by Mark Nixon » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:03 pm
The '81-'86 doors are a much better product and don't have the vents, which cure the lower hinge "pullout" issue.
It's really a night and day difference, but the '81-'85 doors have the wrong door latches, so that means swapping them OR the striker pin on the door jamb.
1986 doors have the smaller pin, but beware, sometime in later 1986 is when Dodge started to switch to the weaker vented doors.
The vent window assembly also changed in @ 1986 or 1987, I believe.
Mark.