My DIY Doors

The weather broke so I could get the test drive in. The front driver's door and rear passenger door rattled on the road. I made some "adjustments" with some large channel locks to the latch portion that hits the striker. No more rattles! Done!

My three youngest insisted on going along...

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What did you end up doing for the slight movement with the latch?
I know this question is from a couple pages back and I sort of answered the question. What ended up working the best was a large set of channel locks and slightly bending the actual latch "housing" (maybe their is a more correct term for this :idontknow:). Both rattling latches required bending the housings towards the front of the Jeep. Here's a pic of the housing I'm talking about...

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Initial mirror placement which didn't look good...

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I cut up the original mounts and welded the tabs to the doors for a look I can live with...

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Although the concept looked good, the limiting straps that I bought attached with Velcro. They were not going to hold the weight of these doors if opened quickly...

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My paracord limiting straps I like much better...

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Very nice work. You might want to think about making some to sell, they look better made then the Chinese one's that everyone else is selling. I have 11 pictures on my phone.
 
Just read through the whole thing and all I gotta say is damn you got some serious skill man! Congrats on a job well done you did an amazing job!!
 
Maybe it's just my phone but only a handful of pics are showing.
They showed for me on the app and browser. I posted them from a different computer so I imagine it may indeed be your phone. But I'm no techno genius either. :idontknow:

OP those came out good!! 

Thanks Rocky, I am pretty pleased with this first set.

Very nice work. You might want to think about making some to sell, they look better made then the Chinese one's that everyone else is selling. I have 11 pictures on my phone.

Eugene, thank you. I have considered making more now that the hard part is over. My concern would be that I truly custom fit these to my Jeep. I don't know if there are differences from year to year. I would love to try these on other JKU's and even JK's but I would have to have willing donors and live somewhere near civilization! When I installed the RH4x4 3rd row bar I found out the Chrysler "specs" can be off on the cage. I could be comparing apples and oranges. What I noticed on the mass produced doors is that they are mostly a simple design and they probably don't have tolerance issues. But then again, I'm a rookie at all this fab/design stuff.

Just read through the whole thing and all I gotta say is damn you got some serious skill man! Congrats on a job well done you did an amazing job!!

Wow! You read through all my ramblings?!?! Well, thank you for that and for your comments. :beer:
 
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