Doors

[jvillanueva]

Will 99 Cherokee doors work on a 89 Comanche sports truck without any modifications?

 

Joe V.

[Blue XJ]

No. The strikers are in a different spot. Other than that and the wiring, they will bolt right up.

[cracker]

Doors from a 4 door cherokee will bolt in ;)

[87Warrior]

Doors from a 4 door cherokee will bolt in ;)

But they won't close :rotfl2:

 

Grab the door strikers from the XJ. Drill a few new holes and you have new doors.

[freakjeep93]

:agree: you will have to put the new strickers on so they will close

[Dave Stark]

I've got the new style doors now off the same C4C '98 XJ & thought that since I've already taken so much from this site that i should give back a (very) little. Hopefully this will help some others wanting upgrade their doors get it done faster. The hinges are a direct bolt up, so this write up is for the catch:

 

After you've bolted up the new doors remove the old style catch & use a marker to place a line where the new one will be centered.

 

Next remove the seat belt & dust guard.

 

Now you will be able to reach the back side of the nut plate for the old catch.

 

Many of you will not like this, but with very light pressure you can break the spot weld without damaging the surrounding area.

 

After that you can pull the old nut plate out from behind, this is what you will come up with:

 

Now go to your old doors & pull the bottom nut plate. You will be able to reach it through the speaker hole.

 

This one is held on with tabs that can be bent with relative ease.

 

 

Now, in order for this to work you will have to take a 3/8 drill bit & oversize the holes. This is a very small difference from the original hole size & will not affect the bracket in the least.

 

Next, make marks on the door jam where you want the new catch, i placed mine as far toward the inside of the truck as possible. Using a 1/2" bit drill the holes so that you will be able to adjust the bracket. I used a Dremmel tool with a reamer bit on the top hole.

 

From here it is just a matter of holding the nut plate from the back & threading in the bolts on the front. (Note that the inside edge of the catch is against the curve on the door jam.)

 

Here is the finished product. I like the touch with the sad face because the XJ was C4C.

 

 

All in all it tool about half an hour per side & it turned out really well.

 

 

:thumbsup:

[aabmike]

I know this is an old post, but what did you do about the power windows on the 97+ doors?