The hard top will give you more interior reverb and can make the tire noise on the highway seem louder because it's more boomy, but the reduction in wind noise is a vast improvement (but that's also dependent on the windows making a good seal with the top, some will whistle noticeably - but the soft top can have the same problem - putting some rubber-safe grease on the rubber seals can help, i
The top was still black, though a hard top was an option. Advertisement Nothing changed under the hood, so it still had the 1.6 liter inline-four and five speed manual, though a four speed auto2. MuffinRacing. • 5 yr. ago. With the price difference between the soft top and RF, you could replace the soft top 1-3 times with the money you save (depending on how you would option a soft top). That would keep you with a good condition soft top with minimal maintenance for a long, long time.