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- Zach
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- 2016 JK Wrangler
Just my .02 concerning the new half doors, for those of you who are like me and LOVED the TJ half doors. On my 2016 JK, I purchased factory half doors from someone on the forum. I also upgraded the Mopar uppers to include glass sliders (which is also what I did on my ole Red TJ). If you get half doors, I recommend this mod.
I was initially happy with the half doors, however due to new door safety standards the newer half doors come up A LOT higher than the ole TJ half doors did and it was more like converting from a new JK full-door to a TJ Full-door (before the new door standards were Implemented). I am unsure when this change was implemented, but for context - new car doors were made with a higher door-to-window ratio (windows got smaller). Long story short, I didnāt see much of a difference in the half vs. full size door on the JK, because of this (maybe 2.5ā or so, possibly less - Iām basing this on memory, so I could be off). Were they cool - sure, just not anything close to what I expected, compared to my TJ half doors. In the end I sold them and stuck with full doors.
With that said, I do think half doors create a nice symmetrical body line from the windshield back, which is an awesome look - just donāt expect it to be anything like the ole TJ half doors.
I think the asking price is too high for something that doesnāt make a huge difference - at least when you compare these to the older TJ half doors. The reason I loved the old TJ half doors is because it gave you the feeling of driving without doors; however if rain came, you could just toss in uppers and be covered.
Now if for $4K Jeep made it possible to safely store full or half doors in the back of the jeep (i.e. new Bronco), that for me would make it worth it $$$$.
I was initially happy with the half doors, however due to new door safety standards the newer half doors come up A LOT higher than the ole TJ half doors did and it was more like converting from a new JK full-door to a TJ Full-door (before the new door standards were Implemented). I am unsure when this change was implemented, but for context - new car doors were made with a higher door-to-window ratio (windows got smaller). Long story short, I didnāt see much of a difference in the half vs. full size door on the JK, because of this (maybe 2.5ā or so, possibly less - Iām basing this on memory, so I could be off). Were they cool - sure, just not anything close to what I expected, compared to my TJ half doors. In the end I sold them and stuck with full doors.
With that said, I do think half doors create a nice symmetrical body line from the windshield back, which is an awesome look - just donāt expect it to be anything like the ole TJ half doors.
I think the asking price is too high for something that doesnāt make a huge difference - at least when you compare these to the older TJ half doors. The reason I loved the old TJ half doors is because it gave you the feeling of driving without doors; however if rain came, you could just toss in uppers and be covered.
Now if for $4K Jeep made it possible to safely store full or half doors in the back of the jeep (i.e. new Bronco), that for me would make it worth it $$$$.
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