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Dual Top Owners - When do you switch to Soft Top?

LHB

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Beautiful, albeit still chilly, day in New England. Made me start thinking about the soft top. What time of year do you all switch from Hard to Soft Top?
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Beautiful, albeit still chilly, day in New England. Made me start thinking about the soft top. What time of year do you all switch from Hard to Soft Top?
Iā€™m going to wait a couple more weeks just to make sure we donā€™t get an Easter dump of snow.
 

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This will be my first year with the soft top, so was thinking sometime in April, it all depends on how the temperatures are looking, I live in the Midwest, so weā€™re still getting some cold weather.
 

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I'm taking mine up to the Jeep the Mac at the end of April so I may keep the hard top on until I get back. Last year I think I swapped in mid-April.
 

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I am in central Illinois and I think I will swap this weekend. There is little difference in the volume difference, and it is pretty warm overall. A late snow would be my only worry, but fingers crossed that it stays warm enough this weekend it will be winch install and soft top on the Jeep.
 

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This will be my first year with the soft top, so was thinking sometime in April, it all depends on how the temperatures are looking, I live in the Midwest, so weā€™re still getting some cold weather.
What?!?! It's supposed to hit 60 next Friday, sounds like a heat wave!!! :handsinair:
 

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My 1st Wrangler and my 1st soft top. I just installed my Lange hoist so Iā€™m ready to take my hard top off. Iā€™ll probably swap tops mid April.
 

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What?!?! It's supposed to hit 60 next Friday, sounds like a heat wave!!! :handsinair:
:CWL: We have back below freezing after the 50ā€™s we have tomorrow.
 

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I usually swap it out when it stays in the 50s consistently. That means in May up here in Rochester haha
 

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What is the downside of running a soft top year round? Sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm about to order my first Wrangler.
 

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I was just explaining to my wife why I need to order a garage hoist. Gotta be ready for the swap...:fingerscrossed:
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