Well, there's $160 I may as well have just thrown in the street....

Ummm...return them? Are you sure you didn't order the wrong parts? I
think there are just door lowers and two piece doors, but I don't have a
5 so I don't pay attention to the specifics. Call Bestop directly and
tell them what you need.

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I have some soft doors for a CJ5. Where are you?

I have tan (spice) lowers for sure, and I should have a set of black uppers
and lowers hiding somewhere. I destroyed my soft top several years ago, and
never replaced it. The doors survived the ordeal, but they require a top to
be useful so they went into a long-forgotten corner of my garage. If you
want them, I can dig around the garage.




"bizbee" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> So, I order the bottom half of the doors for my CJ5 from Quadratec.
> About $160. I have a Bestop top, and recently replaced the door
> windows. The Velcro finally gave it up, so I figured I'd buy new
> doors.
> Surprise. the new doors apparently aren't made with Velcro hooks on
> them anymore. Not a big problem, I get some Velcro and put the hook
> strip on the door. Then it dawns on me... there's no holes drilled for
> the window frame to fit into the door frame. Duh.
> These doors are intended to never have windows.
> Checking several sites, I couldn't find anything but doors. I can't
> even find the replacement Bestop windows anymore.
>
> So, CJ5 owners with Bestop lids, you no longer get to have windows on
> the doors unless you buy the entire setup, apparently.
>
> One way or the other, it doesn't make any difference now. I won't be
> spending another $160, I could barely afford these, and I can't use
> them, and now I can't return them. My mistake, but what the **** is
> going on at Bestop?
>

I don't get why they won't take them back. If they are the wrong part, then
they should take them back.



> I can also attest to the fact that, had I seen these doors ahead of
> time, I'd have never paid that much for them. Bestop's quality has
> definitely gone downhill. Cheap-ass door latches, no pocket in the
> door anymore, and the door hangers are welded on (God only knows how
> well) as opposed to bolted.
>
> So, I guess the plan is, to just slather some rubber contact glue on
> the old door/window flap joint, and glue the sonofabitch together for
> good. When the top comes off, I'll just throw the doors in the garage
> and use my garbage-ass doors that I have no other use for.
>
> And, make a not to myself not to by anymore tops from Bestop.

I must have tossed the black doors. They were "well loved", and probably
needed to be tossed. I do have the tan (spice) lowers though. I can't use
them, so you can have them for the shipping costs. If you are local enough
to come over and pick them up, they are yours.




"Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message
...
>I have some soft doors for a CJ5. Where are you?
>
> I have tan (spice) lowers for sure, and I should have a set of black
> uppers
> and lowers hiding somewhere. I destroyed my soft top several years ago,
> and
> never replaced it. The doors survived the ordeal, but they require a top
> to
> be useful so they went into a long-forgotten corner of my garage. If you
> want them, I can dig around the garage.
>
>
>
>
> "bizbee" > wrote in message
> nk.net...
>> So, I order the bottom half of the doors for my CJ5 from Quadratec.
>> About $160. I have a Bestop top, and recently replaced the door
>> windows. The Velcro finally gave it up, so I figured I'd buy new
>> doors.
>> Surprise. the new doors apparently aren't made with Velcro hooks on
>> them anymore. Not a big problem, I get some Velcro and put the hook
>> strip on the door. Then it dawns on me... there's no holes drilled for
>> the window frame to fit into the door frame. Duh.
>> These doors are intended to never have windows.
>> Checking several sites, I couldn't find anything but doors. I can't
>> even find the replacement Bestop windows anymore.
>>
>> So, CJ5 owners with Bestop lids, you no longer get to have windows on
>> the doors unless you buy the entire setup, apparently.
>>
>> One way or the other, it doesn't make any difference now. I won't be
>> spending another $160, I could barely afford these, and I can't use
>> them, and now I can't return them. My mistake, but what the **** is
>> going on at Bestop?
>>
>
> I don't get why they won't take them back. If they are the wrong part,
> then
> they should take them back.
>
>
>
>> I can also attest to the fact that, had I seen these doors ahead of
>> time, I'd have never paid that much for them. Bestop's quality has
>> definitely gone downhill. Cheap-ass door latches, no pocket in the
>> door anymore, and the door hangers are welded on (God only knows how
>> well) as opposed to bolted.
>>
>> So, I guess the plan is, to just slather some rubber contact glue on
>> the old door/window flap joint, and glue the sonofabitch together for
>> good. When the top comes off, I'll just throw the doors in the garage
>> and use my garbage-ass doors that I have no other use for.
>>
>> And, make a not to myself not to by anymore tops from Bestop.
>
>