Should I Remove The Softtop??
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Should I Remove The Softtop??
Too late, I already did. The old softtop had 8" holes by the seams and the rear window was starting to fall out. I bought a hardtop rather than replace the softtop. I was afraid if I bought a new softtop, some moron would come along and cut it. I've had the hardtop for about 5 months and I've only used the softtop maybe twice. It's pretty much useless with big holes in it anyway, so out it came.
It took about an hour to get it out with little sympathy for the softtops well being, and another hour to reinstall all the little plastic and carpets. I swear I can tell a difference in first gear. I'm sure it's all in my head but the car feals a bit quicker. I'd say I removed 40-50 pounds from the decklid. It looks cleaner too. And finally I don't have to listen to the soft top rattle, squeak, and annoy the hell out of me. I wish I had removed it sooner.
After removing softtop. The red wire goes to nitrous fuel pump, the other is a RCA cable to the trunk.
Oh yea, I gotta put my passenger seat back in there one day too
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It took about an hour to get it out with little sympathy for the softtops well being, and another hour to reinstall all the little plastic and carpets. I swear I can tell a difference in first gear. I'm sure it's all in my head but the car feals a bit quicker. I'd say I removed 40-50 pounds from the decklid. It looks cleaner too. And finally I don't have to listen to the soft top rattle, squeak, and annoy the hell out of me. I wish I had removed it sooner.
After removing softtop. The red wire goes to nitrous fuel pump, the other is a RCA cable to the trunk.
Oh yea, I gotta put my passenger seat back in there one day too
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I've considered yanking mine too, but sometimes I think its nice to have the soft-top in case it starts raining on a road trip, or if I have to stop for dinner or whatever. That's a toughy.
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However. The rear parcel shelf looks awesome with no top. The added storage space is a bonus. And you save something like 50lbs.
Your choice. I have been living with it for 6+ months now, The softtop (with fixed back window) is going back in next season for sure.
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I drove my car for quite a while (easily a month) with no top, and I did it during winter. I got caught in the rain twice, but neither time was too horrible. I love the extra storage space, especially when shuttling two people and luggage back and forth from school.
My hardtop hasn't been off in 10 months.
My hardtop hasn't been off in 10 months.
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Magna-NITROUS NITROUS NITROUS NOT NOS!!!
I may be putting my bottle there I don't know. I'm gonna test fit it with the bottle brackets I have to see if it will go there without blocking my vision too much. Rearward visability is half the reasone I wanted a hardtop over a softtop, so I'm not gonna loose that for nothing. My bottle takes up a rediculous amount of space in the truck.
Damnit this is a slippery slope. I have a flat spare and a jack with no handle, so it's just wasting space and adding weight too. I better just stop thininking about weight reduction or it's going to get the best of me.
I may be putting my bottle there I don't know. I'm gonna test fit it with the bottle brackets I have to see if it will go there without blocking my vision too much. Rearward visability is half the reasone I wanted a hardtop over a softtop, so I'm not gonna loose that for nothing. My bottle takes up a rediculous amount of space in the truck.
Damnit this is a slippery slope. I have a flat spare and a jack with no handle, so it's just wasting space and adding weight too. I better just stop thininking about weight reduction or it's going to get the best of me.