Reviews for American Trail Products 36870001K Billet Aluminum Grab Handles for 87-06 Jeep Wrangler YJ, TJ & Unlimited
Technically it should be a 5 star rating but I disagree with the photo used in promoting the product. I have a 98 Jeep wrangler and I had to cut out part of the cloth foam cover that is on the roll bar in order to attach the handles. For the earlier models, 96 - 04, there is a probable requirement to cut away part of the cloth foam cover or plastic cover in order to attach these. Once attached good and tight, they are excellent in getting in and out of my jeep.
These are very well made, look great and easy to install once you try a few different angles if you have padding. The one thing that has me concerned is I live in FL, have the hard top on and A/C running great, and these still got so incredibly hot (mind you not in direct sunlight either) that i was unable to grab and hold. Just too hot. I need a solution for this otherwise they may end up not being usable.
Received the product after being on back of order,The product itself us well made fit was good and simple looks and works great, the reason I'm giving g it a 4 instead of 5 was that 2 of the bolts were to long and I had to shorten them to work, for the price of this everything should be ready to go, and I was going to waste my time on calling for 2 new bolts and wait 3 or 4 more weeks for something I can fix in 5 minutes.
3 star rating due to installation. For the 2004 TJ I had to cut into my A pillar plastic covers and had to cut away roll bar padding & foam in order to install these. They do work great once installed, but nothing in the installation called for doing any cutting. For older TJ's they might install without any issues, but not the 2004.