Ok, Im in this terrible horrible boat and I need some help getting out. I have gone doorless and thus the dome lights stay on. no problem, just pull the fuse. except the radio and the interior lights are wired together and pulling the fuse shuts off not only the interior lights but also the radio, and i like my tunes. So i figured i would wire in a switch that would shut off the interior lights when going doorless and i would run a new wire for the radio that was hooked to something that had the power controlled by the key. Except i cant find anything like that. At least at the fuse panel. also, to throw a wrench into the mix, i can turn on the radio by pulling the headlight **** without the key in the ignition!?!?!?! I have no idea what to do now. ANY help would be great.

 

Moved to OEM.

I got an ipod, tunes suck on most radio stations anyway.

 

pull your dome light bulbs out or tape that sensor shut should turn them off either way

 

You can unbolt the sensor that tells the Jeep the doors are open - I think it's a 15mm or something similar. That way it thinks the doors are always closed

 

I removed my bulbs as suggested.

Be careful, the ones in my 87 got real effin hot real quick when on.

 

They sell clips that pinch the door sensor shut so you don't have to put anything back together if you decide to put the doors back on, but I guess taking the bulbs out is cheaper...

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hey i was thinking about doing this so two questions..did you look this up and find a right up anywhere? and two where did you relocate your speaker, so you still have your tunes?

 

I believe the door triggers are activated when they see ground. With that assumption you can physically ground the the wires behind the triggers, or run a switch to ground and tap all of the door triggers with it. Doors on, flip the switch off for normal operation, doors off, flip the switch on. Dome light stays off, radio stays workings, all is right. Of course test this out with a test light or power probe first.

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