How’s it holding up

I have questioned if my test was valid. I do feel like it sounds a little louder but it’s not bad. On long road trips I do prefer the hard top.

I started questioning this exact thing this morning. I started questioning if the proximity to the windshield skewed the results. Oddly enough, the mount didn’t make a difference. When I did the first run, I came back and wondered if the mount would transmit vibration in to the case and make it louder. So I drove around with the phone mounted and holding it in my hand and could see no change. But then this morning I thought “the mic should be in the middle of the cab, not right up next to the windshield. We were just moving a mic around the drum set at church a couple of weeks ago and found that it needed some space from the ride cymbal because it was picking up really low frequencies. I should have taken off my Jeep hat and put on my drummer hat when I was thinking up this experiment.

I'm really interested in this headliner you mentioned, planning on ordering a JLU Willys soft top this spring. Please tell me more.

@@larrygoodsell9273 I would order both. It’s much cheaper that way and then all the internals for the hard top are included. It’s more up front but you will regret it otherwise in my opinion. The soft top doesn’t last long if you leave it on all year round and it starts looking pretty ugly.

@@davidgrove5525 That makes sense it will just come down to $$ when I get it ordered. Thanks!

@@larrygoodsell9273 I like the aftermarket bestop fastback soft top better for summer use anyway, so order it with the lined hard top for winter

Smart idea. I’d like to do that to my hard top.

Yeah, I would have figured you'd see a lot more soft tops out there. But that color match hard top does look nice.

I was really surprised by how close they came in sound. But, I might need to replicate this experiment and have the phones not mounted to the dash and not that close to the windshield. But overall, the soft top isn't that much noisier than the hard top. I will say though that I put on the hard top for road trips as much for the better gas mileage as for the reduced wind noise.

I’ve wondered if my phone placement was an issue. My ears tell me soft top is louder. I didn’t understand the results at first but then I started thinking that the placement of the phones might have been a bad choice. I’d like to re-do this test some time and place the phone more in the middle of the vehicle.

@@Wrangler4XEFans that would be a great idea. Every time I see a test, its always inconclusive for one reason or another. It would be good to put the issue to rest. Thanks.

@@KentKolegue I’m not sure the difference was enough to quantify given the test results. I can hear a difference to my ears but my test process wasn’t really able to show it.

That’s what I say in my head every time I read a review that complains about the noise.

I like that you say the hard top is for the young guys… I’m 27 and I’m in pretty fit condition if I’d say myself. The hard top takes a minimum of 2 people to remove the back half even for the gladiators. And if you really want to be safe 3 guys. However I was looking into investing in a soft top for my gladiator for vacations when I go to Florida… main factor between the soft and hard tops is if you live in northern states like me in Ohio the hard top is great for winter and does help with retaining heat. Soft tops are easier to deal with tho. Go on vacation and want put the roof down soft top is way easier to manage not having a huge roof you have nowhere to store at hotels compared to the soft top stays completely attached when folded down. The hard tops aren’t really for anyone no matter the age.

@@brentmarzec4292 loved your message on the hard top/soft top. Great points you made. Did not know. Love my soft top. SOFT TOP FOR ALL!!!!

On the highway, not much. At lower speeds, it’s way more noticeable.

Oh, specs were after vid…..thanks for that

@@kimpatterson5576 I’m not sure I didn’t skew the results with my testing process. The phones might have been too close to the windshield.

I keep wanting to get some headliners.

No, that’s something I plan on getting. I’m also thinking my results were skewed by being so close to the windshield. I’m going to have to repeat that experiment.

I agree. And my ears don’t agree with the results in this video. I think the hard top is more quiet. I question if my test point screwed the test.

I need to re-do this test and swap out my KO2s as part of it.

I don’t have the liner. It’s something I plan on doing at some point.

Yes

@@Cr16604 That’s ridiculous. For that to be true, a whole bunch of other people would have to have the same experience. They just didn’t want to do the right thing.

@@Wrangler4XEFans This was 2009, and jeeps weren’t as easy to get at that time. The bankruptcy slowed production. And I think you’re right, they didn’t want to deal with it. Like I said , I think it was warped, because it wasn’t the seals. I think it was Chrysler more than the dealer. Tops were in short supply and they didn’t want to replace mine. Chrysler was in such bad shape in 2009 they offered the bumper to bumper lifetime warranty for $1500. $100 deductible to replace pretty much everything that wasn’t a wear item. I still have it. It hasn’t been my main daily driver for a long time but I’d be nuts to give up that warranty on a wrangler. I’ve had 2 heater cores replaced, both covered no problems. The window switches, parts on the traction control system, and the track bar bracket on the front axle. All that they covered, no problem. Except the damn top. That warranty has paid for its self and then some.

I’ve heard about that. Especially with the Sky One Touch.

I took mines down after two weeks of noise

@@jeepcam2692 Wow. That bad?

Could be a different frequency spectrum at similar db

The biggest difference is on the highway. But I also have to wonder if my testing process was skewed by the proximity to the windshield. I wonder if a better testing location would be more in the middle of the cabin. I didn’t think about that until this morning.