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I have a 2 door so not as many panels but also less room. I usually have the back seats down and I keep a moving blanket folded as a cover/protection for that space. When I take the roof panels off I don’t use the storage pouch, I just slide the panels in between folds of the moving blanket...

@Poppavein Agreed as to loading. I considered the lift jacks but didn’t like that 1) lifting from underneath would likely leave marks or indents on sound insulation, 2) I’d have to use floor space to store when the top is off, 3) I’d have to find somewhere to store the lift jack when not in...

@rws I was also concerned about balancing the roof as it is hoisted by only one contact point. It took some trial and error moving strap attachments back and forward again to find an acceptable balance point. I also didn’t want the cam straps to slip or move on the half-rack so they are wound...

@Offroad Newb I’m leaving my rack hanging for now mostly because it’s easier to move on the strut if I need to get into the closet. The 2 dr half-rack does add some wind noise but I’m not at speed all that much so doesn’t matter much. Don’t know if the 4 dr version would be the same. Mine...

Thanks all for the thoughts. Because the hoist makes it pretty quick and easy to take the roof on and off I’m thinking there won’t be any long-term (say six-months) storage. Probably more like a week or two, but who knows. I’m in the mountains in Idaho so the roof will definitely be back on...

@RagnarKon the hoist is rated for 440 lbs, the roof weighs 80 lbs and the rack adds probably another 20 lbs so shouldn’t be an issue there. What I don’t know is how strong the attachment of the half-rack to the roof is. The steel on the rack looks like 1/8” so should be pretty strong. I feel...

I installed a wireless remote electric hoist in a steel channel for taking off my 2dr roof (parts cost about $270). The Trailrax half-rack seemed to be attached pretty well and I didn’t really want to take it off so I built a frame out of 1” square steel tubing (1/8” wall thickness) to...

@TXBrian where did you source that flat metal hook used to attach your hoist to the roof mounting points. I need something like that to attach my hoist to my half rack as the half rack uses the mounting points.