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Old 04-28-2005, 09:52 AM
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Doors Are for Freakin Pansies...

Since I hate doors; how hard would it be to take the doors off my 97 tacoma and then put them on again...you know if like a hurricane hit or something.

no, seriously.
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Not hard. I know on 3rd gens you can modify the hinge to make some sort of quick release.
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Originally Posted by GodwinAustin
Since I hate doors; how hard would it be to take the doors off my 97 tacoma and then put them on again...you know if like a hurricane hit or something.

no, seriously.
Oh Heck ya!!! Right on man, I say go for it! It's a door-less revolution for spring and summer!
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doors arent only for pansies. they r also for people who have immature hicks at their school who would seriously mess up your interior if you came to school w/ no doors. They would learn their lesson. Id get mad. Then weld their lug nuts to their rims. hehe. Im a little devil
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unless their rims are steel and you have some type of prtable welder thats not going to work

and um if a hurricane hits your truck, i dotn think you not having doors is going to matter at all......
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Originally Posted by jimabena74
unless their rims are steel and you have some type of prtable welder thats not going to work

and um if a hurricane hits your truck, i dotn think you not having doors is going to matter at all......
Nah my truck went through 3 hurricans this year. The yota came through unscathed.
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I am pretty sure it's illegal to drive on the street without doors - at least in some states it is. Might want to check on that too.
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Originally Posted by 91Toyota4x4
Nah my truck went through 3 hurricans this year. The yota came through unscathed.
I second that!

Also, having no doors might get you puller over. My bro got pulled over for not having doors on a camaro.
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Originally Posted by <96 Runner>
I am pretty sure it's illegal to drive on the street without doors - at least in some states it is. Might want to check on that too.
Well I seen a ton of wranglers, and some old Broncos with their doors off in the summer.... (no tacomas yet
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Originally Posted by <96 Runner>
I am pretty sure it's illegal to drive on the street without doors - at least in some states it is. Might want to check on that too.
Yeah, Christian brings up a good point. I believe in Washington state, you have ot have some kind of lip around the bottom about 4" high or so. The idea is to keep any loose items that might be on the floor inside the vehicle.
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Most states have a law regarding 2" of metal at the bottom of the doors. That's why jeeps and sammi's can get away with it..legally. It's built into the tub of the vehicle.

Ohio has the law too, I have tube doors and have never been hassled.
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up here, not having doors is ok, but you need to have side mirrors, which are almost always attached to the doors...
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Originally Posted by 82trekker
Most states have a law regarding 2" of metal at the bottom of the doors. That's why jeeps and sammi's can get away with it..legally. It's built into the tub of the vehicle.

Ohio has the law too, I have tube doors and have never been hassled.

CA has this law as well... if i ever do it, i will get a pice of thin plate and drill a couple holes with threaded rivit inserts, then weld a t handle on a bolt to attach the plates, that way i have a easily removeable lip that wont interfere with regular door use when its removed
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Does anybody know the law for texas?
I know you only need one mirror.
I have been pulled over here for speeding with no doors and the copper nothing about the doors.
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Originally Posted by getitdone
Does anybody know the law for texas?
I know you only need one mirror.
I have been pulled over here for speeding with no doors and the copper nothing about the doors.
but did you pretend to roll down an imaginary window when he walked up along the side of your rig?
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^ that's awesome
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Originally Posted by SizzleChest
up here, not having doors is ok, but you need to have side mirrors, which are almost always attached to the doors...
you guys are required to have the side mirrors..? i think here, as long as you have either the side-mirrors, or the rear-view your legal.. or was it that you just need the side mirrors.. rear-view is optional.. i can't remember.
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in CA you need to have whatever mirrors your truck was originally equipped with.... the only out on that is if there is some major obstruction rendering the rear vieu useless, like a topper or a lumber rack/headache bar that totally blocks it, then its allowed to be removed.....
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Originally Posted by jimabena74
in CA you need to have whatever mirrors your truck was originally equipped with.... the only out on that is if there is some major obstruction rendering the rear vieu useless, like a topper or a lumber rack/headache bar that totally blocks it, then its allowed to be removed.....
yea, probably the same for here aswell..
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Here in hawaii if you took your doors off your car, not only would all your stuff be missing. There might even be someone sleeping in your car when you return. Plus you need the doors to keep out all the hot chicks from jsut climbing into your truck and having thier way with you. I do the no door thing if I had a cheaper interior setuo though. I would rhino line the inside, and spray it down after I got back from the trails


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