Not sure what year Wrangler you are refering to but
I've owned a 80' CJ-7 with a hardtop and a 97 Wrangler
with a hardtop, both of which had the top removed
every summer and neither leaked, and neither had RTV.
Both were noisy but no more than my syncro with AT's.

Ian
--- David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, George Goff wrote:
>
> > By the way, has your boyfriend ever noticed the
> number of t-topped GM cars
> > plying the highways and byways with RTV smeared
> around the edges of their
> > roof panels?
>
> There's a guy here at work who has a 90's Camaro
> with T-tops.  He can't go
> through a carwash unless he wants to get a bath.
>
> Hardtop Jeep Wranglers have the same problems.
> Loudest vehicle I've ever
> ridden in was a Jeep with the hard top installed.
> And I thought my
> Vanagon had wind whistles...
>
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>        Ypsilanti, MI
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