I want to remove my doors since ill be home from college in a couple weeks for summer. Ive heard you have to cut the hinges, but then I've heard others say that you don't have to. So what is the proper way to do it and is it worth it for the summer? Any help or advice would be great. Thanks.

 

I cut my hinges on the driver side and cut and welded my hinges on the passenger. In 2 years, I've had my doors off twice

 

i suggest half doors or them strap kinda doors so you don't get harassed by them law dogs...

 

ez off, very hard going back on. they feel light...

 

I wouldn't drive on the roads with out the doors,Off road specially rock crawling not having them or tube doors can help a lot.

 

Here in VA, you have to have a driver's side mirror to be legal. I fabbed up a bracket to attach a CJ mirror to the upper driver's side hinge.

The door modification process is a bit involved, but not too bad. There are many write ups on the inter webs for it. Process depends on year and options on vehicle. My 90 with manual windows, locks, and mirrors was about the simplest option. A 98+ with all power accessories would be the most involved. The hinge will have to be cut either way, the 97- hinges are easy to mod. Not sure how to modify the 98+ hinges. Basically you will cut the bottom ear off the hinge and notch the plate the hinge sits in on the door. I personally used a 4 1/2" grinder to cut the hinge after unbolting the door, not a fan of cutting with a dremel.

In my 90 I relocated the door speakers to the dash, I have no wires running to the doors now. Pulling the doors is 30 seconds, reinstall may take 45 seconds. Even if you don't pull them for driving, it is great for repair work. So nice to throw the door in the lawn and work under the dash w/o it in the way. I eat my lunch in the Jeep at work, it is nice to yank the door and lean it against the front tire. Gets a nice breeze blowing through w/ the rear hatch open. Gets a lot of looks too.

 

i was just thinking about that, and getting pulled over and harassed for something that simple doesn't seem worth it.

 

well thank you for your information it was very helpful. i have a 92 laredo so it has power windows and locks. i don't really wanna mess with the wiring and i heard you have to buy-pass the headlights too and that sounds like a pain. i would like the option to be able to take them on and off whenever though, especially in the summer

 

Shouldnt have to fool with the headlight wiring, but messing with all that power wiring is a PITA. In your position, I wouldn't mess with it. Not worth the effort.

 

It is a true PITA.
If you take them off, leave them off forever because they are even harder to put back on

 

The doorless XJ mod.... always made me facepalm when I had an XJ.

Now that I have a Wrangler, I think it's more of a "freedom" everyone should have the ability to experience.

Unfortunately, it's not worth the trouble on an XJ because of the way the mechanism works and all the wiring you have to mess with. If mirror legality is what keeps you from doing it, then check out the Rugged Ridge mirror kit for wranglers because I'm pretty sure it would be easy to bolt one of those up to an XJ by drilling two holes.

 

If mirrors are your concern, the "blind spot mirrors" at oreillys worked well on my zj. In my case I just used the top hinge bolt but I dont know how the xj hinge works. Im sure you could make it work and they are cheap. Here in NC you just have to have a rearview and one side mirror.

 

I have a 92 limited. All power. I just pull my kick panel off, unplug the wiring, and shove it through the hole. Takes 10 minutes to take both off and 15 to put back on

 

What if i just undid the 3 screws on each part of the hinges show in the pictures? Would the doors come off without any cutting? And obviously have to relocate the wiring.

 

Yes. Yes they will. Just mark everything before you take it off as it will make it easier to realign it all when you put it back on