Word of WARNING
02-01-2011, 03:21 PM
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same here, but it was a '79 CJ5. what a bummer that was!
02-01-2011, 03:31 PM
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YIKES! Good to know!
02-01-2011, 03:31 PM
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02-02-2011, 03:42 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.
02-02-2011, 03:46 PM
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Garage and remote start - my 2 best friends in the winter time
ive never busted a plastic window on any of my wranglers.. if the ice was thick and the temps cold i started the jeep and let it warm up for a nice long time.. the cost of the gas to run it for a while was much cheaper than replacing plastic windows...
-Christopher
ive never busted a plastic window on any of my wranglers.. if the ice was thick and the temps cold i started the jeep and let it warm up for a nice long time.. the cost of the gas to run it for a while was much cheaper than replacing plastic windows...
-Christopher
02-02-2011, 05:33 PM
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just like the other guy said, i wouldn't take an ice scraper or brush to them. I've run a soft top on my JK in the winter for 3-4 years now except this year and i've never had an issue, just let the Jeep warm up for 5 minutes and crank the heat.
The soft windows are tempermental with weather conditions, like in the summer when it's hot and humid the windows are really soupy sticky and stretchable, but as it gets colder and dryer out the windows don't stretch, and become more of a plexiglass in the low low temps. So watch those rear windows when putting stuff in the back. It's the same situation with boat canvas/enclosures. Hail will blow right through these windows if it's cold enough.
I don't mean to point out the obvious to you guys that already know this, or have found out the hard way, just to say it's not only Jeep windows.
Sooo glad i found a steal of a hardtop..
The soft windows are tempermental with weather conditions, like in the summer when it's hot and humid the windows are really soupy sticky and stretchable, but as it gets colder and dryer out the windows don't stretch, and become more of a plexiglass in the low low temps. So watch those rear windows when putting stuff in the back. It's the same situation with boat canvas/enclosures. Hail will blow right through these windows if it's cold enough.
I don't mean to point out the obvious to you guys that already know this, or have found out the hard way, just to say it's not only Jeep windows.
Sooo glad i found a steal of a hardtop..