I have no experience with Cabana tops. I have soft top on wrangler but hard top goes on in winter.
My question is:
Is there a snow load rating on the cabana top?
My question is:
Is there a snow load rating on the cabana top?
Snow load
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This is a very good question and I’d also be curious as to its driving-rainstorm resilience.
Tuesday while I’m waiting for my Wrangler to get an oil change I’m test driving a Wrangler with their sky one touch roof. It’s the only vehicle I know of that’s even remotely similar to the cabana. I know it’s not exactly the same but I’ll ask those questions.
I’m sure they will be testing it. Can’t imagine they wouldn’t plan for worst case scenario gonna sell it in Canada and northern border of US so it will have to handle that. I figure PA hardly gets much snow anymore and I can work from home so I’m not terribly worried about it but that’s my personal scenario
Same work from home and she will be garaged but still helpful info to have.
No garage
but live on Long Island so heavy loads rare. But Sister in lake effect Buffalo so…….maybe
But let’s ask the opposition question. How long will it last under the sun? What kind of UV protection does it have? Presently I’m in LA where it’s hot AF and I think of climate change and rising temps…
My husband has had many convertibles. A Z3 and an S2000 while we lived in California. He put 40,000 miles on the Z and 120,000 miles in 8 years on the S2000. The only issue we had with the roof was the Z. The back window was plastic and it got cloudy. The S2000 we never had any trouble with the roof.
Most issues arise from the cheaper plastic rear windows. The material holds up fairly well
The S2000 window wasn’t plastic so it didn’t have an issue, but the Z3 window was a hot mess. And you can’t just replace the window. You had to get a whole new top.
Can’t find anything on it. The other question is how much wet snow can it hold, because fluffy snow vs wet snow has a huge weight difference.
Another question is how to safely remove snow from a cabana roof. We get large snow storms that can leave 1-2 feet in a day. The law is that we have to remove snow off the top of our vehicles before driving on public streets. How do you do that safely with a soft top? I have only ever had one convertible and its top never closed, even when it snowed. We only kept it for a year.
