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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Zacks98

Okay so I need to drill out the hinges with an 3/8 bit, then get an 3/8 bolt so they wont sag?
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Zacks98
Okay so I need to drill out the hinges with an 3/8 bit, then get an 3/8 bolt so they wont sag?
Take my word for it. Don't do it that way. It blows. Do it the way I posted and you wont be sorry.
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by brookhart63

Take my word for it. Don't do it that way. It blows. Do it the way I posted and you wont be sorry.
I did just that and mine sit better than stock... Haters gon hate haha
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 09:33 PM
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well im having the same problem with the sag . its not much but enuff for me to have to pick it up a lil bit to close it. i went to home depot and bought 5/16 eye bolts with nuts .they go in perfect on the door and hinge but when i attach the door n try to put them in the bottom sits in perfect n the top is a F%^*$& pia to sit in 100% . my 5/16 allen keys work and fit in and out better then the bolts i got so for now im using those but still some sag i dont mind it but it is a lil of a pia . wish i had a welder n do what brookheart did. noless doing this alone sux even more lol i havent had to goto the gym and do arms or back since taking doors off lol

and grabbin the eyes sometimes is hard bc of the tight space
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by xjblue01
well im having the same problem with the sag . its not much but enuff for me to have to pick it up a lil bit to close it. i went to home depot and bought 5/16 eye bolts with nuts .they go in perfect on the door and hinge but when i attach the door n try to put them in the bottom sits in perfect n the top is a F%^*$& pia to sit in 100% . my 5/16 allen keys work and fit in and out better then the bolts i got so for now im using those but still some sag i dont mind it but it is a lil of a pia . wish i had a welder n do what brookheart did. noless doing this alone sux even more lol i havent had to goto the gym and do arms or back since taking doors off lol

and grabbin the eyes sometimes is hard bc of the tight space
I'm on my phone and only skimmed your post....but about it being a pia to get the bolts out.. I took an grinding wheel grinded (safty first! I used thick gloves and a table grinder) off the top of the bolt on one side,,making it flush with the bolt. Makes it a 1000 times easier to get the bolt out. Mine are 4 inches long. So I just push the bottems up and they normally fly right out and fall to the ground.
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Zacks98
I'm on my phone and only skimmed your post....but about it being a pia to get the bolts out.. I took an grinding wheel grinded (safty first! I used thick gloves and a table grinder) off the top of the bolt on one side,,making it flush with the bolt. Makes it a 1000 times easier to get the bolt out. Mine are 4 inches long. So I just push the bottems up and they normally fly right out and fall to the ground.

lil lost in what u mean ??? do u have any pix of maybe when u get to your pc explain lil more plz lol
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by gms0623
I did just that and mine sit better than stock... Haters gon hate haha
Hmm have you tried it the way i did it? If you have then i am surprised at this response. Many people have removed the doors of of their XJ's. Now if i was able to take a poll i would bet an very high percentage of people would go this way. I have tried the bolt way and the welded pin way. I personally choose the pin way. Im not a hater, just an educated disagreer
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by brookhart63

Hmm have you tried it the way i did it? If you have then i am surprised at this response. Many people have removed the doors of of their XJ's. Now if i was able to take a poll i would bet an very high percentage of people would go this way. I have tried the bolt way and the welded pin way. I personally choose the pin way. Im not a hater, just an educated disagreer
Lol how about you both post videos of your hinges and your doors closing. Cause I can say mine better than stock but its really not, not even close. Lol
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Originally Posted by xjblue01

lil lost in what u mean ??? do u have any pix of maybe when u get to your pc explain lil more plz lol
My app keeps crashing on me..so I'll try and upload these pictures later, and if it still work work I'll upload them from my computer when I get home.

Edit: nevermind, it finally loaded up one of them..its the one of the bolt heads.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Zacks98

My app keeps crashing on me..so I'll try and upload these pictures later, and if it still work work I'll upload them from my computer when I get home.
Oh I see what you did! I just grinded some of the inside door metal out, so the bolt head fits.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by brookhart63

Hmm have you tried it the way i did it? If you have then i am surprised at this response. Many people have removed the doors of of their XJ's. Now if i was able to take a poll i would bet an very high percentage of people would go this way. I have tried the bolt way and the welded pin way. I personally choose the pin way. Im not a hater, just an educated disagreer
I would do the welded pin way, if I had a welder, because it is much easier to just lift them off. But for those of is with no access to a welder, the drilling to 3/8 is the best way to eliminate door sag.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 10:42 AM
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And here's to bottom of the bolt that I angled to make it easier to them in..

Both pictures are the grinded bolts vs uncut ones
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by gms0623
I would do the welded pin way, if I had a welder, because it is much easier to just lift them off. But for those of is with no access to a welder, the drilling to 3/8 is the best way to eliminate door sag.
Ahh Yes I agree with it being the best way without welding. But I think zacks has a welder. If not, do the 3/8s way.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by brookhart63

Ahh Yes I agree with it being the best way without welding. But I think zacks has a welder. If not, do the 3/8s way.
Yes sir, I sure do..its a jankass old stick welder. Lol alright and I'll go back and find your post and reread it here in a bit
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 02:10 PM
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Just use this idea ive seen alot of people do it and ive did it and it works just put it this way i can park on just a little slope and when my door closes by it self just a little momentum it closes by itself http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/t...ml#post5076958
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