Hey everyone i was thiknin of maybe taking the doors off my cherokee this summer, i was wondering if anyone knew of like some kind of system like half doors kind of like wranglers have taht are light weight or maybe some kind of tube doors or some kind of covering if it rains. Mines a 2 door and i see people take the doors off often and i would if i had some kind of doors to cover it. any ideas?

 

do a google search, there are some out there but i cant remember the exact brand. i will look in a bit.

-Kyle

 

I don't know if they make them for a 2 door but www.tomken.com has them for the 4 door.

 

i checked and i emailed them, i doubt they do. That kinda sucks. Kyle did you ever find those ones on google? Im going to keep searching...

 

yes i did and they came up as only a 4 door model aswell.

-Kyle

 

As soon as I find someone with a donor vehicle, I'll be producing them. I currently make them for TJ's and am looking for a 4-door for my daughter to wheel. When I get her a Jeep I'll start fabbing them for the 4-door as well.

 

i hear tj/yj soft doors fit very nicely in an xj 4 door frame, i saw a pic somewhere a while back and it fit like a glove with the exception of the corners where the wrangler doors are rounded and xj's are square.

 

So what do you guys do to remove them? What happens to the wire harness for elect. locks, windows, speakers....ect.?

 

In the floor panels you need to disconnect the wires. There is a plug to do so.

 

Cool...is this plug by the fuse box? (general area)

 

Its beneath the kicker panel (plastic panel that screws out following the bottom of the door line to the steering column)

 

Before you take off your doors remember it weakens your frame a good bit. With having a 2 door your in a little bit better shape then a 4-door because the 2-doors a little stronger. I would get frame strengtheners before you do so and what not. After a couple of times wheeling I bet you will have a hard time getting the door to go back on because of the frame being twisted.

Look in to these

http://tntcustoms.com/page.asp?pageid=59

 

This is absolutely 150% false! The doors on an XJ (regardless of 2 or 4 door) add no structural strength to the body what so ever. If you don't believe me, search any other Cherokee forum regarding this subject. This subject has been covered extensively.

 

I'm betting the 2-door model has longer doors right? Maybe you can get the tomkin front doors from the 4-door model and just cut down the middle, lengthen them a little with tubing and weld it back up. That's if you can weld....i can't


Speaking of removing doors, is it legal on the road?

 

Each state has different laws. I can't find a law forbidding it here in Texas. Just remember your seatbelts.