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Jeep Wrangler YJ
YJ General Discussion
Should I get a hard top or a soft top?
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 441429" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>Sadly I can’t answer your question. I dislike all of the options. My YJ came with a factory hard top and full hard doors. That was too much to deal with taking on and off when I was a kid and sailing the jeep while living at my parents house, so we stored the HT in the backyard and I got a soft top. Went with the Bestop supertop, the one that works with the full doors and has the rounded opening as a result. I found it very cumbersome to throw together when the unexpected rain came. </p><p></p><p>Finally moved into my own house and toss the soft top on the shelf. My plan is to never drive the YJ again unless it’s sunny out. Essentially bikini top and either no doors or half doors forever. I don’t have half doors, I want them and hope to get a set someday but that operation has been pretty bleak when I’ve been searching for the last 11 years. </p><p></p><p>If you have half doors currently, a factory style soft top with included soft uppers might be the best bet. They are easier to install from what I remember because you build the cage and then just throw the top over and secure it. The bestop sucks because the rear spreader is angled and you have to fight it into the top and then secure the top before tightening the bar. </p><p></p><p>If you have half doors and want a hard top, you can do so but I think you’ll need to buy TJ uppers and modify one of the pins by cutting and welding so it will fit the YJ door. Common mod, plenty have done it. Otherwise I think you’re buying something like hard uppers with sliders, aka aftermarket solution for mating half doors with a hard top.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 441429, member: 18789"] Sadly I can’t answer your question. I dislike all of the options. My YJ came with a factory hard top and full hard doors. That was too much to deal with taking on and off when I was a kid and sailing the jeep while living at my parents house, so we stored the HT in the backyard and I got a soft top. Went with the Bestop supertop, the one that works with the full doors and has the rounded opening as a result. I found it very cumbersome to throw together when the unexpected rain came. Finally moved into my own house and toss the soft top on the shelf. My plan is to never drive the YJ again unless it’s sunny out. Essentially bikini top and either no doors or half doors forever. I don’t have half doors, I want them and hope to get a set someday but that operation has been pretty bleak when I’ve been searching for the last 11 years. If you have half doors currently, a factory style soft top with included soft uppers might be the best bet. They are easier to install from what I remember because you build the cage and then just throw the top over and secure it. The bestop sucks because the rear spreader is angled and you have to fight it into the top and then secure the top before tightening the bar. If you have half doors and want a hard top, you can do so but I think you’ll need to buy TJ uppers and modify one of the pins by cutting and welding so it will fit the YJ door. Common mod, plenty have done it. Otherwise I think you’re buying something like hard uppers with sliders, aka aftermarket solution for mating half doors with a hard top. [/QUOTE]
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