Jeeperjamie
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- First Name
- Jamie
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2020
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- Location
- Kannapolis nc
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 jeep gladiator
- Occupation
- Weyerhaeuser
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I have the ST only as well and i proudly flaunt that JT manbun most of the time . My old TJ has HT and it was PITA removing it. Being in Southern CA and my JTM gets garaged everyday, I have no use for a HT.
I agree I remove my top completely as well. But on the JT it's like a 5 minute job with the hardtop, not like the JKU and JKs were. I never weighed it but it feels less than 50lbs and you can jump on the bed, lift it and have it off in less than 5 minutes with 1 person. I went through 4 soft tops on my JKU and although I never replaced the top on the TJ I had, every one of them leaked water in after a short period of time. I had hard and soft top on that JKU but gave the Hardtop to my buddy and I immediately regretted that after the first year of ownership. When buying the JT I was looking for the Hardtop only, what sold me was removing it at the dealership and how easy it was. Only a plus I guess to get home and find out a soft top is in a box in the bed of the truck that will probably never get used but I guess if I decide to sell it I can make a little more on it.Ordered my Gladiator with the soft top only (and a manual transmission). I have a 2007 JK and own three tops for it. However, since I've built it for overlanding, removing the top is more difficult--takes four folks and a good hour to remove other gear so I can install the soft top. In the thirteen years I've owned the JK, I've never once just put the top down. I always remove it. Entirely. I wanted a rig that I could easily remove the top (I still have the JK). And it's the same with the JT: I remove the top entirely. It isn't that difficult, even by myself. And the JT premium soft top is way better than the one I have for the JK.
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