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

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 f*ck is going on at Bestop?

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.

Reply to
bizbee
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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.
Reply to
twaldron

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.

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

Reply to
Jeff Strickland

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.

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Jeff Strickland

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