.

Step 1: Attach the free end of the right side Cable Spring to the bottom hole in the #2 Bow corner bracket, just behind the right side Door Rail.

Repeat on the left side of the vehicle.

Step 2: Crimp the end of the spring where it passes through the hole in the corner plate, to prevent it from coming loose.

Repeat on the left side of the vehicle.

Step 3: Attach the right side Cable Pocket to the #2 Bow corner plate, using one (1) M3 Machine Screw #545.15, one (1) M3 Flat Washer #545.13, and one (1) M3 Nylon Lock Nut #545.14.

Repeat on the left side of the vehicle.

Step 1: With the front portion of the top folded back, locate the two (2) Foam Seals #457.76 & #457.77 and the two (2) Foam Tape Strips #417.43.

Remove the protective liner from the back side of the Foam Seal and place the Foam Seal in the location shown in the diagram.

Remove the protective liner from the back side of the Foam Tape Strip and place the Foam Tape Strip in the location shown in the diagram.

Repeat for the left side of the vehicle.

Step 1: Locate the plastic channel along the lower edge of the top fabric, on the right side.

Insert the tapered tip of the sewn-in plastic tube at the top edge of the Quarter Window into the open end of the rear of the channel sewn onto the bottom edge of the top fabric and slide the Quarter Window forward until it stops at the back of the Rear Door Rail.

Step 2: Fold back the top corner of the right Quarter Window and locate the Pin on the inside top corner of the Quarter Window.

Insert this pin into the grommet on the tab at the right rear side of the #4 Bow.

Repeat on both Quarter Windows.

Step 3: Locate the straps with sewn-in snaps at the bottom inside corner of each Quarter Window. Snap the end of each strap to the snap on the inside of each Tailgate Bar Mount.

Step 3: Tuck the plastic angle strip along the front edge of the Quarter Window into the vertical channel on the front of the Rear Door Rail. The plastic angle strip and attached fabric must be rolled into place in the channel.

Repeat on both Quarter Windows.

Step 4: Tuck the plastic strip along the bottom edge of each Quarter Window under the Jeep belt rail, by rolling it up underneath the belt rail.

Repeat on both Quarter Windows.

Step 5: Tuck the plastic tabs at the bottom rear corner of the right Quarter Window under the Jeep belt rail, by rolling the tabs up underneath the belt rail.

Repeat on the left Quarter Window.

Step 1: Locate the Tailgate Bar, and slide it onto the tubing attached to the bottom inside of the Rear Window.

Step 2: The round channel on the side of the Tailgate Bar slides over the tubing.

Step 1: Locate the plastic channel along the lower edge of the top fabric at the rear.

Insert the tapered tip of the sewn-in plastic tube on the top edge of the Rear Window into the open end of the channel at the back of the fabric top and slide the Quarter Window to the right until it meets the right end of the channel.

Step 2: Locate the plastic channel along the rear inside edge of each Quarter Window.

Roll the sewn-in plastic tab on the outside edge of the Rear Window into the open side of the channel, starting either at the top and working down, or at the bottom and working up.

Step 1: Snap the front edge of the Tailgate Bar into the channel on each Tailgate Bar Mount.

Repeat for both sides of the tailgate.

Step 2: Tuck the plastic tab at the bottom right of the Rear Window under the Jeep belt rail, by rolling it up underneath the belt rail.

Repeat on the both sides of the Jeep.

Step 1: Flip the Sunrider forward.

Step 2: From inside the Jeep, locate the two Windshield Header Latches. To close the latch, pull down on the center of the header and pivot the latch handle to the completely open position to allow the hook to engage the windshield loop. Now pivot the hook forward to engage the windshield loop

Step 3: When the hook is engaged with the windshield loop, close the latch by pivoting it forward toward the windshield.

Step 1: Remove the Quarter Windows and the Rear Window, and stow in a secure place to avoid scratches.

1 Release the windshield latches.

2 Fold the front header back, keeping the fabric folded neatly.

3 Push down on the spring catch lever to release the side bows.

Step 2: 4 Lift the fabric and bow assembly and swing it back to the rear of the Jeep, resting the entire assembly on the top edge of the Jeep belt rail. Wrap the fabric around the bows, and tuck the #2 and Rear Bows under the fabric. Tuck fabric in around the edges.