Soft top on the 80s 4runner?
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Soft top on the 80s 4runner?
You all know how the 80s 4runner has a hard top. If you had a soft top, coudl you use it all year round(the soft top that is) Does it hold heat well?Does it make noise when your driving?Thx for the help...i just wanna know
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i dont have one, but i am sure it will not hold heat liek a soft top nor will it be quiet like a soft top... also its a lot easier for a thief to break in to a soft top..... just like a jeep.....
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I've had my Kayline soft top on my 4Runner, year round, for the last 3-4 years or so now:
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...op/index.shtml
Summer:
Winter:
That said, I do want to run something a bit more secure. After getting my roll cage done, I'll either take the old hard top and cut out the sides or make a frame over the cage and fashion a replacement hard top from metal. In either event, the sides will be rigid, but removeable. They will have aluminum frames, Lexan windows and be hinged to fold up onto the roof or be removed. I want something I can lock and that is relatively animal resistant. After a few trips w/o the top, I have never run w/o the top again. I do love having the sides up, so that is the plan. A permanent hard top, removeable rigid sides and the have the roll down rear window, which is the biggest thing I miss with the soft top.
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...op/index.shtml
Summer:
Winter:
That said, I do want to run something a bit more secure. After getting my roll cage done, I'll either take the old hard top and cut out the sides or make a frame over the cage and fashion a replacement hard top from metal. In either event, the sides will be rigid, but removeable. They will have aluminum frames, Lexan windows and be hinged to fold up onto the roof or be removed. I want something I can lock and that is relatively animal resistant. After a few trips w/o the top, I have never run w/o the top again. I do love having the sides up, so that is the plan. A permanent hard top, removeable rigid sides and the have the roll down rear window, which is the biggest thing I miss with the soft top.
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I dunno... I like both. I want to do a hard top in the winter and a soft top in the summer, but i have no place to store the hard top for summer. My other question is this. Does the soft top come all the way off?Or do the windows just roll up?
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My soft top can have the sides and back rolled up or the top cab fold down convertible-style, or you can unsnap the vinyl and remove it altogether. I did a few trips "top-less" before I got the real soft top and found it was not to my liking. Having the sun beating down on the back of the neck all day long was hot and tiring. Very noisy on the road. So since getting the soft top, I have never dropped the roof part.
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Originally Posted by 4Crawler
have the roll down rear window, which is the biggest thing I miss with the soft top.
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Originally Posted by 4Crawler
See the links on the page I posted earlier. Specialty Top Co. now makes the old Kayline top design, I think Downey Offroad is one seller of those. Canback, also listed on my soft top page, also makes soft tops of a different design.
I have a Can-back with side windows and have to say that it rocks. It doesn't fold down like the Kayline/Specialty does (convertable style), but it also doesn't require drilling mounting holes (unless Specialty changed that???). It uses factory mounting hardware, is very thick canvas, pretty quite on the road as well. A good friend has the canback w/o side windows and loves it as well..
But.. it's not cheap...
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It depends how cold it gets in your neck of the woods. Be careful not cracking your windows, or vinyl for that matter. I am sure you notice how much easier it is to put on the top in hot summer than cold fall nights. To keep this vinyl under constant strain like that is sure to shorten the life of the top. As a general rule, plastic and cold temps do not mix.
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Holy old thread! There are a lot of newer threads on soft tops. I have a Softopper and I know they make them for pickups. I entered 85 Toyota pickup and it looks like they sell them for $699.
http://www.softopper.com/softopper
http://www.softopper.com/softopper
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