With the price and availability of factory half doors being what they are, I've decided to order a set of aluminum trail doors. Where I wheel, factory half or trail doors are mandatory, if you want to minimize mud in the cabin. Even though I have two sets of factory half doors, I opted to go with the lighter trail doors. The factory half doors will see road use only (the wife won't ride door-less!).
Choices for trail doors were:
- Genright (Didn't like the hinges and they offered no value over the less expensive UCF option)
- JCR (Ridiculously over priced, @ $999)
- Savvy (Out of stock, need I say more)
- UCF (My choice)
I went with the latter due to value, to me, including price, appeal, and past experience with UCF quality. Total was $481 shipped, including the bracket for accepting the soft upper. Even if this Jeep gets sold, these will transfer over to the LJ.
I've got an upcoming 4 day wheeling trip and will be looking forward to finally taking the Jeep out to see what it will do. Frankly, with only 8" of rear travel, there are no illusions of grandeur here in terms of suspension flex. I'm just looking for something that will handle a variety of trails with relative ease. I'll be running my little 32" tires with a crowd where everyone else is on 35" -37" tires. The diffs will be my limiting factor, but my belly height is comparable, and more in some cases, than their rigs. It should be an interesting time!