CarolinaBoy

Well its startin to warm up a little bit outside and ive been dieing to take the doors off the jeep im just wantin a heads up on what im doin before i try to take them off. If it matters i have power windows and door locks.
Any help is appreciated.

mike.2492

Well if you wait long enough, the door mount will rust off and the door will just fall off. It has happend to both of the XJ's in my family. Just remember if you take the doors off, you lose your mirrors and I think that is illegal.

UserID6095

Dont do it, your xj will fold like a taco. The doors are what holds it together.




















j/k. But good point about the mirrors. And make sure your local Public Servents will be ok with you having no side impact protection and mirrors before you go cutting the door pins.

builtnotbought89'

^^^In some states yes, check with you local PD before hand! What year XJ we talkin here?

builtnotbought89'

also 2 door or 4 door?

dweezer

well first off, in most states you have to have a 4 point roll cage to take the doors off. as far as wiring goes the way i would do it is to take the kick panel off and wire a plug that will fit threw the door boot. your looking at around 15 wires give or take.

CarolinaBoy

Its a '90 and a 4 door but if i do take the doors off im only wanting to take the front ones off.

CarolinaBoy

Do you mean a wire connector that will connect +/-15 wires ?

N20jeep

first off, make sure it is legal in your state. if its anything like florida its perfectly legal as long as you have seatbelts and atleast 2 mirrors.

and the mirror is an easy fix you can get creative with.
heres how i did my mirrors. its a cheap strong magnet bolted to a cheapo auto-zone mirror. but its legal, works great, and doesnt fall off on the highway or trails. and it just pulls off whenever i put my doors back on.



as for the procedure, theres plenty of good writeups with pictures to guide you. and that will explain it alot better than i can here. but its a real easy job.0

N20jeep

do you have power windows and locks?

mike.2492

here is a link I found about taking off the doors ans fixing them with removable pins for quick and easy removal http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/r...ite-up-408138/

N20jeep

thats a good writeup, but the hinges are different in pre-97 xjs

mike.2492

I see, I thought the post said he had a 99, thanks.

funkle95xj

I didn't have to wire in my own connector on my 95. There was already a connector behind the kick panel for the wiring (I have power windows and locks) as well as a smaller connector for the speaker. I just leave that single screw out of the kick panel (it stays in there just fine, the rest of the trim holds it on) and pull it off to access the connector, disco it, pop the kick panel on, lose the doors and go!

CarolinaBoy

Well i called the policew department today and they said as long as i had a drivers side side mirror it is perfectly legal so it looks like i know what im doing tomorrow