Lothar
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It is my understanding that Global Parts has an exclusive right to sell contract with a Russian manufacturer that makes aftermarket fiberglass doors for the HMMWV. The 2 types I have seen are made to look like either the Hummer or the Military X doors. I purchased the H-1 style. They have power windows and power locks. Cost is $5k for a set of 4. Having no experiance at the time with doors and a truck with those garbage first gen Plan B doors, and under the advice of my builder, I was expecting a fairly good level of quality for that hefty price. I am posting this with the hope that others might not make the same mistake. These doors are a nightmare. To begin with, the driverside has never latched properly. The professional installer couldn't get it right and I've messed with it for hours and it still fails to open properly without catching and requiring some type of wrangling to finally open. That's just the beginning. The window on the passenger side seems to be mounted on a center pivot so that it never sits level. The motor is so weak that it can barely roll the window up, often it requires tapping the button to slowly work the window closed a quarter inch at a time. The keyed lock is fun. While the key turns the lock in the door, it is apparently just for show as it will neither lock nor unlock the door. The key fob for the power locks worked for almost a year but now my doors can't be locked at all. The pin that the latch grabs was so poorly fuse welded that my door came flying open on the highway when the pin snapped off of the mounting plate. The limiter strap hardware is roughly cut on a plasma table with no prep so that the hard edges cut the straps in half after just a couple months of use. The access panel to get inside the door is too small and poorly located to be able to try to fix any of the incredibly fragile and cheap construction of the various mechanisms. I swear there is a piece of coat hanger included in the lock. And a zip tie holds the inside door lever assembly in place. The exterior handles which are carbon steel weren't even coated before being glazed inside the doors. Which makes it next to impossible to coat perfectly and very prone to rusting. To top it off, Global does not answer the phone but asks that you leave a message. Don't bother leaving a message asking for any kind of help or support for your $5k purchase, it will only be ignored.
