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Old 02-01-2011, 11:37 AM
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Now that the winter snow and ice is well upon us be very careful with your soft glass windows. They become very brittle in the cold and ice. Be VERY careful if they have iced over and need ice removal. I have cracked two rear soft glass windows this way.
Old 02-01-2011, 12:22 PM
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Oh the joys of a softtop..
Old 02-01-2011, 12:24 PM
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Another reason why I love my Dual Top option...
Old 02-01-2011, 12:28 PM
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...and if you have a hard top....watch those rear glass struts in freezing temps. The fluid in one of mine froze over night, and when I opened my tailgate, the strut exploded.
Old 02-01-2011, 12:36 PM
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I dont know what is so hard about this, dont touch them and they will be fine. I go the whole winter not touching the windows and have never had a problem. No need to see out them, thats was side mirrors are for. If u want to see out them, run ur jeep with heat full blast for 15-20 minutes and then go to car wash and rinse them off.
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Originally Posted by whpony96
Another reason why I love my Dual Top option...
Another reason why I love San Diego and its 70 degree weather right now.

Back when I did live in the snow I actually liked the soft top better because you can fairly easily brush the snow off. Oh the memories...
Old 02-01-2011, 02:09 PM
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[QUOTE=07tungsten;2070831]Another reason why I love San Diego and its 70 degree weather right now. QUOTE]

YEAH YEAH YEAH,,,, GOTTA RUB IT IN,,, I would be happy with 45*F temps right now and some blue skies,, actually 45*F and cloudy would be nice at this point...lol ...

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I learned this lesson the hard way with my first jeep, an '86 CJ7. Of course, with those years, the windows were not removable, so if you cracked one you had to replace the whole soft top.

Or use packing tape, which is what I did as a poor college student.
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I'd be happy with 40 degrees with out the 48" of white stuff and more coming to night.....
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Sometimes I kind of like when mine are all frosted up. Its like a privacy tint!


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