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What's going on with my softtop frame?

adventureboss

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I took my top down yesterday for the first time in a while, and after I put it back up I noticed a whistling coming from the driver's side. I took a closer look today and realized that the piece where the top of the door connects to the Jeep isn't sitting flush with the part coming out of the windshield. There is more of a gap than there should be, so air's coming through. Here's a picture of the driver's side and I circled the gap: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nvf25gOrvX26yO2w-1jVmNdKZtzAFnTd/view?usp=sharing and here's another one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kzHz9yZLGcOuwgdjCxuz2ksM1UTWHDmD/view?usp=sharing

For comparison, here's the passenger side which is sitting correctly: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dR2kEtrb_iJhA0pesXqmjN1-pNodXE0r/view?usp=sharing

How can I fix this and what caused it? It's pretty annoying to drive right now :(
 
It appears the drivers side door surround is not aligned properly and seated into the notch.
Difficult to determine, but there may also be a problem with the seal where the soft top header meets the windshield frame.
 
With the top down, remove the two screws on the top of the door surround.

Insert tab on door surround into the slot on the windshield.

Reinstall the two bolts.

Good to go.
 
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