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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 11:32 AM
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Absolutely love riding around doorless. Visibility is going to be great offroad now too. Had to post, very excited. :P
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 11:35 AM
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Remove the back doors and the hatch and you might as well be in a buggy. I took mine off a LONG time ago. Visibilty offroad is awesome.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 11:56 AM
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do you remember what size the torx bolts were? i gotta buy a socket to do it, and dont wanna buy a set when i only need one size
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by rabblerouser
do you remember what size the torx bolts were? i gotta buy a socket to do it, and dont wanna buy a set when i only need one size
T-40
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 12:47 PM
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T-40
thanks. figures, the set i have only goes to 30. its 80* right now, and im getting these freaking doors off today!
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 12:56 PM
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Buy a whole set. It's only a few bucks more and you'll have them... I take advantage of buying tools as often as possible.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by rabblerouser
do you remember what size the torx bolts were? i gotta buy a socket to do it, and dont wanna buy a set when i only need one size
I didn't touch those bolts the entire modification. And I don't suggest it. You'll have a really hard time realigning the doors with the hinge if you remove them.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:07 PM
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what did you use to make the cut on the hinges? angle grinder? air cutoff wheel?
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:09 PM
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what did you use to make the cut on the hinges? angle grinder? air cutoff wheel?
Dremel 100 series. 39.99 at any K-mart. Handled those (almost) 1/2" hinge knuckles like it was no problem. Used the fiberglass reinforced metal cutting wheels by dremel in 15/16". Took me about three hours from start to finish.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by rabblerouser
what did you use to make the cut on the hinges? angle grinder? air cutoff wheel?
I used a angle grinder with a cutoff wheel. Worked perfect
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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Dremmel works perfect for this mod cause the cut-off wheels are so small and fit right in between the hinge
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:29 PM
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Drimmel for me too, on my 96 doors. But with the reinforced cut off disc's. Fits right in there like a champ and gets the job done.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:58 PM
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Drimmel for me too, on my 96 doors. But with the reinforced cut off disc's. Fits right in there like a champ and gets the job done.

Yep. Fits there perfect and the reinforced cutting wheels are pretty good.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 02:18 PM
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It's really not difficult to remove the hinge...

It would cut your 3 hour job into a 30 minute job.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 02:23 PM
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Sweet looks good
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