I'm installing my HT tomorrow and before I do I have a question. On the back of the top there are 2 tabs. From what I can tell these tabs are what keep the soft top down, do they do anything else? Do they help align the top? I'm asking because I really don't like being able to see them through the window and if all they do is keep the soft top down then I plan to remove them. My soft top is gutted so if that's all they are... bye~bye

 

That is what they do.

 

Those are fugly.

 

They just hold the soft top down???
Or do they also help align the top???

 

They keep the soft top from bouncing around and in the event of a failure in the soft top defeat mechanism, they also prevent the soft top from being raised. They don't contribute to any sort of HT alignment. If you don't have a soft top, there is no longer any reason to have those.

 

Awesome
Thanks guys.