It's not the wiring connector that's the problem. That itself takes 5 seconds to pull out along with the door strap. Even if there were no wiring you still have to remove the 4 torx screws on each door latch so 8 for the JK and 16 for the JKU. How else would the door stay on?
Autoblog reports that AEV intends to stop building Brutes after this year. And it will only take orders until March 31st.
The AEV Brute was always such a cool idea and fun to admire but the conversion was always overly expensive - $42 grand! And you still have to supply them with a Wrangler...
I don't think the Wrangler pickup needs to have some very high payload or towing #'s to sell well. Most of the people who buy it will be 'casual' or 'lifestyle' (yea I hate that term too) owners who'll daily drive the car and occasionally throw some mulch bags, fertilizer, garage equipment in...