I ordered my buggy with the Honda roof and hard rear panel dealer installed so can't say much about the installation. But pros and cons of having it would be: pro's, love it! Con's, the only con of having it that I can see is that if piling a stack of firewood in the box, the panel sort of takes some vertical space from the back end of the box if you can visualize that. Need to be careful not to hammer the window in the hard panel with a block of wood.