Hard Top Help
 

I'm looking to purchase a hard top for my 2003 Wrangler & I've
been emailing a guy on ebay that has a top from a 98 for sale.
But he seems to think that starting in 2003 the slots at the top
of the windshield (where the clamp mounts fasten the hardtop
to the windshield frame) are more narrow than the previous years.
Does anyone know if this true & could be a problem?

L8r - Jersey

Re: Hard Top Help
 

Don't know why those would be narrower. I've had a '99 and an '03. The
main difference is that PRE-2003 the tops are vented in the back on the
sides behind the side windows. The 2003+ ones use a vent in the tailgate
and have no ventilation on the top itself.

Jersey wrote:

> I'm looking to purchase a hard top for my 2003 Wrangler & I've
> been emailing a guy on ebay that has a top from a 98 for sale.
> But he seems to think that starting in 2003 the slots at the top
> of the windshield (where the clamp mounts fasten the hardtop
> to the windshield frame) are more narrow than the previous years.
> Does anyone know if this true & could be a problem?
>
> L8r - Jersey
--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw
03 TJ Rubicon
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

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Re: Hard Top Help
 

Don't know why those would be narrower. I've had a '99 and an '03. The
main difference is that PRE-2003 the tops are vented in the back on the
sides behind the side windows. The 2003+ ones use a vent in the tailgate
and have no ventilation on the top itself.

Jersey wrote:

> I'm looking to purchase a hard top for my 2003 Wrangler & I've
> been emailing a guy on ebay that has a top from a 98 for sale.
> But he seems to think that starting in 2003 the slots at the top
> of the windshield (where the clamp mounts fasten the hardtop
> to the windshield frame) are more narrow than the previous years.
> Does anyone know if this true & could be a problem?
>
> L8r - Jersey
--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw
03 TJ Rubicon
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________

Re: Hard Top Help
 

Don't know why those would be narrower. I've had a '99 and an '03. The
main difference is that PRE-2003 the tops are vented in the back on the
sides behind the side windows. The 2003+ ones use a vent in the tailgate
and have no ventilation on the top itself.

Jersey wrote:

> I'm looking to purchase a hard top for my 2003 Wrangler & I've
> been emailing a guy on ebay that has a top from a 98 for sale.
> But he seems to think that starting in 2003 the slots at the top
> of the windshield (where the clamp mounts fasten the hardtop
> to the windshield frame) are more narrow than the previous years.
> Does anyone know if this true & could be a problem?
>
> L8r - Jersey
--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw
03 TJ Rubicon
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________

Re: Hard Top Help
 

From everything I've heard the tops should be the same from 97 to
present but he was saying he read somewhere the 03's changed
the size of the slot. So we each went out to our Jeeps & did some
measuring & it looks like the same, same. Thanx

L8r - Jersey


"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:iKGPb.10364$yw5.8255@newssvr23.news.prodigy.c om...
> Don't know why those would be narrower. I've had a '99 and an '03. The
> main difference is that PRE-2003 the tops are vented in the back on the
> sides behind the side windows. The 2003+ ones use a vent in the tailgate
> and have no ventilation on the top itself.
>
> Jersey wrote:
>
> > I'm looking to purchase a hard top for my 2003 Wrangler & I've
> > been emailing a guy on ebay that has a top from a 98 for sale.
> > But he seems to think that starting in 2003 the slots at the top
> > of the windshield (where the clamp mounts fasten the hardtop
> > to the windshield frame) are more narrow than the previous years.
> > Does anyone know if this true & could be a problem?
> >
> > L8r - Jersey
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
> 03 TJ Rubicon
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
>

Re: Hard Top Help
 

From everything I've heard the tops should be the same from 97 to
present but he was saying he read somewhere the 03's changed
the size of the slot. So we each went out to our Jeeps & did some
measuring & it looks like the same, same. Thanx

L8r - Jersey


"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:iKGPb.10364$yw5.8255@newssvr23.news.prodigy.c om...
> Don't know why those would be narrower. I've had a '99 and an '03. The
> main difference is that PRE-2003 the tops are vented in the back on the
> sides behind the side windows. The 2003+ ones use a vent in the tailgate
> and have no ventilation on the top itself.
>
> Jersey wrote:
>
> > I'm looking to purchase a hard top for my 2003 Wrangler & I've
> > been emailing a guy on ebay that has a top from a 98 for sale.
> > But he seems to think that starting in 2003 the slots at the top
> > of the windshield (where the clamp mounts fasten the hardtop
> > to the windshield frame) are more narrow than the previous years.
> > Does anyone know if this true & could be a problem?
> >
> > L8r - Jersey
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
> 03 TJ Rubicon
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
>

Re: Hard Top Help
 

From everything I've heard the tops should be the same from 97 to
present but he was saying he read somewhere the 03's changed
the size of the slot. So we each went out to our Jeeps & did some
measuring & it looks like the same, same. Thanx

L8r - Jersey


"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:iKGPb.10364$yw5.8255@newssvr23.news.prodigy.c om...
> Don't know why those would be narrower. I've had a '99 and an '03. The
> main difference is that PRE-2003 the tops are vented in the back on the
> sides behind the side windows. The 2003+ ones use a vent in the tailgate
> and have no ventilation on the top itself.
>
> Jersey wrote:
>
> > I'm looking to purchase a hard top for my 2003 Wrangler & I've
> > been emailing a guy on ebay that has a top from a 98 for sale.
> > But he seems to think that starting in 2003 the slots at the top
> > of the windshield (where the clamp mounts fasten the hardtop
> > to the windshield frame) are more narrow than the previous years.
> > Does anyone know if this true & could be a problem?
> >
> > L8r - Jersey
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
> 03 TJ Rubicon
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
>