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Condensation on the inside of the hard top.

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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by WXman
That should not be happening. If your windows are up, and the top is sealed, you should never get condensation on the inside of your roof. Clearly there is a problem, or your weather is just totally jacked up beyond anything I've ever seen.
Drove mine tonight in the snow with the heat on really low. Roof had condensation on the inside again. Under the carpets was dry and I have zero leaks. Just the inside of the roof gets condensatated.
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 07:15 PM
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 07:47 PM
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I had condensation on the inside of my windshield yesteday. It wasn't just fogging up, it was full on water droplets all over the bottom third of my windshield. Had the soft top on at the time. I have a small leak above my drivers side door, but it has not leaked all week.

Just switched to the hard top today before Snowtober hit in New England. Will update if I get it on the hard top at all.
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by flyfish29
I had condensation on the inside of my windshield yesteday. It wasn't just fogging up, it was full on water droplets all over the bottom third of my windshield. Had the soft top on at the time. I have a small leak above my drivers side door, but it has not leaked all week.

Just switched to the hard top today before Snowtober hit in New England. Will update if I get it on the hard top at all.
Forgot about that. Had condensation on the inside of my.windshield too but didn't think to much of it as my other cars did the same thing.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 03:25 AM
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Was there snow on your hardtop?
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 04:41 AM
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Yes at first but I removed it all before I began driving.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 04:44 AM
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This is funny, I just posted the same thing over in the "Stock" forum. I have the same issue. I really noticed it as I have a rubber rear cargo liner so the water did not get absorbed by the carpet. It was obvious there was a problem. I had some pretty serious rains here and that is when the inside of the hardtop would "leak". When it was last raining, I went inside assuming I would find a drip. In fact, the entire underside of the hardtop was wet.

I have a 2010 JKU.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 05:08 AM
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Interesting,

BTW the inside of my Soft Top on the 2012 was also Condensated yesterday during the snow storm.

We were bored so, pulled it out of the Garage and went to a gunshow about 45 minutes away. On the return trip, I happened to put my hand on the top and it had a layer of condensation from the sound bar forward.

Strange, all the years with our 08 and I can't recall that happening.

Might of just been a weather freak since the snow was so damp to fogging the glass that I had to crank max defrost and floor almost non stop.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 06:44 AM
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We just got five inches of wet snow. Drove around with snow left on and then no snow. Temps at freezing at first then above. No condensation on the inside of my hardtop. I say again you have moisture somewhere under the carpets. Just my two cents.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 06:55 AM
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Anyone with condensation inside the top and glass running the HVAC in recirculate? That would certainly cause it.
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