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hard tops, which brand is better & what are they worth?

redking11

redking11

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I'm looking for a hard top for my 8, I found 2. one is an acme, and the other is a CLASSIC which i have never heard of but apparently the windows slide in both directions. Does anyone have opinions on which hard tops are better and what a fair price is?
 
I have seen full tops advertised from $400 to $1500.
acme seem to be well built and are heavier than some other brands, with a double wall construction and a smooth gel coat finish inside. not sure of the classic. some have very small windows compared to others, not surd how classics are.
 
I don't like the lines or the look of the acme and the rear hatch is not that great either. It's just my opinion. Here is an acme.

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And this is a cleaner look to me and more follows the lines and not as high. Although I don't know where I got this pic from or what brand it is it just trying to show the bulky to me looking acme top and how it's higher than most others.

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Also as that's the only acme pic I had handy on my phone, it's not the worst angle on those , it's looking from the rear quarter you can see the rear hatch and the way I don't think these acme tops look that great. Just my .02 ;)
 
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I like the amount of glass on that bottom one.


Dain
 
I have an acme top and it is very well built. I agree with jerseyjeeps though about the lines. I mainly bought it because of the great price at $450. I do like the added interior space from a functional standpoint for the passengers.
 
I like the Acme top. I think the raised roof looks good. Then again, I like AMC stuff so my eye is drawn to more odd designs. :)
 
GR8TOPS definitely stopped making their full hard top for the CJ-8. The only new option is the Xtreme Top:
http://www.xtremetops.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=36
Their west coast distributor is RallyTops:
http://www.rallytops.com/

I agree in that I am also not a fan of the lines for the ACME top. I bought through RallyTops because, well, that was the only option for a new top, and the cost of shipping it up here meant that I wasn't really saving much by trying to find one used.
 
I have an ACME, simply because I got a pretty good deal on it and they are well made. I agree with JJ that the lines on it aren't great. There were also AJ's (supposedly thin walled) and then the mystery tops that looked like a CJ top. The Classics had nice lines but TINY windows in some of them.

All of that said, not like there are a ton of CJ8 tops floating around LOCALLY. There's the problem, finding one local to you.

I have an ACME, and if MD Juan ever builds a world cab I'll hopefully be able to scrounge money for one of those and sell the ACME.
 
I've got an Acme on my '84 and I like the way it looks. Mine has two handles on the liftgate. That must have been an option. I do think having larger tires helps the porportion of the top to the rest of the Scrambler. Full top and smaller tires -- bad, full top and larger tires -- good. Just my opinion.
 
Id post a pic if I could figure out how but the jeep that was recently for sale in Durango, Co. It had a hard top with the large windows and it was a grizzly brand hard top
 
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