Topic: Getting wet

[4BangerTJ]

Quick question from a new jeeper to some experienced ones. Is it ok for it to rain with the top off? I alwas find myself taking a lot of time taking off and putting on my top due to chances of rain. Will it hurt anything if it rains and my top is left off? Also along kinda the same line...if I wheel and get the inside muddy is it ok to just hose down the inside to get it clean or will it harm stuff?

[Torch_Ind]

I got a yj with very little computer action going on so it don't bother mine just don't let it sit and rot stuff.

I just tarped mine over night last summer and never even put on my soft top but newer jeeps with computers don't like it!! just find out were yours are and have them covered and keeped dry and you will be ok

[jfrabat]

Even on the YJ, though, water will get behind the dash and rot your Jeep out (not to mention, kill your stereo!).  But if it happens every now and then, it's not a biggie.  Get a bikini top, and that will take care of not getting the dash SO wet...

[Torch_Ind]

Even on the YJ, though, water will get behind the dash and rot your Jeep out (not to mention, kill your stereo!).  But if it happens every now and then, it's not a biggie.  Get a bikini top, and that will take care of not getting the dash SO wet...

if you want to go that far so will condensation or road salt like we get here lol

[Jeffy]

Tj's don't normally take well to getting went in the dash.  The electronics start acting up and your dash will black out till it gets dry.  So it's best to have a bikini top.

[stan98tj]

why don't you just buy a tarp and a handful of bungee chords-30 seconds and you have the jeep covered. As far as mud and stuff on the inside, i pretty much always get mud inside when wheeling. I've long since have removed the carpet and i herculined the tub..so i usually just take a hose to it. You will want to grease the seat rails from time to time after you spray down the inside. A good pair of seat covers-better yet, the waterproof ones-will make cleaning mud off the seats easier and prevent you from soaking them and having the foam rot out.

[Torch_Ind]

why don't you just buy a tarp and a handful of bungee chords-30 seconds and you have the jeep covered. As far as mud and stuff on the inside, i pretty much always get mud inside when wheeling. I've long since have removed the carpet and i herculined the tub..so i usually just take a hose to it. You will want to grease the seat rails from time to time after you spray down the inside. A good pair of seat covers-better yet, the waterproof ones-will make cleaning mud off the seats easier and prevent you from soaking them and having the foam rot out.

 


basically if your going to drive it stuff is going to wear/ break etc.

I wouldn't use it as a swimming pool or anything like that but should be ok if you get it damp and dry it out after. like getting caught in the rain on the drive home..  just dry it out the best you can after is all..

[jfrabat]

basically if your going to drive it stuff is going to wear/ break etc.

I wouldn't use it as a swimming pool or anything like that but should be ok if you get it damp and dry it out after. like getting caught in the rain on the drive home..  just dry it out the best you can after is all..

My main worry is the rear of the dash; a bikini should fix taht issue...

[stan98tj]

why don't you just buy a tarp and a handful of bungee chords-30 seconds and you have the jeep covered. As far as mud and stuff on the inside, i pretty much always get mud inside when wheeling. I've long since have removed the carpet and i herculined the tub..so i usually just take a hose to it. You will want to grease the seat rails from time to time after you spray down the inside. A good pair of seat covers-better yet, the waterproof ones-will make cleaning mud off the seats easier and prevent you from soaking them and having the foam rot out.

the tarp would be for storing it overnight-as in if it's going to rain overnight- just to clarify. I figure you aren't going to be driving it when it's actually raining out...but if you are that passionate, i would at the very least get the bikini top like the other members have advised. and i still advise lining the tub and getting seat covers

[dwtaylorpdx]

+! on the tarp, I carry a small one that just covers the cab, takes me like 1 minute to put it on, I used it to keep not only water but just plain dirt from when its parked near busy roads...

Dave

[4BangerTJ]

well to add a bit more info....I have already hurculined the tub and pulled the carpet and I'm not one that is real worried about breaking stuff I just don't want to get into  wiring short nightmare because it gets rained on or because I hose it dwn and drench it. I will get a bikini top and hope that at least keeps enough rain off.

[DodgeMudder]

I have a '95 YJ and I spent one summer with the windshield floded down, (I broke it and couldn't see through it and couldn't afford to fix it), I live in north west PA where it rains allot, and my Jeep sat out in it all the time/ was driven in it (only vehicle) for a summer (3 months) and didn't have any issues from the water.

[4BangerTJ]

See that where my main issue lies too is that I'm in oklahoma and in the spring there is a chance of rain every other day so I have been taking it off and putting it on way too much

[DodgeMudder]

Other piece of advise is to get a cab cover (Besttop makes one that is water proof, not sure if others do too) that is listed as being water proof, these work great and are real easy to put on and take off, 30 seconds or so and its good.  This and a safari is all I use for tops year round on my YJ.

[Jeffy]

I have a '95 YJ and I spent one summer with the windshield floded down, (I broke it and couldn't see through it and couldn't afford to fix it), I live in north west PA where it rains allot, and my Jeep sat out in it all the time/ was driven in it (only vehicle) for a summer (3 months) and didn't have any issues from the water.

YJ's and TJ's are different beasts all together.  A YJ uses really low tech gauges that don't mind water too much.  TJ's dashes housing a lot more electronics into the gauge cluster.