


2019 Jeep Wrangler | photo by Christian Lantry Ways to Ride With Sunrider
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It might be tempting to flip up two latches along the windshield header and throw this front section open (Jeep even calls it a “sunroof feature”), but the owner’s manual warns that doing so can allow wind to damage the removable rear panels. It has pliable plastic rear and rear-quarter windows, all of which you must remove before gliding back the articulated bimini-framed front section of the roof.

This feature ($595 and up, depending on what it’s packaged with) is available on all trim levels but two-door versions of the base Wrangler Sport and Sport S it’s the same as the standard soft-top but employs cloth material rather than vinyl. We spent some time with a 2019 Wrangler Unlimited Sahara with the optional Premium Sunrider soft-top to get a feel for its pros and cons. Detroit Bureau Chief Aaron Bragman - owner of an earlier JK-generation Wrangler - concluded, “It may just be the single greatest improvement Jeep made to the Wrangler, far easier to put up and down than the old one, and easier in cold weather, too, as the channels are easier to work than the zippers were.” To Jeep’s credit, the standard Sunrider soft-top of the new generation, which first appeared as the 2018 Wrangler JL, is the simplest yet to lower. Related: 10 Things Wrangler JK Owners Will Love About the New JL 2019 Jeep Wrangler | photo by Christian Lantry The only real downside has been how difficult it was to lower the soft-top of previous-generation models.
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(That, plus a droptop version of the outgoing Land Rover Range Rover Evoque.) And unlike most convertibles, the Wrangler is an asset rather than a liability come winter thanks to its go-anywhere character. Perhaps more notable, it’s one of the largest and most open-air convertibles you can buy since the discontinuation of Nissan’s preposterous Murano CrossCabriolet. We love convertibles, but many people don’t realize that every Jeep Wrangler SUV is also a convertible, be it equipped with a removable hardtop or a soft-top.
