Ordering a 2011 Unlimited Rubicon... Soft top or Hard top ????
09-26-2010, 02:58 PM
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Duel tops would be really interesting...in a Burr vs. Hamilton sort of way 
My 94 YJ had a hardtop with full steels, My current 02 TJ has a soft with half steels, and my 2011 JKU Rubi I ordered in the dual configuration. As a previous poster said, you will save a shit ton of money by ordering both now.
As to the comment you made about them looking cheesy, you might have the wrong idea. Ordering Dual tops, means you get the same exact 2 tops that would come if you ordered them separate, it's not some weird 3rd hybrid.
Enjoy your new JK, mine should be here by end of Oct. and I'm counting the days.
My 94 YJ had a hardtop with full steels, My current 02 TJ has a soft with half steels, and my 2011 JKU Rubi I ordered in the dual configuration. As a previous poster said, you will save a shit ton of money by ordering both now.
As to the comment you made about them looking cheesy, you might have the wrong idea. Ordering Dual tops, means you get the same exact 2 tops that would come if you ordered them separate, it's not some weird 3rd hybrid.
Enjoy your new JK, mine should be here by end of Oct. and I'm counting the days.
09-26-2010, 03:08 PM
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I've had dual tops on every Jeep I've owned and I highly recommend it, winters and rear defrost/wiper go hand in hand just like summers and soft tops do.
One thing is for sure, I never regret getting both and having both especially when I sell the Jeep, I nearly always sell them with a soft top and sell the hard top later for more money, WIN.. WIN..
One thing is for sure, I never regret getting both and having both especially when I sell the Jeep, I nearly always sell them with a soft top and sell the hard top later for more money, WIN.. WIN..
09-26-2010, 04:19 PM
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If you have the cash, get both. Like others said, keep in mind that you will need a place to store the hardtop when not in use. It is big and takes up alot of space...
If you can only afford one or the other I would get the soft top...nothing beats rolling topless/doorless in the summer
If you can only afford one or the other I would get the soft top...nothing beats rolling topless/doorless in the summer
09-26-2010, 04:35 PM
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Hey man, just get both. At first I was just going to get a hard top on mine because this was my first Jeep and I wasn't too sure about only having a rag top on my vehicle. But the hard top is big and you need 2 people to remove it and it's not something you would do as it rains and clears up during the summer months. I got both and the soft top is not really all that loud and mine doesn't leak. It's also pretty easy to lay down and I like the versatility of the back windows coming off and what not. And when it rains without my doors I can just slap the top up real quick. But I still have the hard top for winter.
So get both man. And if you can't get both, I would suggest just getting the soft top.
So get both man. And if you can't get both, I would suggest just getting the soft top.
I only got the hard top when I bought mine, and was off buying a soft top 6 weeks later.
Go dual, you won't regret it.
09-26-2010, 04:38 PM
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Get the duels going in. Not doing it was my biggest mistake. I later bought a softie.
09-26-2010, 04:46 PM
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If you have the cash, get both. Like others said, keep in mind that you will need a place to store the hardtop when not in use. It is big and takes up alot of space...
If you can only afford one or the other I would get the soft top...nothing beats rolling topless/doorless in the summer
If you can only afford one or the other I would get the soft top...nothing beats rolling topless/doorless in the summer
I hear what you're saying about a spot, but I oddly had more than one person offering up their yard as well.
It's like having your buddies hardtop in your yard is the ultimate act of friendship.
...or maybe it's because my town has an ass load of wrangler drivers... My kid counts them, we easily hit 50+ most days.
09-26-2010, 06:17 PM
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I bought my Jeep last year with a hard top only. By the time summer hit, I took off the hard top and replaced it with a frameless soft top. I don't plan on putting the hard top back on. If I'm out on the trails, I would rather have to replace a soft top than a hard top (think $$$). As far as security is concerned, leave nothing of value in the Jeep. I've left mine topless and doorless in the middle of NYC while I was in the movie theater. Also left a gun holster and a couple of NRA membership applications in the glove box...
09-26-2010, 07:40 PM
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Going against the grain but I vote for soft top only. In Souther California why would you need any top let alone a hard top.
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