Rugged Ridge 11509.20 Tube Doors, Locking; 97-06 Jeep Wrangler Tj , Black

These half doors make my jeep a whole new machine. Very easy to put on by myself. When stock doors are removed. There is a threaded plates in side the cab. In my case the top plate stayed in place. So I installed top door hinge screws(not tightened). Then I held plate while i installed bottom door hinge screws. I closed and latched door tightened screws. It lined up and been driving about a months no issues. Hope that all made sense...lol. I love the way you can lock these doors. It would be pretty hard for some one to steal them and you have to climb over them to get in. Very sturdy!!! Best money I have spent on my jeep hands down!!!

Forget the instructions. They are poor picture quality, and mine show the doors with hinges already on the doors. They are not. A little difficult to hold the nuts for the door hinge bolts, but once you have that figured out, easy install. I adjusted the hinges once the door was closed in place. Did not have to move the door latch so replacing my other doors should be a snap. They are strong, and more heavy than I expected. Great fit and a great look.

Easy install, super well packed, arrived super fast… i’m really happy! No custom fees!

I got these because of the good reviews and the locks on the doors, and after driving a few hundred miles I am impressed. At first I was a little leary when installing because the install was not that smooth. I loosened up the handle assembly as instructed, and also adjusted the factory door latch bracket on the Jeep. But the one thing that took a few times to get right was the actual hinges, which when loose actually allowed for the greatest adjustments to the doors. The problem with that is that loose hinges made it difficult to line up to begin with. Additionally, I managed to strip 2 of the handle assembly screws when i tightened them up, so had to run to Ace to get 50 cent replacements, I also added black washers to the inside of each handle assembly screw so that they didn't set improperly. All in all, it took a good 3 hours to do properly, the first door took 2+ hours including trial and error, the 2nd door was maybe 45 minutes. They do not vibrate, which was something that would have been a problem for me. The hinges have a gap on the bottom, even after the nuts are screwed on to the last thread, but they don't vibrate so I decided against buying some rubber spacers to eliminate that gap (plus I couldn't find anything that looked good). I noted that the drivers side door doesn't close perfectly unless you really slam it, probably a minor adjustment I will need to make on the door latch bracket. I also don't like the location of the inside door opener, it's hard to reach around to get too and open the door! I recommend purchasing the Bestop 51261-01 HighRock Black Full Door Replacement Mirror's as well so that you are street legal, and don't mess with trying to take off the factory side view mirrors from the doors. It comes with straps so don't get extra's but the way they drop in tells me they will disappear after a windy day or long road trip, a clip on the top of the strap latch would have solved this trivial issue...Overall though, aside from the $5 in additional hardware the company should provide to finish the product properly, it's a good set of tube doors!

So I liked the look, I’m a round tube type of guy on Jeeps. It came with hinges not attached yet and that made install much easier. I left the hinges loose, finally got the 20 year old nuts off OEM doors and installed these, latched them in place and then tightened up hinges. I didn’t need to mess with moving the latches on jeep .Locks seem secure (but great another key) and they included 4 keys so that was cool. Original mirrors bolted right on and that was a huge selling point for me, I like the stock mirrors. Slight rattleI haven’t gotten around to addressing with the rubber piece they send, lots of rattles already so may not worry about it.Over all love the look, easy to put on with basic tools (they include an Allen wrench for the new bolts for the mirror)Now off to adventure !