i did it just on my driveway to see how it worked, and i would never dream of doing it again, took a good couple of hours to lower it and put it back up, and im still not sure if its back 100%

defo leave well alone in my honest opinion

as far as the helmet/visor/goggles go, i would image that as long as you had a combo of those on you would be fine legally - just a guess tho

 

I did it last weekend, you definately should have some help with a second set of tools to make everything go by smoothly. Oh, and don't attach the lower windshield corner brackets before reinstalling the peices of the roll bar. There is a reason I know this.. other than the instructions saying to do so.









It defiantly is fun if you are off-road. So I'd recommend trying it if you have a weekend where you can play around with the Jeep and have no critical appointments to make.

 

Asked that question around here a while ago and got 2 dif answers... One cop sais so long as you have protective eyewear your ok, yet another said no go.... I may try it one day and see what happens

with there was a way to remove the roll bar completely though for looks.... JK would look badass with the windshield down and rollbar out completely, almost a twin to its original military counterparts

 

Echofoxtrot,

You original post the other day was the one that gave me the idea to try it, but I couldn't remember where you posted all I remembered was that first pic of the windshield down. Great pics thanks alot!!!!


I don't think I will be trying this anytime soon, sounds like a total pita and I probably would loose something or not get it back right.

Red

 

not hard... just annoyng and a bunch of work. I took it down once (ya know, just to see)... and never again. I think many states have laws requiring a windshield for safety... GA can ticket you if yours has a crack in it!

I dont get it... it does not affect anyone but the people in the vehicle, why make a law against it? Kinda like seat belts.

 

First time is hard and you may want to never do it again. I have done it a few times. I leave little things off when i put it back up to make it easier for next time. Like the sun visors, and the plastic crap along the A-pillars to make it look nice. Also for the 3 bolts on the inside top corners of the windshield, only put 2 on for each, no real need for the middle one.

It does take about 20-30 mins even when you know what your doing so make sure its not gonna rain soon and you can enjoy the windshield down without having to put it back on 2 hours later

 

It's easy to get it back to the original position, as long as you attach the roll bars to the windshield first! I attached the brackets at the corners first originally. At first I was freaked out that it wouldn't line up and the day was almost over. Then I read the instructions... doh!

As for losing things, yes it is very posible you can lose one of the bolts behind the dash if you arn't careful. I dropped one and was lucky that it went behind a removable trim peice on the A-pillar, so no big.

There were recently pics on the show and tell thread of ChevyM14 driving 60mph with the windshield down on his 09.... Might want to check that out.