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View Poll Results: Half or full doors?
Half doors for life!
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Full doors forever!
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Old 08-26-2009 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by blazer
I found this in the Dallas Craigslist.
dallas.craigslist.org/dal/pts/1330569186.html[/url]

08-09 jk Half doors with upper windows for a four door will sale fronts but all four with windows and keys $2500
Something seems fishy about that add. I wouldnt buy from him unless I could go and see the doors first hand before trading any money.

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Old 08-26-2009 | 10:01 AM
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sorry guys, don't mind me... just wanted to throw up a couple of pics

Old 08-26-2009 | 03:23 PM
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I like the function of the soft doors in summer, but definantly full doors in winter...Guess I like both.
Old 08-26-2009 | 10:25 PM
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When you see Jeep commercials on TV....they use half-doors. When you look at the Jeep brochures, all the sexy & fun pics are of half-doors. With the flowing belt line, they also remind me of the old '50's Willy's Jeepsters. When I decided to buy a JK 4-dr Unlimited, it was clear to me what I wanted...a half-door. I live north of Seattle and when I went to my local dealership to find one, of course they didnt' have one. I asked him to search every dealership West of the Mississippi River, and he found ONE.......in Austin Tx. Rubicon, Yellow, soft top, half doors. I got on a plane a few days later, flew to Austin, drove it back to Washington. A full door makes the JK to me just another SUV. Interesting......but you don't see any threads for JK owners lusting after full doors.
Old 08-28-2009 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeepurz
When you see Jeep commercials on TV....they use half-doors. When you look at the Jeep brochures, all the sexy & fun pics are of half-doors. With the flowing belt line, they also remind me of the old '50's Willy's Jeepsters. When I decided to buy a JK 4-dr Unlimited, it was clear to me what I wanted...a half-door. I live north of Seattle and when I went to my local dealership to find one, of course they didnt' have one. I asked him to search every dealership West of the Mississippi River, and he found ONE.......in Austin Tx. Rubicon, Yellow, soft top, half doors. I got on a plane a few days later, flew to Austin, drove it back to Washington. A full door makes the JK to me just another SUV. Interesting......but you don't see any threads for JK owners lusting after full doors.
Because most people bought the Jeep with the full doors. You do see people trading half doors for full doors quite often. They must be... because you see people bragging about how they traded there full doors for the half doors...someone must be on the other end of that deal.
Old 08-28-2009 | 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeepurz
When you see Jeep commercials on TV....they use half-doors. When you look at the Jeep brochures, all the sexy & fun pics are of half-doors. With the flowing belt line, they also remind me of the old '50's Willy's Jeepsters. When I decided to buy a JK 4-dr Unlimited, it was clear to me what I wanted...a half-door. I live north of Seattle and when I went to my local dealership to find one, of course they didnt' have one. I asked him to search every dealership West of the Mississippi River, and he found ONE.......in Austin Tx. Rubicon, Yellow, soft top, half doors. I got on a plane a few days later, flew to Austin, drove it back to Washington. A full door makes the JK to me just another SUV. Interesting......but you don't see any threads for JK owners lusting after full doors.
In the wintertime I imagine half doors would be a pretty big pain, since I'd have to take the window out/unzip it to do operate an ATM, go through a drive through, get fresh air, whatever. When the weather's good.. I just take the door off.
Old 08-29-2009 | 03:52 PM
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i don't like the half door look.....they look dumb when the windows are on.
Old 08-29-2009 | 04:53 PM
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Half doors are the only way to go! Perfect height and comfortable to rest your arm on, especially with top down or just opening it up. Half doors vs doors off... with these, I can't imagine taking them off, they are that good.
Yes unzipping the window is a pain. I even find myself opening the door in certain instances. Hey, comparing the pros and cons.... I think the half doors are worth it. I do like the look of a lifted JK with hard top and full doors, just not my style. Open it up!
Old 08-29-2009 | 05:35 PM
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I've only taken my doors off once .... My upper halves are off all the time unless it's raining. Unless you look down you don' even notice the doors there so there isn't that much motivation to remove them completely.
Old 08-29-2009 | 07:25 PM
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Ok, so $1k for a set of 2 front doors, and probably close to that for the reas on the Unlimited, and they're primered only. So, I've got a discontinued color (Rescue Green). What do I do for paint? Get it computer color-matched at the paint shop?



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