Smittybilt C-RES.2 Cargo Restraint System (97-06 Jeep Wrangler TJ, Excluding Unlimited)

Video Review & Installation

Hi. I'm Ryan from ExtremeTerrain, and today I'm here with the Smittybilt Cargo Restraint System for your '97 to '06 Wrangler TJ. This is going to be for anyone who's looking for an easy to install cargo net, whether you're trying to contain loose items in the back, or if you're just looking for that aesthetic appearance. It is really going to come in handy on the trails while you're bouncing around to contain cargo. Or if you have a dog, or a friend with you, this is going to add some extra protection from brush and from trail obstacles. This is a heavy duty construction, with heavy duty buckles and fabric, and has a tensile strength of 1,200 pounds. This is going to come as a complete kit, and easily attaches with buckles, and gives you the option to remove the top or the sides if you'd like. This is going to be one of your most affordable options on the site, at just under $200, and I honestly think this is the best bang for your buck. As far as install goes, I'm going to give this a one out of three wrenches, since you can install this in around an hour with no hand tools or factory hardware. With that being said, let's hop into the install. To begin this installation, you'll need to remove your top completely. After that we're going to start with the center section, making sure that these buckles face the front. So, we're going to begin with these upper buckles by the sound bar. You're going to pass those down, past the sound bar, and then around to the front of the roll bar. So, we're going to go through the back side of the buckle, and then, once you go through there, we're going to pass back through to the front. We're going to leave all of these loose until we get them all on, and then we'll start tightening them up. So, we're just going to go down the line, and do all of these. So, after you get the front straps on, then we're going to work our way down both sides. You're going to do the same thing. Just pass it around the roll bar, go through the back slot, and then come down through the front slot. Now, as you get to these Velcro sections, we're going to un-velcro that. The first one is going to go above the seat belt, and around the roll bar. So, we're just going to velcro that around, and work our way down. You want to make sure that you go under the seat belt, so you're not interfering with anything. Now we'll do the same thing for the other side. So, next, we're going to install our J-hooks down here, on both sides. You're going to have two of them. One's going to go across and hook on, and the other one is going to attach back here. Once we do that, then we'll go around and tighten the rest of them up. So, you just hook this on to the edge of the tub, and then we'll pull our strap tight. Then we're going to hook our other one on, and then we'll pull that tight as well. Now you can do the same thing for the other side. Now we can go around and tighten all the straps. We're going to start with the front ones. So, now that we have the center section on, and tight, we're ready to install our side. We're going to start with the driver's side. The logo is going to be located on the back rear, and we're going to have a double buckle up here in the front. We're going to start with this corner buckle here. This is going to wrap around the roll bar, just like this. So this one, this strap, is actually going to go to this one down here. And then, this strap is going to go to this upper buckle. So, now that the side's completely installed, we can go around and tighten all our straps. We're going to do the same thing for the other side. Now that we have this side on, you're ready to tighten everything up. So, now that we're done with this installation, you're going to have a bag of clips. Smittybilt provides you with these clips. They are to take the excess tail of the straps, and they kind of tuck them away. So, they're an optional install. You can choose to install them wherever you deem necessary. I'm going to install a few, just to show you how they go on. So, we're going to loosen this strap up a little bit, and we're going to slide this one end down, then you just want to get this other end. So that wraps up my review and install. For more videos like this, check us out at extremeterrain.com.