Get the boom mat headliner... it's 1" thick foam and SERIOUSLY reduces heat in the jeep.....

Probably be better than a sunroof plus warmer in the winter

 

You will ruin a perfectly good hardtop doing it and destroy any value it has. Besides the area over your head is where you WANT shade not sun beating down on you. The best option for air circulation is to remove the rear window it gets more air moving and will not destroy the hard top.

 

The simple pop up glass ones were popular back in the day. Pretty easy to cut and seal in place. The sliders that were on cars were a lot of machinery that was hidden under the headliner. When we salvaged those for resale, we just chopped the whole top off and the customer did the same and welded the entire roof on.

There were aftermarket hardtops that had a separate front "targa" top panel that removed. You find one of those, and you will love it for what you are looking to do.

Don't remove just the rear window. It will suck in the exhaust and give you carbon monoxide poisoning.

 

Don't remove just the rear window. It will suck in the exhaust and give you carbon monoxide poisoning.

I do it all the time but i usually have the doors off and i don't do much stop and go in city driving, but valid point. I don't like to see people cut up perfectly good hard tops. I seen a guy post a YJ top on facebook where he cut the rear section off mad made some kind of weird, really stupid looking bikini top. It looked like a flimsy POS and people were actually praising his work. Hard tops and sawzalls don't mix!

 

Thanks guys, some food for thought. By the time I've decided on a plan, the rain will be back and I'll probably be more concerned with stopping water getting into the car

 

UGH.... it's not a car, it's a jeep..... say it with pride my friend!

 

If you want to cool it down...tint the sides, rear, and full door glass...really cuts down of the greenhouse affect...I had to tint mine cause we get 50 and 60 degree days in Dec thru Feb...and with sun out it would get warm...worked really well..

 

I hear it rains a lot in England.

I wouldn't cut up a perfectly good hard top ( or even a reasonable tidy one). I'd simply drive around with the doors off if it isn't illegal there.

I don't think it's a good idea to drive around with the back glass up for reasons stated above. If you do, be sure to have the windows open and the door vent windows aiming fresh air into the Jeep.

Here in the US, we have cars, trucks and Jeeps. It may be different across the pond. You guys call a hood a bonnet and a trunk a boot.
A Jeep is a JEEP, dammit!:happyyes::happyyes:

Good Luck, L.M.

 

Ha Ha, OK guys, it's a Jeep

I was just trying to avoid repeating using same word - I think Shakespeare would have done the same.

On the roof, I'll hold off with the sawsall for the time being, and have been eyeing up one or two soft tops as an option, although swapping the hardtop on and off will be a pain if I go that route.

 

If even the bard called my Jeep a car, I would (respectfully) correct him.

"Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou and thy Jeep"?

Good Luck, L.M.

 

Quick update: found a reasonably priced Bestop soft top so the sawsall is back in the toolbox