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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 11:32 AM
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does anyone have a pic of the seal of the softop to the windshield. mine had alot of wind noise on the highway coming from the drivers side but no water leaking. but when i look at the seal it looks as if the soft top doesnt reach far enough to the windsheld. and if i pull down hard on the softop on the highway the wind sound goes away. any idea of how to get it to seat better?

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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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i went and looked at my jeep after seeing your pic and mine definetly seats closer to the top windshield frame than yours. Did you by chance let the roof sit in the sun awhile before putting it back up? I've noticed that if I put it up in the garage it doesn't seem to stretch as well as when I put it up out side in the sun. I'm curious as to how the roof will fit this fall when the temps start to drop and we don't get the stretch out of the material that we do now. This is my first jeep and i'm still deciding if i need to buy a hard-top for he winter.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 04:33 AM
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Mine also fits tighter up against the windshield than the one in the picture.
As for the winter, I had no problems last winter here in Pa, and we had quite a bit of snow off and on, with melting in between.
The top stayed nice and tight, and did not leak at all.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 04:40 AM
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Mine sat about like yours and mine did leak. It was since repaired. I'll need to take a look again.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 05:04 AM
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That is exactly what mine looks like and it is noisy as hell. It is the one thing about the Jeep that I hate. If you find a solution please let me know.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 05:30 AM
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Mine looks the same way, I took it to the dealer because of the sound and was told that it is normal. They stated that they drove 3 others and all 3 made the same noise. Per the Mechanic if you tape off the top and the sound stops its normal????????????
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 05:41 AM
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that aint right, mine does NOT look like that at all, it never has, unless i release the latches.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 07:05 AM
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Mine Looks the same and has huge amount of wind noise at highway speeds if anyone comes up with a fix let me know!!!
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 08:51 AM
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ok good its just not me then!!! if im driving on the highway and i pull down on the soft top where it attaches its quiet....im going to have to take it off and play around with it!!!
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 10:12 AM
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Mine seats even a little farther back than yours. No water leaks but horrible wind noise, mostly on the passenger side.
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