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The Barricade Fastback 2-in-1 Soft Top is for those of you that have a 4-door 2007 to

2018 JK that are looking for a top that's going to be a good Fastback style soft top

but also be able to very easily convert into a safari top for you and it's the top that's

a little bit less expensive than some of the other ones out there.

Now, in general, when you're looking for tops, you're gonna find a couple of different categories.

One is going to be a replacement soft top that's going to fit over top of the factory

soft top frame you already have, the other is going to be a complete replacement soft

top including the frame and all the soft components, and finally a top that falls into this category,

which is going to be a non-factory style top that may or may not require factory components.

And this one does require your factory soft top frame, all of your factory hardware, as

well as requiring a different additional windshield header.

So, you are going to need some additional parts, just keep that in mind when you're

considering the overall cost of running a top like this one.

This is overall, still going to be a very easy one out of three wrench installation

and we'll talk a little bit more about that in just a second.

Now the barricade tops, in general, are known for being a pretty good quality top but being

a lower price than some of the other options out there.

So, if you're looking for a top you don't have a huge budget for it, maybe you're just

running the top in the warmer months and putting a hard top on in the wintertime, you're looking

for a top that's not gonna last you 10 years, you don't need that, you just want something

that's going to be able to be thrown on there and give you the ability to pop the windows

out and convert into that safari configuration very easily, then this is going to do that

for you.

Of course, there are tops out there that are going to have similar functionalities, that

are going to be a lot more expensive and they may have a couple more features or they might

be made out of a higher quality material, different levels of build quality so you can

spend more money to get one of those options if you choose to.

But if you're looking to stay on a little bit of a budget, this is still going to be

a very nice top.

This soft top is going to run you right around that $400 mark, which I do think is a pretty

good price for the quality of the top that you're getting and also the features.

As it says in the name, this is a fastback top which basically means that it slants from

the top of the sport cage down to the top of the tailgate, giving the back of the top

a bit of a slant to it and that does give you a unique look comparing it to a factory

style soft top.

And that look is something that a lot of you guys are after.

Also in the name is the fact that this is a two-in-one top, and what that means is that

it very easily turns into a safari top for you.

So you zipper out the two side windows, you roll up their rear window and this is a safari

top.

So, there is nothing that connects the rear corners of the top down to the tub other than

just some straps.

So, again very easily going from Safari to a full top and back again.

So, you're going to get a lot of flexibility with this top, you're going to get a lot of

different features in a lot of different options that I really do like.

This top is going to be a black diamond material which is going to be very similar to the factory

sort of normal soft top material that you would get.

Now, in the later years, Jeep did start offering a premium fabric that is available from a

lot of different manufacturers that is going to be more expensive.

It's a heavier material, it looks a little nicer and holds up a little bit better.

This is not that, this is still very high-quality material.

This is just like a factory soft top but not a factory premium soft top.

So, this does have all three tinted windows, fastback styling and also has some mesh pockets

built into the front portion of the top so over the front passenger seat and the driver

seat.

Even has some zippered mesh pockets just giving you some additional storage on the inside.

So, this is a very well-thought-out top that does give you some nice flexibility and some

nice features.

Now, we'll have a member of the install team show you how you get this installed on your

Jeep.

Now, let's get started with the installation of our new soft top on our 4-door JK Wrangler.

Now for this install, you are gonna need a few of the factory parts, those being our

factory door surrounds.

We're gonna get them reinstalled since our Jeep is completely bare right now when it

comes to top hardware.

Let's go ahead and get started.

But we got our top laid out here on the table with our new windshield channel and we're

just gonna slide this into the front pocket of our new top and snap all the snaps down.

After that, we'll just go ahead and lay this over the windshield of our Jeep.

But before we install it, we definitely got to get this door surrounds back in.

Now, if you just take your windshield channel, slide it into the pocket and line up the snaps.

Now, the snaps are a little tight, so you're gonna want to just press firmly until they

click.

All right.

Now we're ready to go ahead and get this one on our Jeep.

Now, these door surrounds do not come with the kit, you're gonna need to have your original

ones to do this.

All right.

Now, we have the top slid over our windshield and hood.

We have our new windshield channel up here, all you got to do is flip it over and lock

it down into position.

Then we'll slowly flip our top back and secure it down to our Jeep.

All right.

Now, we're here in the backseat of our Jeep because we have our top flipped halfway back.

What we're gonna do is get our middle straps locked down in place and where those are gonna

go is in these two holes that are inside your sound bar.

Now, those are where the original wing nuts go when you have your hardtop one.

We're just gonna flip these under, flip them inside

the hole, and just pull them tight.

All right.

Now, we're ready to go ahead and flip this further back and we'll get the rest of our

straps locked down in place.

All right.

Next, we're gonna take our rear straps, then you'll take this, wind it around the outside

of your sports bar and underneath your mounting point for your seat belt.

Back up into the buckle.

Then you don't want to take this too far down just yet until you get the other side done.

All right.

Now that we got our two corners tied down and tightened, we can get our center ones

done.

Now, you're gonna flip that strap over the inside of your sports bar through the buckle

and tighten it down.

All right.

Next, we're gonna go ahead and get our rear window bar in place.

Now, you're gonna need your factory rear window bar, that is the only other stock part you're

gonna need for this installation.

Now, we're gonna go ahead and just slide our factory rear window bar onto our rear window

and just slides right in the channel.

And once you get the bar installed, you can go ahead and lock it down into place.

All right.

Now we gotta get our sound-deadening bars or sound-dampening bars, whichever way you

want to call them.

What they're used for is they're gonna slide in along your top and keep it from making

that whooshing noise while you're top flaps up and down in the air.

Now what we're gonna do is actually pull it apart, so it's two pieces.

I'm gonna slide the first piece in going over top of our sound bar, then I'm gonna slide

the other piece in, connect them together and get them locked down in their pockets.

All right.

Now, we're almost finished with the installation of our soft top.

We still have to put our side windows on but first, we have to get this small drip rail

out of the way.

Our new top actually tucks in in its place.

Now, these are just stapled in, so you can get a small pry tool and just pry down on

them until they come out, but you're gonna want to take your time, you don't wanna cause

any damage to your door surround.

All right.

Now, just take your new top with this plastic channel that comes on the end and just tuck

it into that channel.

Now, just go ahead and make sure you do that on both sides.

All right.

Now, we're ready to go ahead and get our side windows in.

Now, we're just gonna go ahead and get these in our zippers first.

And you're gonna be careful with your zippers, don't force them, they should move very easily.

All right.

Man, just get this strap at the top of your window into the buckle that is on your top

itself.

Then just pull that tight.

Pull this part over.

Now, you can pull this strap from your top down over your window.

Tuck it under your belt line, pull it tight, Velcro it down.

Now just repeat that on the other side and we'll be done with our top.

All right.

Now, we're all finished with the install of our new soft top and it looks great.

Now, for more parts and videos like this, make sure you give us a visit at extremeterrain.com.

For more infomation >> Jeep Wrangler JK Barricade Fastback 2-in-1 Diamond Soft Top (2007-2018 4 Door) Review & Install - Duration: 12:27.

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"Steer Left, Turn RIGHT?? Opposite Steering Jeep Melts Our Brains! - Duration: 12:31.

- [Narrator] Today on Scumbag Labs, we see what happens

when you make your steering wheel go the opposite way.

(car screeches)

(trap music)

- Are you guys alright?

Welcome back to Irwindale Speedway

the official home of Scumbag Labs

and today we're here to drive this monstrosity.

(trap music)

What'd you do to this thing?

- As I always do, ruined it.

Took all the performance. - Oh, you ruin every car

you work on but.

- Thank you, so basically we took a car that

performed in the normal agminated manner

and re-agminated it into a different manner.

- [Scotto] Spell that.

- Agminated it's the wrong way to do the right thing.

It steered this way and now it steers that way, okay?

So, it's all agminated wrong.

The Pitman arm was agminated this way, okay?

And when it turned that way, it turned the wheels that way.

So we re-agminated the bar this way.

So, now when the wheels turn this way,

the arm turns that way.

It's completely backwards, kinda like that word, agminated.

- Brains, most of us have them, some more than others.

So I've agminated you here today

to talk about brain wiring.

Subconsciously we do a lot of (bleep)

we know left, we know right.

Or do we?

So what happens when you try and reverse

the wiring of your brain?

(elevator music)

So to find out if we could reverse the wiring of our brain,

we put a couple of your favorite jabronies

and a professional race car driver

behind the wheel of our newest lab rat test vehicle.

Can we beat our own brain's wiring?

Are professional race car drivers

better at adapting to weird (bleep) than we are?

Or are we all risking unnecessary injury

just in the name of science and the Grand Tour game?

There's only one way to find out

and that's at Irwindale Speedway.

- So we were thinking about things

to really screw you up driving and we thought to ourselves,

how hard would it be if we flipped the steering,

so we did that and we're gonna test it out today.

(trap music)

So I actually got a little bit of a chance

to drive this just around the block

at the Donut Garage, and it was absolutely terrifying.

- I didn't drive it because

I didn't wanna overthink it at all, so.

- [Scotto] Yeah, so he didn't drive it.

- I haven't driven it yet.

- [Scotto] But he's known about it and Sara showed up today

and we didn't tell her that we reversed the steering,

she got in it, instantly adapted.

- [Sara] Oh (bleep)

(laughing)

Oh my God, this is a focus thing.

(laughing)

- [Scotto] She's doing a really good job actually.

Predictions, I'm gonna do the worst.

I've already driven this thing and I'll be honest,

it just scares me because just driving in the parking lot

it reminded me of the first time I ever drove a car

when I was like 14 years old with my dad

and I was just like terrified and intimidated

that also could be because of who my dad is.

- I'm either gonna kill it or I'm gonna

do something super stupid, that's what I think.

- [Scotto] I pretty much agree with that.

- Long story short, when she's here,

she takes over the destruction.

- [Scotto] She is female Hert.

- Professional, unprofessional and just a piece of (bleep).

- [Scotto] Thanks bud.

My prediction is Sara does best, I do worst.

- [Brad] Style points, style points.

- [Scotto] Yeah.

So today we have a simple course.

We leave from the starting line,

head into a tight slalom,

we go into a clockwise hairpin, out of the clockwise hairpin

we come into a figure eight.

Out of the figure eight we come rushing in

to the surprise light.

What's the surprise light?

It's a light that tells you to go left or right

at the last possible moment.

All to test the driver's reaction while steering opposite.

(trap music)

- [Brad] Keep your pride safe man.

- [Hert] Alright let's do this!

- [Sara] Hey Scotto, how's it going in there?

- It's alright, it's a little tight.

(car screeching)

- Four, three, two, one, go!

- [Scotto] Whoa.

(laughing)

- God (bleep) God!

- Keep going.

- [Hert] I didn't wanna go faster

cause I knew that would happen.

Oh!

- [Brad] I just wanna know how he's neutral revving.

- [Sara] I think he's seriously shifting it

he's going into neutral or first.

(laughing)

- Oh (bleep), holy (bleep)

- [Scotto] That was the best, most terrifying.

- [Brad] This high, three wheel right there!

That was sick!

- [Sara] Okay, so are you shifting?

Are you shifting down to first?

- No I'm just leaving it in one gear, I'm just like.

That was (bleep) ridiculous.

- You feeling ready? - You good?

- Uh no.

(car revving)

(wind)

- [Brad] You're not supposed to hit any of em!

(tires screech)

- Brian you failed, altogether you failed.

Alright figure eight, show 'em how to do a figure eight.

That's not the direction.

Oh!

Alright here we go, what are we sending?

Oh (bleep)!

(tires screech)

(trap music)

Oh (bleep), oh (bleep), oh (bleep)

(laughing)

- [Hert] Oh my God!

Oh my, Brian, you almost died!

- [Brad] You get to ride in here!

- [Hert] No you said.

- [Sara] I'm crying.

- [Hert] Brian!

- I can't even.

- [Hert] You popped the front tire.

(car revving)

This is what happens when.

- I think the car's gonna be done soon.

- [Hert] Hey, we need to save some car for Sara!

- That is where Hoonigans originated from.

- [Hert] Seriously,

I forget how much of a (bleep) head he is sometimes.

You're like a race car driver,

you just pulled into the pits.

- Walk away, you deal with my (bleep).

- [Hert] I love when you let your scumbag (bleep) hang out.

Scotto, I wouldn't ask for a better leader.

I wouldn't ask for a better leader.

How you doin'?

- Scarier than ever dude,

I don't ever wanna ride with Brian again.

- [Hert] You were on the outside

so you were all the way up in the air.

- Screaming at him, screaming at him.

- [Scotto] Alright, so I might have done

a little number on the front tire

so we've put in this race spec bicycle tire

which we're pretty excited about,

that's not gonna up the danger level at all.

You've seen her and I throw down,

you know what the vehicle's capable of

what's your mode of attack here?

- This is the most sketchiest thing I've ever done

so honestly taking off I'm either gonna

one, pin it and just hope that my instinct can

come in and like adapt,

or I'm gonna take it easy, stay smooth and kinda

kick it up, but then you just.

- I like that one.

- [Scotto] Oh yeah, cause you're riding shotgun

Last thoughts?

- Sara's a (bleep) maniac and this is a terrible idea.

- Now I actually care about being buckled up decently.

- [Scotto] Yeah.

- The first time I was like what?

- [Scotto] We also might have removed

the sway bars in this thing, so.

- Four, three, two, one, go!

(tires screech)

- [Scotto] Oh, she's going in hard.

(tires screech)

- Oh!

- [Scotto] Well, there's that.

- [Brad] What happened there?

- [Sara] Right's left, right's left.

- [Hert] Oh!

(both laughing)

- [Brad] Whoa!

(laughing)

- [Brad] Allegedly, that wasn't so good.

- That was a really hard one, at the last bit

I was like crap, I went straight into it instead.

- [Scotto] Hert, you getting out?

(laughing)

- [Brad] What happened Hert?

- [Scotto] Alright, you're up, get in.

- [Hert] Oh my God.

- [Scotto] Full send.

(tires screeching)

- [Sara] We got this.

(tires screeching)

(laughing)

- [Hert] Oh God, I really hope they're okay.

- [Scotto] Are you guys alright?

- How do I get out? - I flipped it!

- [Scotto] Are you okay?

That was way more aggressive of a flip

than I thought you guys were gonna do.

- I quit Brian!

That's it, I (bleep) quit dude.

- [Hert] Sara, you alright?

- [Sara] I'm great.

- [Scotto] You're a psychopath.

- I can't, my stomach hurts I'm laughing so hard.

- [Scotto] You know what just happened?

You are now, male Sara.

- [Hert] She's the queen.

- Oh my God, dude I was like how in the heck

can I flip this thing?

- [Scotto] The send on that was so,

I thought you were just gonna like put it on its side.

- [Hert] Sara, get on top, put her on top of this

mother (bleep) right now.

Get on top of that thing, you too Brad.

- Man I'm happy everyone's alive.

- I can't even get my helmet off I'm shaking so hard.

- Yo that was insane.

- I looked over at her as we were sliding

I'm like, are you okay and she's like I'm good.

How you doin? - Good!

- You fine?

- Yeah, we should probably get out though

in case it's on fire.

- [Scotto] This was awesome.

- We confirmed that opposite steering

needs to go into the Grand Tour Game because

that's the best thing ever. - Yeah.

- Honestly it's actually really fun,

and everyone should experience it at least once.

Alright, so that's a wrap for Scumbag Labs,

now we're gonna go back into our regular cars

and hopefully we can not crash and drive home safely.

- So obviously you guys know we've been trying

to come up with new gadgets for the game,

I think this is the best one that we've done so far.

Cause if you actually played this in the video game

you could eventually convince your brain

to do it right without any of the consequences

that Sara learned about today.

(laughing)

You know, the safety of video games.

- [Hert] And it'll be funny that

your steering randomly switches

and it'll randomly switch back.

- Right.

- [Hert] So you have to adjust so quickly.

- It'll be such a mind (bleep).

That's it. - Is that a wrap?

- Adapt or die.

- Adapt or die. - Three, two, one.

- [All] That's a wrap!

- Confirmed, opposite steering is a guaranteed way

to mess up your driving.

That being said, we think this should

definitely be a gadget in the Grand Tour game.

So, go comment on their Instagram,

let the Grand Tour game know that you think

that Scumbag Labs has finally developed a concept

that would be great for the game.

Let 'em know.

Then, you can join us on Fridays

on Twitch, to watch Hert, special guest,

all kinds of people, maybe even my lab dog here.

Mochi, Mochi, Mochi.

Also, Mondays, join us on Scumbag Fabs

to watch some of these cars getting built.

Maybe we'll even save our Jeep Cherokee lab rat.

(slap)

- You can't make lab coat Ron nervous.

Lab coat Ron is the G.O.A.T., and if anybody

(bleep) with lab coat Ron, guess what,

lab coat Ron's gonna end you, so just don't say anything.