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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 10:29 AM
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Default Hardtop for the winter

Just wondering how many people out there run there soft top all winter ?
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 10:39 AM
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I do and have done so since the first day. I live on NJ and it gets pretty cold. No issues or complaints.
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 10:52 AM
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Softtop is all I have. Does just fine. Stay nice and warm and snow dont bother it.
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 10:58 AM
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I run my soft top all year round. Do some work in northern Ontario in the winter and it does just fine.
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 10:58 AM
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I had a 2007 2-door Sahara and live in Wisconsin. I barely even noticed any difference in temperature vs my 13 rubi with hardtop that I have now. The wranglers have great heaters too btw
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 12:32 PM
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My only caution would be to keep the heavy snow from sitting on the soft top for too long. My buddy went out of country for a few weeks during a snowy winter. When he came back his soft top had a permanent sag in the middle.
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by fivenote
My only caution would be to keep the heavy snow from sitting on the soft top for too long. My buddy went out of country for a few weeks during a snowy winter. When he came back his soft top had a permanent sag in the middle.
This is what I wonder about. In Tahoe it can easily dump 2'-4' of snow overnight. Not sure how it would hold up to that.
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 12:47 PM
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Someone told me besides missing the rear wiper blade..... The windows are always fogged up... Don't know..... That being said I'm trying to sell my JKU hardtop in Kitchener Ontario Canada
$1200 firm..... I'm willing to take the chance soft top all year round.
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 03:26 PM
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Make sure you clean the zippers often if you use them in the winter and they salt or sand. All my zippers on my 04 TJ bound up because the previous owner ran the soft top in the winter.
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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My hardtop has been sitting in storage for two years. I won't be getting another one when I order my '13 later this week...

(Living in the DC area)
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