Can I use my factory soft top Chanel and tail gate bar
You can use your factory tail gate bar, and factory door surrounds, but you CAN NOT use the factory header. Its $34 for the rampage header on quadratech. I just oredered one off the internet about an hour ago and spoke to the guys at rampage, becuase I had the same qestions you had.
As fas as noise IDK, but will let you know when I get the top on there. When talking to the guys on the phone he said you HAVE to install it on a warm day. If you don't he said It's almost an impossible task. I live in oregon and it's going to be raining for the next 10 years so I have no warm days lol. but I'm gonna stick the tj in the garage and crank the heater!!!! basically you have to warm the cloth up and then it shrinks as it cools back down followed by it becoming tighter, and a better fit. Get the sail cloth, I was told it has better insulative properties than the other options.
I know there is difference in the door surrounds on 97's maybe that's why there has been conflicting information??????
And amazon was $20 bucks cheaper.