JL and high winds...

[Chellipants]

Hi guys!
this past Sunday i was going down the Grape Vine leaving Los Angeles and they had high wind warnings. The wind was so bad it kept pushing us into the next lane over. It was terrifying!
i do have a soft top and my jeep is stock.. would a hard top make it more aerodynamic? what bout the Razor back top? Any suggestions help.

Thanks!

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[IndustrialAction]

Nope. A hardtop won't make a difference. It really is a 'Jeep thing'

 

[Rubidouxit]

Sorry but I doubt anything is going to help, including a hardtop which we have. We went to Moab last April and coming home across Kansas on I-70 was a steering wheel gripping adventure as the crosswinds were out of the south at about 40 mph. I was never so glad to get off there and turn back north at Kansas City! It was literally dangerous to pass vehicles that day. When we would go past an embankment or something that would break the crosswind, it would shoot us back to the right onto the shoulder. I just ended up slowing down to 60 mph or so and held on. Wranglers are just a big square brick aerodynamically and not much is going to change their behavior in high winds unfortunately.

 

[Chellipants]

Sorry but I doubt anything is going to help, including a hardtop which we have. We went to Moab last April and coming home across Kansas on I-70 was a steering wheel gripping adventure as the crosswinds were out of the south at about 40 mph. I was never so glad to get off there and turn back north at Kansas City! It was literally dangerous to pass vehicles that day. When we would go past an embankment or something that would break the crosswind, it would shoot us back to the right onto the shoulder. I just ended up slowing down to 60 mph or so and held on. Wranglers are just a big square brick aerodynamically and not much is going to change their behavior in high winds unfortunately.

I guess ill have to get used to that and use the Mustang on windy days. Sucks because i really like how my jeep drives.. First time jeep owner too, got a lot to get used to. Thanks for the reply!

 

[Chellipants]

Nope. A hardtop won't make a difference. It really is a 'Jeep thing'

Haha, you ain't kidding bout that cow being more aerodynamic.
Gotta get used to it then i guess.
Thank you

 

[Rubicon_LA]

I'm in Los Angeles too, with a JLUR hard top. Doesn't help much. For the past couple days the wind pushes me from lane to lane every time I get on a freeway

 

[Fonzilla85]

Yup, it’s all part of the Jeep experience.

 

[KeithM]

I have dual tops. You’ll get blown around in both but I’m used to it.

I much prefer the hard top for going 75+ or in crosswinds. It is more of a mechanical sympathy type thing though. Seeing the soft top windows bowing at higher speeds doesn’t seem good. In strong crosswinds sometimes air gets between top and sides.

 

[captainstabbins]

Wait till you get high winds and snowy roads...Now that is fun....

 

[#4Jeep 1st Wrangler]

I'll " second" that one..... My wife was concerned we were going to lose a side window last time we were out in the winds... Made the occasional " pop" when the wind got under the top.
Definitely will take awhile to get used to it..
Any winds above 20 mph required both hands on the wheel.

 

[JIMBOX]

Roll all 4 windows down--that'll reduce the sidewind pressure !

Now that works, but you gotta trade DRIVEABILITY WITH COMFORT AND INTERNAL MAELSTROM !

W.E.

JIMBO

 

[Whiskeybiskit]

Been windy the last couple of days in Vegas, hardtop or soft top, it's a box on wheels.

 

[#4Jeep 1st Wrangler]

 

[cOtter]

Wait till you get high winds and snowy roads...Now that is fun....

I think we should call it 4x4 Skiing.

 

[Andy2434]

Haha . . . The wind will have its way with a Lego shaped vehicle.

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