aircruiser

just curious if any of you have done it because this is my summer project which is a loooong one.

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ive been rained on about 3 times with the doors off..no damage to anything in the interior but id like some doors i can throw in the back and when it starts to rain, i can just pull over and throw em on with no troubles.

so if you got em post em up..i have yet to see anyone make soft doors for their xj and im still trying to figure out how to get the angles and everything but they hopefully wont take to long.

BlueXJ

Never thought about it but now that you bring it up a 1" square tube is easy to form into the shape of the door and you could cover that with canvas and convertible top window plastic so the majority of wind and rain would remain outside the Jeep. They could also be made to sit and hinge on what part of the OEM hinge that you left for your factory doors. Yours may be a little more cumbersome in that you have a 2 door.

Bigbike

I was thinking about making soft doors for my jeep too. Ive heard the YJ soft doors will work for a 4 door if you modify the hinge, but I have 2 door so that doesnt really help unless you take the hardware and extend the fabric.

kmanxj5050

wrangler doors will work on a four door?

write-up anyhwere?

Bigbike

I heard that YJ doors will with slight modification but im not sure.

TrueBlueXJ

I remember reading on NAXJA, many moons ago, about about a guy doing a soft door mod, or at least a half door mod with soft uppers.

aircruiser

yeah ive seen half doors but never full doors. never heard of yj doors on a 4 door..

thanks for the idea on the 1" square tubing, ill see how the pvc works out and if it doesnt, ill try the box tubing..

ddeadserious

This guy on my local forum did a set of soft doors from scratch pretty nicely:
http://www.greatlakes4x4.com/showthread.php?t=84388


And it was Incredible Hulk on NAXJA that did the half hard doors with "soft uppers":


Hope that helps.

aircruiser

the hardest part is gonna be keeping it light and tight. im diggin the incredible hulk one..hmm..any idea how much those weigh?

wicked_xj

i made plexi half doors

big*blue*cherokee*

That gives me great idea. at my dad's work they use Lexan Polycarbonate. I'ts this super tough bullet proof plasitc that's fairly easy to bend with a lot of heat. I should make a set for my 4 door, they'd look wicked and and they wouldn't break if I smahed them into a tree or something while trail riding.

aircruiser

never thought of that..plexi glass would be sweet but its expensvie as hell...well, atleast where i work it is.

kmanxj5050

that guy is on Silver Lake forum

1,000 bucks he charged for those (maybe 700 i cant remember)

heres a link to his build
http://www.silverlakeforum.com/index...ic,1822.0.html

BlueXJ

Those on that Red MJ are sweet.

aircruiser

might have to continue today. ive got 4 days off work so ill have some time to make progress...just gotta get the weather to cooperate..