Soft top question

2006 Unlimited
Actually 2 questions:

My owners manual tells me if I have the sun rider open and going over 40MPH I should remove the rear window.....why?

Is it OK to drive with all the windows removed but the soft top still up?

Thanks
Mike

2006 Unlimited
Actually 2 questions:

My owners manual tells me if I have the sun rider open and going over 40MPH I should remove the rear window.....why?

Is it OK to drive with all the windows removed but the soft top still up?

Thanks
Mike
I cant answer the first question but the answer to the second question is YES, its fine to drive with the windows out and top up.

2006 Unlimited
Actually 2 questions:

My owners manual tells me if I have the sun rider open and going over 40MPH I should remove the rear window.....why?

Is it OK to drive with all the windows removed but the soft top still up?

Thanks
Mike


I dont have a unlimited or a sun rider top but the first thing that pops into my mind is the top would blow up like a balloon!!! Opening the rear window would allow air to flow through. Thats just a guess though. I drive with the top up on stormy looking days but all the windows out up to interstate speeds (75) and have never had a problem.

csparks78 sounds right....flow through rather than tear up your top with all that surface area exposed to the 70 mph breeze.

You could always experiment to see why :evillol:

csparks78 sounds right....flow through rather than tear up your top with all that surface area exposed to the 70 mph breeze.

You could always experiment to see why :evillol:

Funny that this subject has come up. I have been running it with the sunrider open and the rear window installed. I had no idea that the manufacturer recommended the rear window be out at speeds above 40MPH (should have read the owners manual huh? :) ). I drive the highway daily back and forth to work. The wind has not presented a problem at all with the rear window installed.

Funny that this subject has come up. I have been running it with the sunrider open and the rear window installed. I had no idea that the manufacturer recommended the rear window be out at speeds above 40MPH (should have read the owners manual huh? :) ). I drive the highway daily back and forth to work. The wind has not presented a problem at all with the rear window installed.


Hmmmm....aside from the fact that the manual is probably written very conservatively, I bet if someone was in the back and put their hand on the rear window they'd feel it to be very taught.