Reviews for Armadillo Billet Mechanical Door Stops for 87-06 Jeep Wrangler YJ, TJ & Unlimited
Love these. These get rid of the straps and replaces them with something that will hold the door open. Great product, pretty easy install.
Easy install!
I love them. It takes 5 mins to install. They should supply visual instructions instead of written though.
Purchased these after having the original straps rot out, replacing them with other straps that rotted out, and then using 550 cord instead. They are great and keep the doors from swinging wild. They won't always hold the door open on an incline, but that hasn't caused me any issues I didn't already deal with using 550 cord and straps. Really happy with them.
This is a great way to keep your doors from flying open of slamming closed in the wind.
I really like the way these keep the doors from flying open on windy days when exiting.
This is well made and good attention to detail. Each was easy to install and took a matter of a few minutes for each side. You re-use the mounting screws for the footman loop on the door. On the body end, you re-use the post. No drilling and simple to return to stock; so no permanent alterations.
There were two things I needed to work around. First, I had to move the under-dash wiring harness over a smidge on the driver side of my '05 Rubicon due to the rod pressing against the wires when the door is closing. Second, the plastic dash trim on the passenger side got in the way of installation, but it was a simple fix. With pocket knife, I trimmed a quarter inch from the plastic dash trim to make this fit.
They figured out a way to make it easy to remove the doors without disassembly. The whole unit stays with the door. It is not a silent operation when opening and closing the door. It pops as it settles into the groove to hold the door in place. There is enough holding power to keep the door open under usual day to day driving. If I'm on a hill, even a small one, it is not strong enough to keep the door open. If it were strong enough to handle hills, it would be too stiff for otherwise normal use.
It's nice that the door don't close by themselves. Good product
I would definitely recommend these to a friend. When I got my Jeep there was nothing and the door swung all the way until the mirror hit the fender. Reading all the reviews on the "straps" seemed like that would be a waste of money so I got a set of these. They are excellent. They work just like any other car door. There is a challenge to get the screws into the door without dropping them down in the door panel but I was able to get it done. I have actually used the clip feature twice. Flip the clip and the body comes off the post so the door can open (until the mirror hits the fender). It's been about 4 months and the driver side is beginning to show some wear but at this pace I think they will last about two years. (obviously that's a guess)
Passenger side did not work properly. Replaced: so far, so good