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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: MyRig442 on December 09, 2004, 11:43:25 AM
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hey guys I've been trying to find pics of a 89-94 tracker with the bikini top on it to find out for sure if I wanna do a project I thought about doing. Anybody on here have one on theirs to give me a rough estimate on what it looks like? I'm just wondering does it fully enclose the back behind the front seats or is it just something for the top alone? I hope somebody knows what I mean ??? Basically I'm thinkin on putting one of them on my tracker, losing the back seats, and then welding a plated box for my recovery gear where my backseat would normally be. With a cover overtop that of course aswell. Thanks for the responses guys!
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I don't have any pics, but standard bikini tops only cover the front seats from the top of the windsheild to the targa bar over the front seat backs. If you want something to cover further back, look around on ebay and local salvage yards for a used full top with cut windows or a bad zipper and chop the sides and back off, then you'll have a safari-type top that will cover from the top of the windsheild all the way back to the rear hoop over the tailgate. Just add a strap to each side of the back to hold tension and you'll be all set!
Edit: after re-reading your post, you are looking for a bikini top to cover the top, a windjammer to seal in behind the front seats and a duster deck cover to cover over the cargo area. Here's what the bikini and duster deck cover from Bestop look like:
(http://www.bestop.com/images/products/52561-01.jpg)
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Edit: after re-reading your post, you are looking for a bikini top to cover the top, a windjammer to seal in behind the front seats and a duster deck cover to cover over the cargo area.
True... but I don't think anyone makes a Windjammer for the pre-95 Track-Kick.
BTW, I made one a few years back. I took the Trucklet down to the local plastic bending shop. He took a sheet of 3/8" smoke plexi and bent it to the truck's angles. I cut 2 holes for the rear seatbelt towers & covered those w/ plastic tubing... glued into place & capped w/ scraps.
It needed to have a lip formed and glued around the edges. W/o it, it looked unfinished.
That was about 6 years ago. The sheet cost $148, plus $22 for the plexi-tubing. He said he'd do the "lip" for another $50.
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Basically I'm thinkin on putting one of them on my tracker, losing the back seats, and then welding a plated box for my recovery gear where my backseat would normally be.  With a cover overtop that of course aswell.  Thanks for the responses guys!
That's exactly what I had in mind except I want to have the duster cover custom made. I hate the way the others go up over the rear seatbelt towers. So I'm going to remove the towers and have just a flat cover made like on the Samis. As MPerry said, they don't make windjammers for the older Trackers so I'd have to have that made anyway.
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Can you remove the rear towers w/o cutting them?
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I don't know yet, but I don't mind cutting them off if I need to. ;D Anybody know?
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A few years ago, I saw a web site that was advertising what they called a "K-7 top". It was a full canvas top that followed the body line down the back of the targa hoop and then straight out to the tailgate. It was like a bikini, windjammer and duster all in one piece. Unfortunately, the item was a closeout and they said the company that made them went out of business. I should have bought one when I had the chance.
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I know they make those for the 95+ (96?) models... and for Sammies. I wonder how they'd tie it down on a 94 and earlier model. (Maybe ties around the door frame? <g>)
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thanks for all the replies guys, looks like I'm gonna have to figure something out, but once I get my rig next thursday I'll do a good survey and see what will need to be done to get the look that I want out of it. Again, thanks guys ;D
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Can you remove the rear towers w/o cutting them?
The seat belt towers are bolted on in
my 89' So I would say you could just
remove them if not needed
Wild
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Can you remove the rear towers w/o cutting them?
Yup, they unbolt easily ... you'll either decide how you want to deal with the plastic panel back there ...
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mine
(http://www.offroad.no/snitz/uploaded/maestro/j.JPG)
(http://www.offroad.no/snitz/uploaded/maestro/oa.JPG)
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I like that top, who makes it ???
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bestop
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BTW, if anyone has a use for them, I have a couple tops in the garage. One's in fair condition, the other good condition... except some thief cut the passenger side window.
One is gray, the other white. I'm not sure where the rear window went for the gray one... I think I tossed it when I tossed the black top... so the rear window (about 2 months old) has black trim for the gray top.
I figured I'd ask. I've been trying to find the owners locally who are running around w/o rear windows, but they've parked their cars this winter. <g>
I'm in Springfield OR.
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I think you can purchase the front part of a hardtop only if you wanted a hard look to go with your custom hard tonneau cover,
http://www.tops4less.com/remharforgeo.html
Adam
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BTW, if anyone has a use for them, I have a couple tops in the garage. One's in fair condition, the other good condition... except some thief cut the passenger side window.
One is gray, the other white. I'm not sure where the rear window went for the gray one... I think I tossed it when I tossed the black top... so the rear window (about 2 months old) has black trim for the gray top.
I figured I'd ask. I've been trying to find the owners locally who are running around w/o rear windows, but they've parked their cars this winter. <g>
I'm in Springfield OR.
Make them into full length Safari Tops,
cut off the sides and the rear wrap around
areas and enjoy the summer.
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Make them into full length Safari Tops,
cut off the sides and the rear wrap around
areas and enjoy the summer.
There's no need. I bought a Safari top (new) better than I could make. For some reason, they didn't sell (Bestop, I think) and I got it for something like $50 to $70 including shipping.
All it needs is a fringe of dingle balls hanging down for a Panama feel. <g>
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Is it full length from front to the back ???
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Yep... full sized. I like it because it lets the wind flow through, while keeping the sun off the back of my neck.
As best I can describe it, imagine a bikini top... then extend it backwards. Fabric comes down at the rear corners to tie it all down. It looks a lot like the Jeep tops that you see in some of the island resorts.
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Cool :D
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I would possibly be interested in the grey top... how much do you want for it and what years does it fit?
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As best I can describe it, imagine a bikini top... then extend it backwards. Fabric comes down at the rear corners to tie it all down. .
That's what I like about my '96 top. Zip out the side windows and rear window and it IS a safari top. It's probably why Bestop found such a limited market. It isn't needed for the newer models.
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If yyou have a roll bar built, or one of Calminis sport bars, You can run the Sami Windjammer. It simply straps to the bar. It does not fully close in the back though.
Zig
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That's what I like about my '96 top.  Zip out the side windows and rear window and it IS a safari top.  It's probably why Bestop found such a limited market.  It isn't needed for the newer models.
Yeah, I like those also. It's too bad they don't make them for the earlier models. This top looks a bit better than the ones with the windows pulled out. Problem is in traveling... you have to carry 2 tops.
I think the reason the different tops don't sell well is almost no-one carries them. I found out about the color tops and the safari only because I went to their web site. I wouldn't have thought of going there if I hadn't had so many tops slashed. Then, when the gray top was cut, Bestop had discontinued the tops in colors.
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I would possibly be interested in the grey top... how much do you want for it and what years does it fit?
I'm not selling the tops... just shipping. I joined the freecycle groups (e-groups) and I realized some folks like the stuff I'd normally toss out.
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You have PayPal ?
I have a full length Grey top,
I'd like the white one for a Safari top
too if you just want to get rid of it.
Zip Code 92223 let me know
Wild
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I'll cover shipping, but do you want anything else in exchange for the grey top? What years does it fit?
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I'll cover shipping, but do you want anything else in exchange for the grey top? What years does it fit?
I went looking for the gray top last night. My friend may have tossed it out. (On the good side, I found the rear window for it, that I couldn't find earlier.) I'll ask her if she remembers where it was put, after she gets out of the hospital.