I ended up getting the “Steinjager Front and Rear Tube Doors“, Gloss Black, Set of 4, from Morris 4×4 Center. These are inexpensive doors and for the most part serve me well. Following are some notes and observations you may find helpful if you are looking for tube doors for your Wrangler.
- They are inexpensive, but the welds and finish are quite nice. No issues there.
- The latch is very simple. If you are in and out of the vehicle a lot then you may want to spend more to get a latch that opens and closes quickly.
- The latch needed modification to work. I had to file off some of the outside edge in order for the doors to be able to shut. I had to file out (Dremel) the hole the cotter pin fits into, as the hole was too small for the key to insert without great difficulty. I also had to file off the raised edge of the door catch (see image) to allow the door to close. Even with all this the mechanism does not line up perfectly with the door catch. I need to firmly pull the door shut and on a couple doors I need to push down as I pull in. It’s not a big deal to me. I figure I got what I paid for. But most others that ride in the Jeep don’t care for the door latch functionality.
- I used a black self tapping screw and washer to hold the lanyard to the door frame plastic in front and the carpet side wall in back.
- I wish the tubing went lower, so I could fabricate a cloth slip-over that would do more to keeping out mud when I get off road.
- If I had it to do over, I’d spend more to get a door that has a mechanical latch and that allows for ready-made add-on accessories, such as covers, bags, etc.
- I added a couple of blind spot mirrors from O’Reilly Auto Parts. (See Mod’ #20.)
Tube doors installed, hard top off, naked and ready to head out to the OCR venue Conquer the Gauntlet.
