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Post by wv4x4 on Mar 9, 2006 8:37:15 GMT -5
I'm ready for top down doors off! supposed to get to 70 today here! Its almost time!  |
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Post by scrambler81 on Mar 9, 2006 8:56:45 GMT -5
It's supposed to warm up here, but we're getting rain first. I got a hard top hoist for Christmas, I gotta get that sucker up this weekend so I'm ready for good weather.
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Post by johncub on Mar 9, 2006 9:11:51 GMT -5
Ya'll need to come visit me. It has hit 80 several times already this year here. Now I just gotta figure out how to get my doors off without ruining the nuts. Any suggestions?
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Post by wv4x4 on Mar 9, 2006 9:42:02 GMT -5
The nute arent very tight! put a rag around some pliers and takem off! I leave mine off cause my doors are off on off on all the time!
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Post by johncub on Mar 9, 2006 10:25:57 GMT -5
Good plan, I'll give that a go. I didn't want to scuff up the paint on them (who's bright idea was that?!) and none of my sockets would fit properly due to the paint. I knew there was a solution out there somewhere.  |
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Post by wilcav on Mar 9, 2006 13:55:42 GMT -5
I wish it was about time here in Colorado. We go from 75 degrees a few days ago to waking up to snow and a high of 35 today. Now it is starting to warm up again. Is it true that if you take the top all the way down on a warm day and try to put it back up after it has gotten cold that it that top shrinks?
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Post by wv4x4 on Mar 9, 2006 14:00:30 GMT -5
I dont think it shrinks but its almost like if you had 2 peices of rubber and one was in the heat and one was in the cold the one in the heat would stretch better! oh well that was my lame attempt of describing it!  |
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Post by scrambler81 on Mar 9, 2006 14:22:37 GMT -5
Yes, like a lot of materials, it contracts in the cold. It also becomes less flexible. The soft top on my CJ is an old snap design - trying to stretch that out when it's cold is brutal. If you lay it out in the sun a while, it will help a bit.
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Post by nwquadriders on Mar 9, 2006 19:01:21 GMT -5
Snowing here today... warmed up to 40 degrees and turned to rain for a bit, now it's cooling off and turning back to snow again...crazy weather for March in the Portland, OR area.
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Post by tag on Mar 9, 2006 19:08:53 GMT -5
Here in Florida the forcast for the next four days is 80+. The top is coming off!!!
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Post by kb5xg on Mar 9, 2006 19:56:26 GMT -5
Im in trouble, took hardtop off 3 weeks ago, it turned cold. Had a really hard time putting up the soft top. Going on spring break next week, wife wants the hard top, I want the soft top, I want to run topless during spring break, weather here has turned cold, so not sure now. Still have trouble pulling the plastic tabs out of the channels, havnt tried the sunroof yet., Maybe this coming week, will let you know. Got maybe 1/4 in of rain today, yipeee, first rain in 5 months, unusual for oklahoma, later.
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Post by johncub on Mar 9, 2006 20:10:04 GMT -5
Still have trouble pulling the plastic tabs out of the channels, havnt tried the sunroof yet., Maybe this coming week, will let you know. In case you didn't watch the video don't forget to take out the back window with sunroof/sunrider open if you plan to go over 40 mph. |
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Post by jeepnut on Mar 9, 2006 20:20:30 GMT -5
Weather up here will be around 70 on sun & Mon. I am iching to lower the top. Plus I havn't seen it down since before I installed the rack.
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Post by huskerjoe on Mar 14, 2006 8:59:52 GMT -5
Im in trouble, took hardtop off 3 weeks ago, it turned cold. Had a really hard time putting up the soft top. Going on spring break next week, wife wants the hard top, I want the soft top, I want to run topless during spring break, weather here has turned cold, so not sure now. Still have trouble pulling the plastic tabs out of the channels, havnt tried the sunroof yet., Maybe this coming week, will let you know. Got maybe 1/4 in of rain today, yipeee, first rain in 5 months, unusual for oklahoma, later. I'm not 100% sure but I think its against the laws of nature to have the hard top on while on spring break.....just think of how envious you would get if you were cruising somewhere, nice day, on vacation, no work, no worries.....and a Jeep goes by with the top down and there you are stuck with the hard top on.....I'd be ready to chuck it on the side of the road.... edit: I guess I'm assuming that you are going someplace warm for spring break - if you are going skiing or something like that, tell your wife I'm sorry and I agree with her completely!!!! |
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Post by johncub on Mar 14, 2006 10:06:08 GMT -5
I'll bet I saw 500 jeeps on the island this past weekend. It was the island's St. Patty's day celebration so we had quite a turnout. All jeeps I saw either had the top off completely (80+ degrees) or had the hard top on. I know those guys with the hard tops were hating it. Personally I took the top down and cruised around enough to get a nice sunburn.
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