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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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Honestly as long as the pin is just long enough its a thirty second process, takes more time disconnecting electronics. The air flow is amazing!!!!!
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by I Leak Oil
Ill try for pics tomorrow, i dunno about anybody else but i pull the plastic inner price too. Then i file the pin down
Sweet man. Thx. Will be lookin for them!
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 10:49 PM
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I have ears cut off of drivers side. Just need to remove door. Pass side pins are in upside down. Lil more work but worth it. Cant wait till they are off!!!
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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By far my favorite modification.

It will probably be the reason I get fender flares because wheeling with the doors off is that much nicer.
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Disoriented Hillbilly
I have ears cut off of drivers side. Just need to remove door. Pass side pins are in upside down. Lil more work but worth it. Cant wait till they are off!!!
Just weld the top of the pin and cut the hinge like the driver side.
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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I its worth it, and dispite contrary beleif does no damage. I had to remove my ac, and since then the doors have been on for maybe twenty min."thought we were gonna get rain"
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 10:54 PM
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Don't need to weld em, but you can
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Demolition_x

Just weld the top of the pin and cut the hinge like the driver side.
Shouldnt try to remove pin and flip it over?
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Disoriented Hillbilly
Shouldnt try to remove pin and flip it over?
In all honesty I just cut mine and the pins stayed in the hinge. After a couple times of pulling the doors off the top pin started to come out. So I just tacked the top and the bottom pin and no issues any more.

You can try to tap the pin out but I bet its going to be a total pain in the butt.
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Demolition_x

In all honesty I just cut mine and the pins stayed in the hinge. After a couple times of pulling the doors off the top pin started to come out. So I just tacked the top and the bottom pin and no issues any more.

You can try to tap the pin out but I bet its going to be a total pain in the butt.
Roger that. Lookin forward to it!
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 12:39 AM
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Make sure you don't lose the bushing things or the doors will sag.

But I did mine.
Fun when it's not muddy and rainy lol
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 01:04 AM
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There was a good write-up for those but I can't find it for the life of me! I've got a 2000 gahhhhhhh!!!
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by shooter5635
There was a good write-up for those but I can't find it for the life of me! I've got a 2000 gahhhhhhh!!!
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/r...ite-up-408138/

This one is just about the best for 97+ doors!!
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 01:38 AM
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Yep that was it. Forgot it wasn't on here. The sag is what worries me. My driver door leaks already.
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 01:44 AM
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Exactly. I want to take my doors of so bad it's crazy. But once you cut those pins there is no way you will ever have a factory seal again and that's what gets me!
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