JK vs JL softtop installation

[LuvHydro]

After the initial break-in stretch, I'm fasinated how easy it is to install the windows on my JL.

Wondering how this process compares to the JK?

I thought I read somewhere it has zippers or something?

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[Terpsmandan]

JK and prior windows have zippers and you have to tuck the leading edge into the door surround with the door open.

 

[LuvHydro]

JK and prior windows have zippers and you have to tuck the leading edge into the door surround with the door open.

Do you consider the JL method better or worse?

 

[Snayte]

Probably an unpopular opinion but I preferred the zippers to the tracks the JL windows slid into. I did not find the zippers all that difficult and I never heard of a JK window flying out on the highway. I also liked how I could zip out the top of the rear window and leave the sides in with the sunrider open for a nice free airflow through the whole Jeep and no worries about where to store any windows.

 

[Terpsmandan]

Do you consider the JL method better or worse?

I would prefer zippers after I had my side windows pop off on the thruway...

 

[Philly_]

The soft top I had on my JKU was a Trektop Glide. That was the first top to eliminate zippers completely, and the factory Mopar top is light years ahead of that in ease of use. They definitely worked out all the kinks from them to now!

 

[aldo98229]

The soft top is perhaps the most heavily realized part of JL from JK.

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