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Soft top only folks- any regrets?

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This is my third Jeep. The first two had hard tops.

I'm very happy with my softtop. No.regrets.

My second Jeep got broken in. It got the passenger window smashed.
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First Jeep. Soft top (not premium) only.

As mentioned above it’s inconvenient to load taller things in the back without folding up the rear window, but ya deal with it.

It’s not as loud as I thought it was going to be on the highway, and I keep the fire under the hood stoked enough to keep me warm even though my dealer installed aftermarket seat heaters have yet to be dealer installed.

Oh yeah, I’m in Canada.
I live on a ski hill.
And it’s winter.
No regrets at all.
 

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Not sure I have regrets or not but I might thing twice next time. I haven't had mine for long but the back window is a pain. The increase in noise is quite a bit especially if you are running M/T tires. It seems much more difficult to control temp when it gets colder, I have the auto temp control and it puts out most of the heat on the floor so to maintain the upper air temp it blast out you feet. I took a trip last week and was driving in some heavy winds and I know even with my hard top jeep it was no fun but with the soft top at times it felt it was going to blow the top right off. Still love the jeep and over time I will learn to figure out some of the oddities. Just my observations not really trying to criticize.
 

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My 3rd Jeep. CJ with hard top. TJu with hard top, jl soft top. I will never go back to a hard top. They just sit in the back yard and look ugly. If you plan on going top down/off when you can, then the hard top sucks.
 

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A hard top was the only factory option (OK no smoker package either) I did not get on my JLUR.
Other than it's kind if a pain on the soft top, but you can easily flip up the rear window open to get big items in the back. And a rear defroster would come in handy some mornings.

In Georgia, I get a lot of days where it might be nice for a while and have the top down then later rainy or cool where I'd want to throw the top back on. Not doing that with the hard top.

If I was in a northern area where I got heavy snow, I'd get a Hard Top.
 

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Premium soft top here. Back window is a pain and it gets filthy everyday. Wet dirty roads up here ! Temps are in the teens and 20's everyday and my Jeep is plenty warm. My wifes Jeep has a hard top , so much easier to deal with back window. Do I have any regrets ? Yeah , I probably should have taken my education more seriously ! I effed around in high school and college too much !
 

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Not at all. This is my first Jeep and the expectation was it would be a little drafty and the wind noise would be really distracting. And I have been pleasantly surprised that neither of those has been an issue.
On a side note, I'm really surprised by how it warms up so quickly on the frosty mornings. Literally under two minutes before the windshield started to thaw and clear in four minutes. Maybe I'll be able to retire my ice scrapper this year. Maybe.
 

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Not at all. This is my first Jeep and the expectation was it would be a little drafty and the wind noise would be really distracting. And I have been pleasantly surprised that neither of those has been an issue.
On a side note, I'm really surprised by how it warms up so quickly on the frosty mornings. Literally under two minutes before the windshield started to thaw and clear in four minutes. Maybe I'll be able to retire my ice scrapper this year. Maybe.
Speaking of frosty mornings , this is what I faced today at 7 30 AM and I was toasty . There is no problem having a soft top in cold weather,trust me !

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Two complaints: back window as others have said, and the gutter that drips rain into the footwell when you open the door. But nothing’s perfect and the hard top was never an option for me - it’s my first Jeep and I wanted the classic soft top look.
Is the dripping gutter typical for all JL’s with premium soft top?
 

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Hard Top - Wife's choice. Probably get a SunRider (Twill I hear is best) to swap out the panels unless I can get the soft top for a comparable price. I had a question for the soft toppers - In the past I see soft top windows that get to the point you cannot see out of them. Has that been fixed or is that still a concern after many years? Not sure what the top and windows are even made of these days with technology advances. Personal preference is usually the end all for these choices
 

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Is the dripping gutter typical for all JL’s with premium soft top?
It’s typical for both premium/base soft tops and the hardtop.

There is no escape.

Pick your poison.

It’s a JL thing..
 

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Absolutely no regrets! It’s a Jeep, so it was the only way to go. I don’t get the people who claim they have more road noise, don’t buy that at all. As for comments about cold climate, don’t get them either. Zero issues in the cold and snow.
 

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It’s typical for both premium/base soft tops and the hardtop.

There is no escape.

Pick your poison.

It’s a JL thing..
Pretty sure it’s just a Jeep thing. It did it on all of my JKs and I think I remember it happening with my YJs, too. That was over 15 years ago, though, so I can’t exactly remember.
 

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Pretty sure it’s just a Jeep thing. It did it on all of my JKs and I think I remember it happening with my YJs, too. That was over 15 years ago, though, so I can’t exactly remember.
JL thing Jeep thing same thing. Thanks for pointing that out though it changes things
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