door removal/wiring question

[*** YELLER ***]

I want to remove my doors because MINI told me to... so where do I unplug the wiring at or do I cut the harness in just the right place 

[Gittinit]

I would cut it and get a male/female plug that can be unpliged, at your convience. You may want tube doors, or half doors later that don't need all those wires. I'm not shure how many wires you have but a trailer wiring 4 pin flat plug type setup may work good.

[KDXSR5]

I just pull the quick release pin in the hinges I made... this wire stuff is foreign to me. What are the wires for exactly?


















Just kidding! I would just cut them and put in a connector to make it work... maybe someone with experience with this whole wire idea will post up.

[kneedownnate]

  http://www.waytekwire.com/automotive-wire-connector.htm

[Duffil]

the first question is how many wires do you have, dave. 
after that it's all cake.

[kneedownnate]

If it's just the speaker wires, I'm picturing a plug similar to a 4 pin trailer plug, but with only two wires - one male and one female per side.  I know you know what I mean duff.

[*** YELLER ***]

MY bad ya all its has power windows and locks

[Duffil]

If it's just the speaker wires, I'm picturing a plug similar to a 4 pin trailer plug, but with only two wires - one male and one female per side.  I know you know what I mean duff.

Yeah I know what you mean...I used them on may tailgate...but Mr Angry has a high dollar truck with "power" accessories.

[*** YELLER ***]

Yeah I know what you mean...I used them on may tailgate...but Mr Angry has a high dollar truck with "power" accessories.

Thanks bud Im glad to see your still lookin out fer me

[Tallchevy]

About 8 or 10 wires. When I took the driver power door off my parts truck I cut the harness. When I put it on my non-power 4Runner & only wired the driverside window so I could at least operate it. I haven't got the passenger side on yet but what plan to do is mount the window & door lock switches in the truck (no location picked yet, possible dash or center console). That should eliminate some of the wiring. Cut it & use some connectors.

[Doof]

when i did that it killed my clock... whats up with that?

driver door only dimmed it and make it reset everytime i turned my runner on. when i cut the pass side it just killed it 100%... w-t-f??

possible fix for it? or just live with the loss

[*** YELLER ***]

  http://www.waytekwire.com/automotive-wire-connector.htm

thats cool Nate thanks


looks like IM cuttin' them 

[79coyotefrg]

remove the door panel,  then you should see the plug  that unplugs it

[*** YELLER ***]

remove the door panel,  then you should see the plug  that unplugs it

cool thanks bud

[Alpine4x4]

Theres also one in the kick panel that can be unplugged.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488460

[*** YELLER ***]

Theres also one in the kick panel that can be unplugged.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488460

thats perfect thanks glad I didnt cut like so many suggested I do 

[93tonkatoy]

If you move the switches to the cab, you could use a set of contacts like these to make your doors removeable, if that is what you want.

http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductList.aspx?categorycode=3618

A little high $ for me, but it would work.

[WHITE_TRASH]

If you reach up in the dash the harness out of the door plugs in behind the dash as a unit.  Just unplug it there and pull it out of the cab problem solved.

[Rocksurfer]

Ahhh, the beauty of crank up windows and manual door locks, find a junker in the junkyard cut out the part of the harness to the doors splice them together and use them as a disconnect.

[*** YELLER ***]

Well you see Im using my power doors fer DD and Im making half doors fer da trail so I need to use both

[GA Runner]

is this easy to do. im 17 and want to drive around with my doors off. is it easy to put them back on ocasionally?

[WHITE_TRASH]

There are a couple ways to do it.  You can make pins that are removable.  Or do what I did thats WAY easy and fast to do.  Plus its cake to put the doors on or take them off.

I took the doors off and left the hinge on the cab.  I cut the top of the upper hole in each hinge so its like a U shape now instead of being a round hole.  On the bottom hinge I cut the upper hole almost all the way off.  I left about 1/8" of the original hole there to locate the lower part of the door.

Now I just run 2 bolts per door, both in the upper hole for each hinge.  I keep a 12mm ratchet wrench with me in the glove box now so all I have to do is loosen the bolts and lift it off, problem solved and its free.

[GA Runner]

how did yall get your doors off a cant find a wrench or anything to fit in there. do i need to remove the fenders to get in there?

[WHITE_TRASH]

Pull the hinges off the door not the cab... A 12mm end wrench fits just fine.