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Old 08-18-2013, 10:22 PM
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if I take my two front doors off will my unibody calapse?
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Originally Posted by shirleyxj
if I take my two front doors off will my unibody calapse?
Short answer no. But understand what they do. In a unibody there are "crumple zones". These are areas in the body that will crush or crumple in a crash to protect the occupants. Take the doors off and you risk getting crushed in a head on accident. If you take the doors off it will not collapse. But if in an accident you lose some protection. Also when wheeling you risk twisting the body enough where the doors will not fit properly when put back on
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oh okay thank you, so it's okay just too drive around for a bit with them off?
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Ice been doorless for a out 3 months now. I suggest frame stiffners I need to install them in mine
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Guys wheel their jeeps doorless all the time and never have problems. The little baby latch isn't stiffening your unibody. And if you twist your unibody with no doors, chances are it would of twisted anyways with them on. Take em off and love it. I love taking mine off.
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Only bad thing i can say is depends on your state of its legal or not.All states want a drivers side mirror and some want tube doors.
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Originally Posted by shirleyxj
oh okay thank you, so it's okay just too drive around for a bit with them off?
I drive around with mine often I love it I do a little bit of light wheeling but nothing major like Rockcrawler I have to put side mirrors of mine I have detours a pillar light mounts and I just attached Mirrors to the bottom of the lights that I put on it
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The doors are off mine more than they are on it, year round. I wheel it hard most weekends, and drive it back and forth to work every day. Its even been jumped once with the doors off. Its fine, the doors don't give the unibody any strength at all.
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that's sweet
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anybody have floor inserts for a 95 xj the passenger and driver side floors are rotted
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Originally Posted by shirleyxj
anybody have floor inserts for a 95 xj the passenger and driver side floors are rotted
There's a ton of places online or you could just get sheet metal from lowes or something
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