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Doorless XJ Q's
I just recently posted in the FabShop about quick release doors for our Cherokee's. This is what I found out--
Doorless XJ What do yall think? The cold weather has made me do more thinking than wrenching and this is what has popped in my mind as my must do next mod. If any of yall have any experiance in removing the doors or any advice I would love to here it. Thanks
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come on yall I know you have opinions
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Well, being as your XJ is your daily driver, I would hold out on doing this just yet. Doors are heavy, once you take them off there is no gurantee that you will be able to get them back on perfectly and have no leaks.
Then again, you don't have power options so it might not be as big of a deal. I'm still curious if the doors actually provide the unibody with some rigidity, and if taking them off completely is a good idea. Carolina Rock Shop makes tube doors for the XJ, that might be a better option than removing the doors and wheeling without. However, I am not completely sure that the doors do provide rigidity. I have thought about going the tube door route, but man is it cold and I like wheeling in the winter just as much as in the summer.
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As soon as it starts getting warm I am going to remove mine. Not gonna make any brackets or anything like that, just gonna leave them off till it gets cold again. I am only going to remove the front doors. Im also building a rollcage that will be done before I take my doors off. I am getting a TJ windjammer to put behind the front seats that will strap to the rollcage. This will keep rain and mud front getting in the back.
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I brought up the rigidity arguement awhile back and everyone seened confident that the doors were not a part of the Unibody strength. As for the leaking--they already do that. And the cold--well I would like to be able to throw the doors on and off, but we'll see. All I know is that I love wheelin in my dads TJ with the doors off, so I thought I'd give it a shot
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Fletch are you just going to unbolt the hinges from the door and leave them on the body? Got any sketches of the proposed roll cage?
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Yeah Chris, I used to wheel my YJ hard with the doors off and the top down and come home covered in mud, I matched the YJ. I'll be interested to see how this goes, if you do it.. Hell, if they really don't provide rigidity I may remove all four of mine and install a 12V heater like RVs have
The lady friend may not appreciate that though, as she does ride with me occasionally
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as soon as my xj isnt a daily driver I will be doing the same thing. I will also be taking the hatch off as well. I like the way they did it on the rustys offroad rig.
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Yeah I like that rig (rusty's) I was under the impression that the hatch was a structural part though? Jon--how are you going to take them off?
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I am just going to unbolt everything. As for the cage. I am either going to take a stock cage from a TJ and Fab it to fit my XJ or I will just get some steal, Ive got a pipe bender and a welder at my buddy's house.
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98XJ, Front leaf spring conversion, 35x12.50 BFGs, dana44s front & rear,geared, locked. 87MJ, work in progress |
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yeah that sounds like the simplest solution--just to unbolt everything. How hard can it be to realign the doors, right??
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Im learning to do body work at school. It's really not that hard to align doors. XJ doors can't be as heavy as the crown vic doors I have practiced with.
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CW--whats the trick to getting them lined up properly?
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Quote:
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My '90 Jetta lives in a barn for now. I'm looking for a Cherokee to buy. I need a daily driver. |
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Sounds even easier than my original idea of making a quick release. How to you get the pins out of the hinges? Bang the crap out of the or something?
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