2wheelz4me

Does anyone have any experience with the noise difference between the two tops? I know the hard top is quieter...but is it remarkably quieter? I am thinking about getting a hard top as my JK is not only my toy....but my daily driver!

Thanks!!

racer83l

in my experience, the soft top isnt much louder on the highway..

the difference is ambient noise... If your stopped at a light and a semi is next to you, it sounds like your windows open you can really hear it...

I like the soft top but I do however have my hard top on right now because of winter (although I only use it to preserve the windows on the soft top, road salt is a killer on the plastic windows)

echofoxtrot

The noise difference isn't huge, but you do notice it. Since you live in Texas and problably don't have to worry about snow I'd save some money and got the soft top only.

The only other real issue is security. With the soft top, you have none.

bodybrdng

It's a little quieter with the hard top but not that much. I also have my hard top on for the winter as stated above "road slat is a kilelr for plastic windows"

SabrToothSqrl

I had a hard top and soft w/my TJ

sold the hard top

it was too much hassle... and the noise difference was not that much, you get used to it...

The hard top was just to large to store and the glass too fragile...

bodybrdng

How did your soft top hold up to the road salt in the winter?

elwood58

We have both tops, and there are things we like about each. If you get the soft top on fairly tight, there is not much noise difference. The hard top is not really insulated, so other than a little better heat retention, not much of a difference in that department either. The JK has a great heating system, by the way.

In winter, we do like the rear wiper, and weather tight nature of the hardtop, and we are in SoCal, so it is really almost 100% rain, except for a trip up the hill once in a while. The security of the hardtop is probably the biggest attraction for us.

hig4s

My soft top is pretty quiet, much better than the old YJ. Back in Michigan with the YJ I had a hardtop just because it was too hard to heat a soft top in the winter. Now that I live in Florida I have only the soft top.

Sv650

I did the radio test. While driving around with the hard top on, I noted the volume level of the radio. When I switched to the Soft top, I similarly adjusted the radio to a comfortable listening level. The volume levels were the same. From this I assumed that the two tops have about the same level of road noise.

SV

2wheelz4me

Wow! I must say this is the best forum I have ever been on. When I posted this question I figured I would get a response or two but nothing like y'all provided! Thanks! More the reason I keep coming around and will stay around!