If anybody was to look through my previous postings, like this time, when I had the thought of a new hardtop, and when I almost settled for an aftermarket hardtop, you would be able to deduce fairly fast that I was thirsting hard for a hardtop. I just really liked the look better and my Jeep was already wired for one, so I envied it whenever I saw it.
A little bit after I got my Jeep, my brother's girlfriend of 4 years bought herself a Jeep with a dark Khaki hardtop off of an '04, and I was envious of her. She ended up hating the hardtop, saying things along the lines of "I bought a Jeep man, I want to take off my top." We agreed on a swap for her to test the waters of the world of the soft top.
Her '97 with the new-to-her top on it
The terms of this exchange were this:
1. She has the top for a min. of 1 week, and then she will decide if she likes the top or wants to switch back to the hardtop
2. If she chooses to stay with a soft-top, then she picks any top of her choosing and I will buy it for her.
3. I hope to God she likes the soft-top better.
One week passes and I get back from a trip to St. Augustine, and she loves the soft-top, meaning I got myself a hardtop for essentially FREE!
My Jeep as it stood after the top change. Since then I got the rear wiper and washer working, and am working on the defrost. It is very faded but my dad recently discovered that armorall works very well to restore the old color back, as he did on my brother's red '02 (I have no pictures, might get some tomorrow if I remember).
The moral of the story is that the grass is always greener on the other side, and I am loving my new hardtop
A little bit after I got my Jeep, my brother's girlfriend of 4 years bought herself a Jeep with a dark Khaki hardtop off of an '04, and I was envious of her. She ended up hating the hardtop, saying things along the lines of "I bought a Jeep man, I want to take off my top." We agreed on a swap for her to test the waters of the world of the soft top.
Her '97 with the new-to-her top on it
The terms of this exchange were this:
1. She has the top for a min. of 1 week, and then she will decide if she likes the top or wants to switch back to the hardtop
2. If she chooses to stay with a soft-top, then she picks any top of her choosing and I will buy it for her.
3. I hope to God she likes the soft-top better.
One week passes and I get back from a trip to St. Augustine, and she loves the soft-top, meaning I got myself a hardtop for essentially FREE!
My Jeep as it stood after the top change. Since then I got the rear wiper and washer working, and am working on the defrost. It is very faded but my dad recently discovered that armorall works very well to restore the old color back, as he did on my brother's red '02 (I have no pictures, might get some tomorrow if I remember).
The moral of the story is that the grass is always greener on the other side, and I am loving my new hardtop
