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How quiet is the skyrider?
I'm deciding if I should go with the soft or hard top when the order banks open again in like 6 or 12 months.
A lot of forum members here are saying that the soft top is actually quieter than the hard top since the soft top is really one giant piece and the hard top has so many panels and gaps that can have pops and whistling sounds.
So for those of you that have the skyrider installed how quiet would you say it is? Any sounds coming in from the back of the skyrider where it attaches to the hardtop? I would imagine that's one of the areas where sound can leak in. I was really surprised how quiet the softop was compared to the hardtop when I test drove both back to back. Of course there was sound coming in from the plastic and rear windows on the softop but only when next to another vehicle at a red light. When driving with the softop with no vehicles around there wasn't that much noise from in from the rear windows, at least when I drove on the road (not the highway).
Also, is there a way to lower the skyrider down a bit when it's in the open position? It looks like it's a good 12-18 inches up in the air in the rear when opened and doesn't that act like a parachute? Killing your MPG?
I'm deciding if I should go with the soft or hard top when the order banks open again in like 6 or 12 months.
A lot of forum members here are saying that the soft top is actually quieter than the hard top since the soft top is really one giant piece and the hard top has so many panels and gaps that can have pops and whistling sounds.
So for those of you that have the skyrider installed how quiet would you say it is? Any sounds coming in from the back of the skyrider where it attaches to the hardtop? I would imagine that's one of the areas where sound can leak in. I was really surprised how quiet the softop was compared to the hardtop when I test drove both back to back. Of course there was sound coming in from the plastic and rear windows on the softop but only when next to another vehicle at a red light. When driving with the softop with no vehicles around there wasn't that much noise from in from the rear windows, at least when I drove on the road (not the highway).
Also, is there a way to lower the skyrider down a bit when it's in the open position? It looks like it's a good 12-18 inches up in the air in the rear when opened and doesn't that act like a parachute? Killing your MPG?
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