New style of pop top roof for Defender wagons

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Originally Posted by weeds

Yep, with a bar going across to join the two sides behind the seats/B Pillar

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Let us know what you find out. I just had a very interesting conversation with Daniel ( Mulgo ). Might be best for him to do it at conversion time...

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Originally Posted by weeds

This site has given me an idea for a part external roll cage for a Poptop ......might shoot an email to shingleback offroad.

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Would love to know more. Id kike to put one round my Mulgo, but havent come up with anything reasonable yet.

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Originally Posted by weeds

didn’t even have to get out of the defender.

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Definitely agree that's a great feature of the Mulgo design. For 2 people, his design is a great option, much better than others on the market that I've seen.

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Originally Posted by Ranga

Definitely agree that's a great feature of the Mulgo design. For 2 people, his design is a great option, much better than others on the market that I've seen.

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Daniel tells me his 130 sleeps four comfortably. He also tells me he would have no problem converting a 130 single cab, something that has me VERY interested.

The 130 also has a longer PopTop, for those a bit taller. It is more expensive, obviously, but would be a rare car.

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Originally Posted by weeds

Yep, with a bar going across to join the two sides behind the seats/B Pillar

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I don’t think that bar is needed. With the roll cage attached to the lower pop top frame externally there should be enough strength.

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Originally Posted by 86mud

This looks interesting

X-Vision-X*-*Panoramadach inkl Dachträger

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I could see that design letting in a lot of rain.

Its quite a lot of money for what it is thou...

Note that the price listed is just for the panorama bit and the roof rack... so you still need the roof conversion along with it.

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Originally Posted by Mulgo

I don’t think that bar is needed. With the roll cage attached to the lower pop top frame externally there should be enough strength.

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I like the idea of an internal bar across the vehicle joining the B pillars if there is no roll cage.

The way the body flexes when you simply close a Defender door is quite something LOL. How do lateral stresses affect the body long term?

I can see it may be tricky under the bed platform, but if there was a way it could be incorporated it could be a great addition? I assume also that the rigid bed platform would assist with this when the roof is closed, contributing to the better than original engineering repot?

But then, I'm not an engineer and perhaps a degree of body flex is actually a good thing?

My 20 year old Defender that has seen extensive corrugations, certainly has the rattles side to side!

PS When I can raise the funds a Mulgo pop top is high on my list of priorities.