stroker33

I cut my pins and am using the original pins. Just modded them some! No mods to the actual door hinges!

robwaz98xj

drill out top of hinge

knock out pin

pin almost out

remove all washers in hinges and use 3/8 drill bit if needed to drill out holes a bit , quick pull pin in


i did this with door on. def need a long drill extension with a 1/4 chuck style bit. i used a small self taping screw to start hole then used 3/8 metal bit to finish the hop of pin then knocked it out using a chuck extender for drill.. the bottom looks a little more difficult.. i might end up taking door off to drill out hinge but will let you know. and the door wiring came out very easily .

stroker33

What size quick pins did you use?

robwaz98xj

I used 3/8 pins. Worked great.. for top then I have done the bottom hinge yet

stroker33

Yea it was a pain.. You basically did the same I did..what did you do about the wiring again? Did you say you drilled the hinges out to 3/8 before you used pins or they just fall in line?

robwaz98xj

Door part of hinge was 3/8 already and body side needed to be drilled out a bit.. I just disconnected it and pulled them through.. wasn't too bad .. what did u do for bottom hinge?

stroker33

I just bit the bullet and got pissed off about 20 times and finally started to see some head way.. I used an aggressive deburring tool..bout the only thing I could find in the shop that I could get in with some ease without cutting the actual hinge itself, or taking the hinge off. It's a little b$$ch for sure.

JeepinJim

I got lucky. Mine were already done when I bought it. I dont take them off too often cuz the doors are heavy as hell... lol I have a 2 door XJ.

stroker33

Yea, they are pretty heavy! Bout takes two people to put tem back on.lol

AoA

They arent so bad if you don't have and power options on them. The full manual doors weigh a good 25lbs less

robwaz98xj

I have all power windows/locks 2speakers in door. Seems like it will be heavy.

stroker33

Same here.. Not bad taking off, but it's nice to have a second pair of hands when your putting them back on.. It can be done by yourself but not at all fun..make sure you crack your window down a little so you can use that as another place to hold the door and takes any kind of stress off of your window that may break it.

robwaz98xj

OK. i just finished taking door off completely to drill out bottom hinge. drill out knocked pin out, drilled inner hinge to 3/8, put hinge back on door exactly where it was before , put top pin in and learned to put bottom pin in through bottom w/ help from small hammer to tap it in after 5 min of trying to go from the top of bottom hinge.. but not to heavy or a pain but im lifting ladders and my tool bag around all day. but yeah. its a bit of a pain to remove ALL door i believe but front two id do it if i was trail riding

stroker33

I went out last night and took your idea on the quick pins! They really are a lot easier to mess with than the setup I had before.. I can easily remove/install the doors on my own..the doors line up better, now just got to get this mess of wires in a better working order.lol

541_halseth

Has anyone made no weld conduit doors. Im sure tempted. Now only if it wasnt 30 degrees out. Give me a couple of months, and i will do this.