Tube Doors
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Bought them for the $80! Pics to come soon.
If anyone was interested in seeing/knowing more about them.
If anyone was interested in seeing/knowing more about them.
I'd be interested in seeing how they fit and latch.
I don't know if the doors you bought came with the key for the lock, but if not, Tuffy makes these for keeping your doors from being lifted off:
The flat metal piece is on top of the hinge pin when it is locked, preventing the doors from being lifted off. Works for all Wrangler doors.
Edit: may not on those Element doors, as I see the flat piece is up higher because of the upper hinge on the TJ door, so they may be too high. Never mind. Good for oem doors, though. I had a set on my '97 Sport once...
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I love the doors off but it freaks my wife out while we are cruising down the road. So, I’ll be getting a set before spring gets here.
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Yeah actually the TJ and JK ones do come with locks, it's the YJ and CJ ones that do not.
They require some minimal assembly but I set one in the hinge for a quick look and I loved the look, it absolutely matched my brush guard. I'll provide a forum review of them for everyone interested.
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2 keys!
All hardware, and everything was there, it literally had never been used, everything was still in the plastic packaging.
Coming back on this idea of protection I was driving down the highway back from Brighton to London doing between 80 and 90mph. No doors or roof. My friend fell asleep in the front passenger seat. He was learning towards me but I got worried about him leaning the other way and falling out the vehicle. I know the doors don't offer any sort of side impact protecting though.
I still wouldn't bother getting tube doors though
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I guess it really depends on "which" tube doors you choose since there are so many different ones and what your expectations are with them.
Mine, the Bestop Highrock Element Doors seem to be the best possible option for tube doors. They provide some trail protection, certainly keep people/kids from just falling out, and have the ability to have add-on to transform into actual half doors. I love mine, but I couldn't see paying full price for them either, I got mine on Craigslist for under $100 and brand new.
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The locks prevent the doors from being stolen while on the Jeep. It locks the tube door to the door striker that is fixed on the body...and while yeah sure depending on what tools someone has on them they could also be undone and stolen. Its mainly for the quick piece of mind.
Also, my latches have worked great!
He had his belt on but those things are made for collisions and rapid deceleration. It's not like a 5 point harness, you can slowly lean out the vehicle wearing a regular seat belt.
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