I know it,s winter and most if not everyone are running with doors but I would like to revive this as a subject. Based on a conversation I had years ago with a police officer CJ,s built before 1986 are the only Jeep legally allowed to run without doors. The reason for this is Jeep,s of this era when purchased new at the dealer had doors listed as an option. Jeep was the ONLY manufacturer that ever had this option. All other series of Jeeps had doors installed by the factory and they were NOT optional. I was just reading a long thread over at BC 4x4.com about this topic and one of their members went to the trouble of contacting their motor vehicle branch which stated the exact same thing. We all see YJ, TJ JK,s out there in summer running doorless and pretty much everyone does not get hassled over it. Plus there is the convertible top issue, soft top doors don,t offer any protection.
Reality is, it,s pretty much up to the officer whether you get a ticket or not. If you do get a ticket and you are in a newer Jeep, you will probably lose and have to pay. More often than not if you are driving responsibly most officers will overlook no doors. And don,t forget to run mirrors both sides also.