I had one few years ago, Now i have a westy and i realized that hard top is very good. *pros:* 1/ you can park in the middle of a city and sleep 4 people with discretion (you don't have to pop the top and then get kicked because it looks like a camping spot or something like that) 2/ For a big trip you can store a LOT of things in the top rear AND overhead front compartment thing that you can't do with the westy! 3/ Stiff roof, it's like a house! very good insulation ( the roof is made of 2in foam sandwiched by glassfiber resin) *cons:* 1/ Height sucks in europe you have a lot of 2meter height bars limit. 2/ high consumption due to aerodynamic. 3/ wind sensitive with stock shock absorber!! it's a real boat ...
Otherwise the top is assembled with rivets and glue. its pretty good and reliable!
Greg |
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