# Question about Jeeps **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 17, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504 "2000-02-17T04:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TripleAnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TripleAnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleAnt)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/1 "2000-02-17T04:59:00Z")
Yeah, I just bought a 1998 Jeep Wrangler Sport and I have a soft top on it now. I was wondering if anyone knows where the best place is to go to get a hard top for it, whether it is on the web or a particular company. Thanks * * * “The idea of a walk-in closet sounds frightening. If I’m ever sittin’ at home and a closet walks in, I’m gettin’ outta there.” ~George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![pmh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@pmh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmh)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/2 "2000-02-17T06:59:00Z")
This should probably be in MPSIMS, but: Chrysler has nothing on the web but ads (last time I checked anyway). you could start at [http://jcwhitney.com/product.jhtml?CATID=51224](http://jcwhitney.com/product.jhtml?CATID=51224) good luck ---
**Author:** ![TripleAnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TripleAnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleAnt)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/3 "2000-02-17T07:52:00Z")
Well, I thought that this was a general question and well here it is. Thanks for the help. ---
**Author:** ![starfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@starfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starfish)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/4 "2000-02-17T14:49:00Z")
There is a good jeep newsgroup: rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys on the Web go to: [http://www.deja.com/group/rec.autos.makers.jeep%2bwillys](http://www.deja.com/group/rec.autos.makers.jeep%2bwillys) The people reading that newsgroup will provide quick answers [and opinions]on anything jeep related. They will tell you which products are good and which are not based on their experiences. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/5 "2000-02-17T22:00:00Z")
From Toledo: GOOOOOOOOOOOOO JEEP!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TripleAnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TripleAnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleAnt)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/6 "2000-02-17T22:05:00Z")
Yeah that’s what I thought. I had a Cheerokee which ran great, but it was time to get a Jeep. * * * “The idea of a walk-in closet sounds frightening. If I’m ever sittin’ at home and a closet walks in, I’m gettin’ outta there.” ~George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/7 "2000-02-17T22:07:00Z")
## My husband is one of most the dedicated Jeep enthusiast I’ve ever heard of. If you want to talk Jeep with someone, let me know, I’ll hook you up. He takes his '97 Wrangler on all kinds of Jamborees. He’d like to take my Grand Cherokee too, but no way - I love that truck and am not letting him get his hands on it - except to fix it for me, of course. 😉 I struggle every day to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/8 "2000-02-18T03:11:00Z")
aenea, Why don’t _you_ take the Grand Cherokee to the Jamborees? After all, it _is_ a Jeep. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/9 "2000-02-18T03:27:00Z")
If you need a hardtop, this is the way to go. When I busted my Wrangler’s hardtop trying to remove it by myself like an idiot, I was in despair. My buddy works at a dealership, and on his advice I called junkyards until I found one for $200. Of course it looked in really crappy shape. As long as the glass, and fiberglass aren’t cracked though, it’s a real simple job to clean, tape up the glass and repaint a hardtop to make it look as good as new! You’ll have to doublecheck this since mine was a pre '97 model, but Chrysler has kept the size and anchor points standard since '87 when they changed from the CJ7 so any top should fit. Just about every top I’ve seen is flat black on the outside, white interior. The only factors you should have to worry about are the quality of the hydraulics in the hatch, the fit of the gate, and whether your Jeep has the electrical hookup for a rear wiperblade (this last is a waste of $.) Does this help? ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/10 "2000-02-18T03:28:00Z")
Hopefully you have half doors at the least. ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/11 "2000-02-18T03:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Johnny L.A.: > **aenea, > Why don’t _you_ take the Grand Cherokee to the Jamborees? After all, it _is_ a Jeep. 🙂** Well, driving around in the hills over boulders and terrain I would normally consider only hiking over is not my ideal way to spend a vacation. My husband likes it though, so he goes often and occasionally I join him (in his Wrangler). Let him take _my_ truck? Not a chance buddy. I’ve seen what the trail does to his truck, thanks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TripleAnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TripleAnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleAnt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/12 "2000-02-18T04:50:00Z")
Wow thanks everyone. Basically I have a soft top now with hard doors so that will save some money. Apparently after 1997 they made it real easy to take off because it is made up of a few clips in the front and zippers and velcro to take off. Yeah a few other people have told me to check out junkyards and I think that might work. I called a dealership today and they said $1800. I expected it to be expensive, but that not much. Oh well. * * * “I have a lot of good ideas, problem is - most of them suck.” ~George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-jeeps/7504/13 "2000-02-18T21:52:00Z")
Try [www.jeep.com](http://www.jeep.com) . They might have info there.