OK my 2 cents. my 86 has the tailgate, 94 barn doors. i love both for there utility. but got to admit when hitching horse trailer barn doors are the best, open them up and back up to the trailer and its a one shot deal because you can almost see the trailer ball, and thats a plus, also loading and unlaoding feed is better with barn doors, the old tailgate has had way to many bails of hay and bags of feed droped on it and had to replace tail pan hinge support, but the 94 aslo needed a hinge pin set on passenger side, that aint no better to replace. its a pain in the ass, and makes replaceing a regular hinge pin on a car feel like a walk in the park. but the tailgate is good when i need to pick up 10' or longer lumber at my local sawmill. but seeing this is my wifes vehicle i have to go with what she likes and thats the barn doors, for ease the tailgate is real heavy for her to close.
when you put the door trim pannel screws back it put a dab of locktite on them first and that should solve the problem MN_burban.
p.s. :twisted:
THE WIFE CALLS THEM THE URBAN ASSALT VEHICLES, AND WONT DRIVE ANYTHING ELSE ON A TRIP OR INTO THE BIG CITY!