[HeyImWade]

When y'all take your top and doors off, do y'all leave the door surround on or take it off? Just wondering, thanks

 

[sgpd1sam]

I leave mine on except when I have bikini top on. It just fits better around the roll bars with them off.

 

[user4574]

If the doors come off I usually take my surrounds off too.

 

[Wesboy]

I leave mine on - I have grab handles on the sports bar and think it looks tidier with the surrounds on.

 

[lindel]

When I was running my Softopper, I'd take the door surrounds off, but with a factory style soft top, I would leave them on.

 

[coached4417]

From a newbie, what are the door surrounds? No laughing. I'm already laughing at myself.

 

[Chief301]

From a newbie, what are the door surrounds? No laughing. I'm already laughing at myself.

It's the black plastic curved piece at the top of each door that the top of the door seats against when you close the door. Each one is held on to the roll bar by two large knob-looking hand screws. That piece can be removed if you aren't going to be running with doors.

I only removed mine once. One of the knobs was missing from the original owner so you had to take that one loose with a pair of pliers, so it was kind of a pain, so I normally left mine on

 

[coached4417]

It's the black plastic curved piece at the top of each door that the top of the door seats against when you close the door. Each one is held on to the roll bar by two large knob-looking hand screws. That piece can be removed if you aren't going to be running with doors.

I only removed mine once. One of the knobs was missing from the original owner so you had to take that one loose with a pair of pliers, so it was kind of a pain, so I normally left mine on

Thank you, I appreciate it.

 

[Mindlesschunk]

Mine rattle around at the bottom like a son of a [email protected]@@@
The tapping noise is beyond annoying. Need to get some kind of soft sealant to glue to the bottom so I don't hear the damn vibrating ticking noise

 

[iamtommyboy]

I have full doors, so I just leave mine on. I think it looks better with the full doors and provides a better seat for the top of the doors. Of course, I had the factory softy last year.

Now, I have the rampage top and some tube doors. I hope to take the full doors off in a week or so when the weather warms a little more and install the tubes, so I will probably pull the surrounds off once the tubes are on. The only reason I would leave them on is if I find that I have to put the top back on too often. If I can manage to not need the top very much, as I'd like, the surrounds will remain off.

 

[TJDave]

It is much better for the life of full door window frames to leave them on.

I run half doors and a Safari top in the summers. I leave the surrounds on because the Safari top fits much tighter connected to the surrounds, a sudden downpour will not dump water inside the Jeep, and with the uppers more bad weather is sealed out.

If it's just running around on a nice day with no top, I'll take them off.

 

[jjvw]

Mine rattle around at the bottom like a son of a [email protected]@@@
The tapping noise is beyond annoying. Need to get some kind of soft sealant to glue to the bottom so I don't hear the damn vibrating ticking noise

Do you still have your mucket seals?

 

[Jwright12197]

Mine rattle around at the bottom like a son of a [email protected]@@@ The tapping noise is beyond annoying. Need to get some kind of soft sealant to glue to the bottom so I don't hear the damn vibrating ticking noise

at the bottom of the door surround where it meets the jeep there is supposed to be a black rubber gasket. You can pick these up online and they will stop the vibrating and the noise. They're called Mucket seals. http://m.quadratec.com/products/product.php?pid=13022+56

 

[Jerry Bransford]

at the bottom of the door surround where it meets the jeep there is supposed to be a black rubber gasket. You can pick these up online and they will stop the vibrating and the noise. They're called Mucket seals. Upper Passenger Side Rear Door Frame Mucket Seal | Jeep Parts and Accessories | Quadratec

$20 for .05 worth of molded rubber. I'll make my own from rubber from the hardware store thank you very much.

 

[Mindlesschunk]

Do you still have your mucket seals?

Ahh yes mine must be gone! At least on my drivers side.. That's the noisy one. 20$ does seem a bit high.. May look into a DIY fix before I buy one.
Either way it's getting fixed monday. So annoying

 

[SEAICE]

I take everything off including the bars from the rollbar to the Windshield frame. I don't want to see anything over my head.

Sometimes, I drop the Windshield too. This is awesome! (but wear goggles!)

 

[Jwright12197]

$20 for .05 worth of molded rubber. I'll make my own from rubber from the hardware store thank you very much.

Haha I know, I probably would too, all the more reason not to lose the ones you've got though.

 

[coached4417]

I take everything off including the bars from the rollbar to the Windshield frame. I don't want to see anything over my head.

Sometimes, I drop the Windshield too. This is awesome! (but wear goggles!)

Very different Rims, what are they if you don't mind me asking? Thanks

 

[MI Smiley]

I haven't take my doors of yet, but I imagine it makes sense to remove the surrounds at that point. I do know with doors on that the doors look better with the surrounds in place. You don't see that "gap" between doors and rollbar

 

[lindel]

Looking at the directions for my new top, it looks like the mucket seal is built into the bottom of the door surrounds now. Suits me just fine...fewer things to keep track of.