Kayline / STC: 1st gen 4Runner Soft Top Install Kit

Here's our easy install Kayline/STC soft top install kit for the 1st generation Toyota 4Runner models (1984-1989).Show more

As designed, this soft top required drilling many holes for sheet metal screws to attach the soft top frame to the bed rails and back of the cab. In rust prone environments, this could cause issues and it also made removal and re-installation time consuming.

My buddy Tom, who originally owned this soft top, and I came up with the idea of riveting tee brackets to the frame to make use of the factory bolt holes. This greatly reduced the number of holes that needed to be drilled into the body sheet metal and made installation and removal much easier. I recall Tom made and installed these brackets on this top frame. They are still working fine some 25 years later.

Check out the web page below for more information:
https://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTricks/SoftTop/index.shtml#SoftTopInstallKit

Some web archive links to soft top companies mentioned.
Kayline Mfg.:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990428193849/http://www.kaylinetops.com/
Specialty Top Co.:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010819040832/http://www.specialtytopco.com/
Can-Back:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010202070000/http://www.can-back.com/

You can also make your own install kit with 3" tee repair brackets, 1"x1/8" flat bar and some pop rivets, available from most hardware stores.

This never started out to be a product. I had published a web page with information on how I installed this soft top on my 4Runner. Then started getting contacted by folks wanting to know if we could make them a set of brackets for their soft top and a product was born. We still make a few of these every year. Someone always seems to run across an old soft top and is looking for an easier way to install it.