WTB 97+ front doors.

[99xjache]

I dont care what color, prefer non electric but it doesnt really matter. Gonna try the half door thing.

Aaron

[Kejtar]

I dont care what color, prefer non electric but it doesnt really matter. Gonna try the half door thing.

Aaron
If you're not using the original strikers, you can use any year doors as hinges are the same.

[99xjache]

If you're not using the original strikers, you can use any year doors as hinges are the same.

hinges look different on mine for some reason. I could change the strikes too i guess. anyway that just opens up the range a bit.

Thanks for the heads up.

Aaron

[99xjache]

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[Kejtar]

hinges look different on mine for some reason. I could change the strikes too i guess. anyway that just opens up the range a bit.

Thanks for the heads up.

Aaron
The hinges are exactly the same: you just knock out the pin and hang the other doors. Strikers are not that bad to change out cause you can modify one to use as the other.

[over2land]

Its been my observation that 98 and up hinges are different than 97 and earlier hinges, FWIW.

[Kejtar]

Its been my observation that 98 and up hinges are different than 97 and earlier hinges, FWIW.
Well.... I've seen 99 doors swapped onto a 95 ;) (or was it a 98?)

The mounting of the hinges to the body is slightly different but from what I remember the hinges themselves are same.

[over2land]

I'm not saying that putting a 98 and up door on a 97 and earlier Jeep is not totally within the realm of any of us accomplishing.

I'm just saying the hinges are actually different in my experiance. Like if you took a 98 and up hinge and knocked the pin out, and tried to put that door on a 97 and earlier Jeep by knocking the pin out, you'd be beat.

I don't have my 98 here or I'd shoot a pic of the hinge on it and on my 89 MJ

[Kejtar]

I'm not saying that putting a 98 and up door on a 97 and earlier Jeep is not totally within the realm of any of us accomplishing.

I'm just saying the hinges are actually different in my experiance. Like if you took a 98 and up hinge and knocked the pin out, and tried to put that door on a 97 and earlier Jeep by knocking the pin out, you'd be beat.

I don't have my 98 here or I'd shoot a pic of the hinge on it and on my 89 MJ
ok, so you'resaying that the issue the pin? or is the hinge not lining up?

[over2land]

If you've got the whole hinge from the 98 and up, you can make it bolt to the 97 and earlier. If you've got the whole hinge from the 97 and earlier, I bet you could make the 98 and up door bolt to it. Just don't try to mix and match hinges is all.

In all my swapping crap around... I've been lucky in scoring 97 doors for everything. It wasn't until I was messing with my 98 (damn door hinges are loose-ish) that I noticed the hinge was different than all the 97s, 88's, 89's and 90's I'd messed with yet. I've not put 98-up doors on an early one yet, so don't know how the hinges actually interchange or know for sure if the bolt patterns are the same. I just know the hinges I've seen since (been looking for it... you know how Jeep changes crap for no real reason) on the 98 and up XJs have been different than the 97 and earlier ones.

I'll try and remember to shoot some pics tomorrow so ya can see what I'm on about.

[Kejtar]

If you've got the whole hinge from the 98 and up, you can make it bolt to the 97 and earlier. If you've got the whole hinge from the 97 and earlier, I bet you could make the 98 and up door bolt to it. Just don't try to mix and match hinges is all.

In all my swapping crap around... I've been lucky in scoring 97 doors for everything. It wasn't until I was messing with my 98 (damn door hinges are loose-ish) that I noticed the hinge was different than all the 97s, 88's, 89's and 90's I'd messed with yet. I've not put 98-up doors on an early one yet, so don't know how the hinges actually interchange or know for sure if the bolt patterns are the same. I just know the hinges I've seen since (been looking for it... you know how Jeep changes crap for no real reason) on the 98 and up XJs have been different than the 97 and earlier ones.

I'll try and remember to shoot some pics tomorrow so ya can see what I'm on about.

You know what.. I stand corrected, now that you mentioned it I think the door was swapped and bolted to a hinge that was already there.

[johnnyc]

The complete hinge (both halves held together with the pin) is different. However, the mounting holes on the doors are the same.

So you can mount a new door on an older body (or vice versa), AS LONG AS you use the COMPLETE hinge. You can't use half a new style hinge and half an older style hinge.

[Jump This]

So, is someone still looking for doors/

;)

[99xjache]

Yea but it seems that this thread belongs in OEM tech now......:)
seriously.

Still need late model doors if anybody has any for sale.

[99xjache]

Still lookin. Any one going to the yards in LA county?

[99xjache]

anyone?

[Trouble]

I tried 2 yards in OC the anaheim and stanton one. No luck.