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Hard Top or Soft Top and why?

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Old 11-22-2010, 06:59 PM
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Question Hard Top or Soft Top and why?

Just curious to who llikes what and why. Even for those who have both which one do you honestly like better? Thanks
Old 11-22-2010, 07:09 PM
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I like the security of the hardtop.
Old 11-22-2010, 07:11 PM
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Thats what I keep telling myself, but the pain of taking the hard top off is starting to get to me. Thinking about a soft top.
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hardtop for winter, but summer its just so much easier to fold then lift. not that folding it is easy. so both, so long as i have storage space.
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I guess I'm just a die hard soft top kind of guy. I've always had soft tops, and I didn't feel the need to change. I think I've just always really liked the looks of the soft tops. To me it just says "JEEP"...!!! I even live in Alaska and still the soft top is fine with me even in the winter. Probably couldn't say that if the JK didn't have such a good heater.......lol.
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You live in Arizona so I would wonder why you don't always have a soft top I love my soft top since the weather is nice year round I can just drop the top on nice sunny days
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I use the hard top in the winter and soft top in the summer. Living on NC, I would be fine with the soft top all year, but enjoy the extra insulation afforded by the hard top.

If I had to choose only one, it would be the hard top due to the increased sound and weather insulation combined with the easy to remove front panels.
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Sometimes I think about doing a trade and a lil cash for a sunrider soft top...but not too sure how many might be interested. Would have to be a meet and swap kinda of thing. Its too expensive to ship.
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Both. Soft top from April (brr it's like 36* here in April) to October. Hard in the winter cause I like my rear defroster and being able to scrape my windows.
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Soft top
It doesn't get all that cold in GA so i don't worry about that too much.

I like being able to take out the windows, or the whole top down. Would hate to be caught in the rain without a top


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