To what speed can I drive with a softop down?

[SariK]

Wrangler JL - I'm wondering to what speed can I drive with a half soft top-down and full soft top down?
And what speed is comfortable to drive with both tops like this?

Thanks!

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[Cajun21]

If it's the sunrider it's reported 70-75 MPG's, again sunrider check your top, 1/2 top should be in city only and that may be 35-40, but it's in town so you're driving that anyway. Hope that helps keep the Jeep wave going.

 

[aldo98229]

 

[SariK]

If it's the sunrider it's reported 70-75, again sunrider check your top, 1/2 top should be in city only and that may be 35-40, but it's in town so you're driving that anyway. Hope that helps keep the Jeep wave going.

Thanks for the info! sunrider means the whole top is down like the first pic or second pic?

 

[ogo]

Thanks for the info! sunrider means the whole top is down like the first pic or second pic?

The first pic is in safari mode, top up but windows out
Second pic is fully down / open for the soft top

 

[falcon241073]

Thanks for the info! sunrider means the whole top is down like the first pic or second pic?

I don’t know if it’s speed rated but I’ve drive. 80mph+ both ways zero issues. I do put a strap around the center of the top when it’s all the way back. But I’m paranoid. Most of my friends don’t.

 

[RubyRubi]

You can drive in Safari mode (top up, windows out) at any speed. I don’t know about it down fully but I drive on the freeway at 75mph with no issues. It barely moves.

 

[Shibadog]

I think you’ll be fine a whatever speed you choose. To me the limiting factor has always been wind noise and turbulence-not an issue with the top itself,

 

[SariK]

I don’t know if it’s speed rated but I’ve drive. 80mph+ both ways zero issues. I do put a strap around the center of the top when it’s all the way back. But I’m paranoid. Most of my friends don’t.

You can drive in Safari mode (top up, windows out) at any speed. I don’t know about it down fully but I drive on the freeway at 75mph with no issues. It barely moves.

Thanks! and like this half down?

And is such a thing possible? to have the windows out and the top half down? (The reason is I have a subwoofer attached in my trunk and I have to remove it If I need to open the top fully

Thanks!

 

[Cajun21]

Thanks for the info! sunrider means the whole top is down like the first pic or second pic?

Noo, the sunrider is the manufactured top Jeep put on the JL Wrangler, I forget what the top was called for the JK. Keep the Jeep wave going.

 

[SariK]

Noo, the sunrider is the manufactured top Jeep put on the JL Wrangler, I forget what the top was called for the JK. Keep the Jeep wave going.

Is it the one that you install it on the full hard top models?

 

[Heimkehr]

And is such a thing possible? to have the windows out and the top half down?

The first picture illustrates the soft top in the factory-approved "Sunrider" position.

For what it's worth, there are decals on the frame of my soft top that specifically warn against the configuration evident in the second photo: The soft top in the Sunrider position, with the three windows concurrently removed.

Other owners may say they've done the same, with no apparent harm, so this is just something to keep in mind.

 

[SariK]

The first picture illustrates the soft top in the factory-approved "Sunrider" position.

For what it's worth, there are decals on the frame of my soft top that specifically warn against the configuration evident in the second photo: The soft top in the Sunrider position, with the three windows concurrently removed.

Other owners may say they've done the same, with no apparent harm, so this is just something to keep in mind.

Good to keep in mind! thanks

 

[NJJeep Guy]

You can drive as fast as you want with the top in any position. The problem is the windows. If you decide to jump on the highway they can and will pop out due to the wind pressures. The older JK series had zippers so the windows would stay put. The JL has channel slots and the windows are not as strong as a result.

 

[Heimkehr]

You can drive as fast as you want with the top in any position. The problem is the windows.

If you decide to jump on the highway they can and will pop out due to the wind pressures. The older JK series had zippers so the windows would stay put. The JL has channel slots and the windows are not as strong as a result.

Yep. That's why we wonder why some folks disparage the use of zippers on prior iterations of the Wrangler soft top design. They weren't at all difficult to operate (voice of experience), and they provided a degree of retention strength (i.e., security) that the JL-generation soft top can't compete with. I still miss the ability to roll up the rear window, too.

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