Door Removal

[old88xj]

title says it all

I know about the speaker wire and power window and locks wiring along with the power mirror wires. I know how to do that.

What i want to know is how hard it is to remove them, the process for removal, reinstallation and that process also.

And what about making some sort of tube frame to put in if i can scrounge up some junk brackets. The law in my neck of the woods is pretty picky when it comes to mods and what they deem "unsafe or illegal" so i want to be "street legal."

[Lutin Plunder]

it's pretty straight forward as far as removal, you just need a torx with a long shaft to reach the bolts the easiest way I found was to do the alignment and final tightening with the door closed by puting the torx socket through the holes in the hinge (this does require removing the inner fender liner) it takes awhile to get it right but that's basically how I do it.

[vintagespeed]

I cut the bottom half off the hinges and sanded down the roll pin a little bit to make it slide out easily. When I remove the doors I disconnect the wiring and lift the doors up & off just like a CJ/YJ/TJ. Hasn't affected the way the doors function at all in 3 years.

[Lutin Plunder]

that sound pretty cool I'll have to think about that when I get ready to make som tube doors

[old88xj]

well good news and bad....1300 to fix bottom half of motor but might not fix all problems so now i am at a point as to what to do shelf it and fix it myself or sell it or have the shop do it???decisions decisions

[fatwreck]

I just did this last week and did a small write-up on it....so check it out:
http://www.projectxj.com/mods/doorless.htm

[old88xj]

nice write up! some good info there! thanks!

[andyr354]

One tip on lining the doors back up perfecly with no hassle.

What I did is spray some new paint on and around the hinges. when you go to bolt them back up it is easy to just line up the parts with were the lines in the paint are.

Have only done my drivers as well, much better ventilation and visibility though.

Andy

[old88xj]

thanks

[old88xj]

so do you cut the hinge with the door still attached or do you take everything off and then cut the hinge??

[andyr354]

I removed the door, cut the hinge, and shortened the pins some. I then lined the hinges back up on the door and tightened them down. Lift them onto the xj

Another tip, make the lower pin a hare longer. this way you can start the bottom and then whith it held in place start the top one in.

Andy

[old88xj]

Hmmmm then the painting idea is a good idea to do