Hey guys and gals, mentioned these in another thread and a few people were interested in seeing some pictures and hearing my thoughts. So here it is, I'll get straight to it:
The good (in no particular order):
-Very lightweight, all four doors weigh less than one driver door (auto window, power mirror)
-Lightweight rotomolded plastic is durable and flexible to trail impacts.
-They look great
-Cost is significantly less than Mopar doors.
-HUGE interior door pockets on all four doors.
-Hard uppers are available (fronts only right now, but rears are supposedly in the works).
-Weather seals on the doors.
The not so good:
-The fit is pretty good, but they will almost certainly need some finessing to fit with equal door gap all around.
-Weather seals are good, but not perfect. I think due to the rotomolding process the doors can potentially shrink more or less and the fit isn't perfect. I have a few small spots where the door jamb makes its curve below the strike plate where I can force some fingers through.
-I had to pull off the hinges on a few doors and actually make the mounting holes in the doors larger in order to get the adjustment I needed.
When I ordered my first set I ran into a few issues, Steve over at Strike Force gave me his personal cell phone number and walked me through a few things as well as address the problems I had. My passenger rear door had some sort of white residue in the plastic which looked pretty bad and my driver rear door would not lock properly. He sent me two new rear doors with no issues and a return label for the defective ones. Also the passenger front door mirror mounting holes did not align with the recesses molded into the doors (pics below). I didn't make too big a deal about it, but Steve did tell me a small percentage of doors have to be drilled off center due to the shrinking of the doors during curing. It does not affect function, but it just didn't sit great with me when spending $1400 on a set of doors, but oh well, really not that big a deal to me.
Took them wheeling this weekend and they were great, trails were pretty wet and a few water crossings. No water got in the Jeep and they prevented a lot of mud from coming in. I pressure washed the Jeep at home, including the doors. I didn't spray directly on the door gap where the weather seal is, but did spray the entire door. I had no water intrusion so I was very happy about that.
If anyone has any questions or wants specific pictures, let me know!
Pics and descriptions in a follow up post coming here in a second...
The good (in no particular order):
-Very lightweight, all four doors weigh less than one driver door (auto window, power mirror)
-Lightweight rotomolded plastic is durable and flexible to trail impacts.
-They look great
-Cost is significantly less than Mopar doors.
-HUGE interior door pockets on all four doors.
-Hard uppers are available (fronts only right now, but rears are supposedly in the works).
-Weather seals on the doors.
The not so good:
-The fit is pretty good, but they will almost certainly need some finessing to fit with equal door gap all around.
-Weather seals are good, but not perfect. I think due to the rotomolding process the doors can potentially shrink more or less and the fit isn't perfect. I have a few small spots where the door jamb makes its curve below the strike plate where I can force some fingers through.
-I had to pull off the hinges on a few doors and actually make the mounting holes in the doors larger in order to get the adjustment I needed.
When I ordered my first set I ran into a few issues, Steve over at Strike Force gave me his personal cell phone number and walked me through a few things as well as address the problems I had. My passenger rear door had some sort of white residue in the plastic which looked pretty bad and my driver rear door would not lock properly. He sent me two new rear doors with no issues and a return label for the defective ones. Also the passenger front door mirror mounting holes did not align with the recesses molded into the doors (pics below). I didn't make too big a deal about it, but Steve did tell me a small percentage of doors have to be drilled off center due to the shrinking of the doors during curing. It does not affect function, but it just didn't sit great with me when spending $1400 on a set of doors, but oh well, really not that big a deal to me.
Took them wheeling this weekend and they were great, trails were pretty wet and a few water crossings. No water got in the Jeep and they prevented a lot of mud from coming in. I pressure washed the Jeep at home, including the doors. I didn't spray directly on the door gap where the weather seal is, but did spray the entire door. I had no water intrusion so I was very happy about that.
If anyone has any questions or wants specific pictures, let me know!
Pics and descriptions in a follow up post coming here in a second...
