We like the look of the top and love the ability to flip the top back or configure the top as a bikini top by removing doors and rear windows. Top does seem to be decent quality and well made, but lets talk about design. There was some poor planning when it comes to how flat this top sits and when it rains. The Sprint Top becomes a kiddie pool and the water puts so much weight into the middle of the top, it cause the top to pull away and allows water to get inside your cab. It's never good when you take a corner and a bunch of water comes pouring over onto the wife.

We called Bestop support to discuss this with them. They walked through the instructions with us to ensure the top was put together correctly and that no steps were missed. After talking with them for 30 min or so, we were left with, "well, that's just how the top was designed, but, you can buy the additional supports we provide with the Bestop Trek Top that will fix that issue" (an additional $100). While at SEMA this year, We stopped in the Bestop booth to discuss this with them a bit more. They told us that the Pavement Ends line was developed to compete with the cheaper aftermarket products from Japan. They even recommended purchasing a 'Top Prop' from Skid Row Offroad (which again, would be an additional $95).

After several large storms here in Texas, we grew tired of the pools on our top and the inside getting wet. After pondering a solution, we came up with a $10 fix. It is such a simple solution, why it's not included in the original design is beyond us, but here is all you will need to do to fix it:

Run to Home Depot and buy a flat 6' - 1" X 1/8" steel bar. Then measure where you want the top prop to go (We put ours 1' from header bar). After marking your spot on both sides, grab a Dremel with a cutoff wheel and cut a rectangle notch to fit the flat bar.

Next, cut the 6' flat stock to about 58" and do a test fit. Here is ours, it sat in there perfect and had a nice little bow to it.

Then, clean up the soft top bars with a little black paint and paint the flat stock so it doesn't rust (We used whatever paint we had laying around).

Once ours was dry, we put it back together, locked the top down, grabbed our garden hose and gave it a test.

Our $10 fix worked perfectly with no issues and still allows us to put the top back without having the bar going across our heads. We also drove it around at higher speeds to see if we would get any flapping noises or vibrations. We couldn't even tell it was there. Fix took us about 30 min to do and now we sit here scratching our head wondering why this cheap fix isn't part of the original top. We will probably do the back as well, but this was simply a proof of concept.

So, if you want to save some cash and get a top that comes complete with a kiddie splash pool, the Sprint Top isn't horrible but, you will probably want to follow our lead and make a top prop to keep your top from pooling and stretching allowing water to get in your cab. Our recommendation though, is to spend a bit more money on a better top. If we have to purchase a top for this Jeep again, or any of our other Jeeps, I can assure you, we will not be buying a Pavement Ends top and will spend the extra money on a higher quality top.