Adding 97+ doors and power windows/locks?

[m0brando]

The doors on my '92 are about shot. I've found a decent price on a set of front doors from a 97 Cherokee. They're appealing since the seals, etc would be that much newer and the newer door panels. Few questions:

 

1) Will they bolt right up? Hinges/latches/etc all the same?

2) My truck currently has manual windows/locks. Will I ever be able to get the power windows/locks/mirrors to work? If each door gets a hot wire and a ground and possibly a wire run between the 2 doors is anything else needed? Or is there much more to do in a fuse box somewhere?

3) Anyone else done this?

 

thanks for any help!

 

Brandon

[blazenjeep]

I too am looking at doing this swap.The one thing i like about them is that you get bigger door windows.And belive me when i am at mc donaolds trying to pay for my burger and i hit that vent window every time.So i am interested in this swap too.

[pingpong]

I believe the door strikers are diffferent. Also they are torx head bolts, I recommend replacing them with the appropriate size allen heads.

 

 

 

 

Patrick

[87manche]

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.p ... =door+swap

There's a writeup on making the doors fit with some pictures. It's a 4 door cherokee, but it should be the same.

[JohnQ]

Anyone else do the door swap. Any pictures?

[Stumpy]

Anyone else do the door swap. Any pictures?

 

ya but mine are missing something...lol

[feerocknok]

There should be some sort of regulator needed for the window motors, but those may be in the doors. Check on that, otherwise you might burn them up.

[jbhill]

ok i read that other thread, so the doors just bolt on, but i need to put the 97+ stricker on?

[87manche]

ok i read that other thread, so the doors just bolt on, but i need to put the 97+ stricker on?

Yes, but it won't fit directly, it will need the holes wallowed out a bit to bolt onto your existing door frame.

[jbhill]

the holes as in the mounting holes in the hinge? thast no big deal then :)

[Eagle]

Seals?

 

On all my Cherokees and Comanches, the seals are mounted to the body, not to the door. How is swapping a door going to get you newer seals?

[87manche]

the holes as in the mounting holes in the hinge? thast no big deal then :)

no, not the hinge, on the striker plate.Go to that link I mentioned earlier, it has pictures of the whole process.

[jbhill]

yea they didnt load for me... no biggie tho. couldnt you use the latch out of the older door tho?

[Eagle]

yea they didnt load for me... no biggie tho. couldnt you use the latch out of the older door tho?

The strikers on the new doors are not only a different type, they are at a different height on the door. I read that article on NAXJA, and my sense is that he left out a lot of information. I wish we weren't on opposite ends of the continent, because I'd like to look at his swap "up close and personal."