Reviews for Armadillo Billet Mechanical Door Stops for 87-06 Jeep Wrangler YJ, TJ & Unlimited
These are decent for level ground daily use, but the aluminum wears out after a couple years. I'm on my 2nd set, and for the money am really not that impressed.
bought these in 2012. I like the way they work. However, they are wearing out. The hole the rod slides through is becoming elongated to the point it is about to break. They lasted a lot longer than the straps.
The piece was rubbing against the plastic under the glovebox in a 2000 Wrangler. The part that goes on top of the post on the body kept popping off in spite of the spring clip. The aluminum piece hole at the end that the slider goes through became oval. This is in about maybe 200 hours of driving in 2 years I wound up taping the aluminum piece to the post. In 10 hours the shaft bent and the steel post on the Jeep body half sheared off where it is bolted to the body. Very very disappointed
I came across these while looking for replacement door straps and thought “what the heck?” In 14 years I’d gone through my second set of straps (not a bad run of you think about it) and figured this was a good way to get a permanent solution plus with the detents would act like a typical car door. Hahaha....no. First off, no detents at all, just a straight rod. The tension on the sliders was enough to put more tension on the strap bar than it ever should but not enough to hold the door in any position. They simply pop on the the very top of the stock strap posts on the body side with those little spring clips holding them in place (and they fit sloppy at that) so they apply a ton of leverage with only the tension from the sliders. On the driver side you’d need to remove a wiring harness plug from its bracket and zip strip it up...I could live with that but figured it was also worth mentioning. Also, some reviews (I should’ve read before buying) say you might need to trim a little plastic from the corner of the driver side dash. I didn’t, but still worth mentioning.
All in all, they’re a nifty idea but poorly executed over-priced garbage and are getting returned tomorrow.
I ended up using about 20’ (around a yay and a half per side) of black 550 cord and just made my own - friendship bracelet style. Had some laying around so FREEBIE, but if you buy it we’re talking a couple bucks at Walmart or any craft store and you could even choose a color.
Just ordered and installed. Read the other reviews. Looked at the one picture provided. They don't tell in the instructions that on the drivers side, you may have to zip your wiring harness up higher so the piston doesn't meet with it. They also don't tell about using a utility knife to cut away a small section of the bottom of the plastic dash to prevent rubbing. The retainer (the metical clip that comes with the unit, it would be nice if they would define it!) is installed with the shaped or bent side facing up (with the two holes it can only install two ways!). Best practices: In the instructions is discusses how to adjust using a 13 mm wrench. What they don't tell you is don't extend it too far at all, if the treads are exposed the part on top of the post will get hung up on your door and it WILL NOT OPEN! It damaged mine a little. There is almost no adjustment, in fact the door will not open as wide as before installation. As an Engineer, it is not a very good design.
i used for some time, on a day with some strong wing the joint broke..... disappointing does not worth the investment...
If you have a YJ, don't buy these. Don't know about the other models. The existing bracket Armadillo Industries has you mount this to is not strong enough to support inward pressure from the door on a YJ. I've now had both sides of mine bend inward and had to disassemble both to straighten them out. I've talked to Armadillo Industries technical rep and they do not offer a solution for this design failure nor did they seem to care that it is a problem. I'm either going to have to take these out or design my own solution.
It's a really easy install but here are the problems. This will no way hold you door on any slope it has two positions . I'm on flat ground and if I just push the door a little it moves to the next position. Second on the driver side it hits my wiring harness and rubs the bottom corner of my dash. I have not decided if I want to keep them.
Big problem- I don’t have the post on the body that the end must fit onto. They are useless to me. Should have better instructions, and a warning that the post is required for instillation. Thought “uses existing holes and fasteners “ meant just the screws were needed.
Easy to install on my 2006 unlimited. But drivers side rod hit the wire harness under dash when closing door. I had to bent the bracket holding the wire harness to get rod to clear. Doors don't open as far as stock straps allowed, I am 6'4" , I need all the leg room I can get. They don't seem to be very heavy duty, I don't expect them to last as long as the stock straps. I would not recommend this product.