Removable 1st gen doors?
04-26-2006, 07:58 AM
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Removable 1st gen doors?
Hello to all-
I took the doors off my 88 4Runner the other day. It was pretty easy, but I want easier. I thought about grinding out and removing the hinge pin and replacing it with a big bolt with a cotter pin on one end for quick removal. My worries about that method is fitment. I don't want the door to rattle too much when on an I don't want it to "tilt" when I open the door (know what I mean?). Another method I thought of is fabbing some Jeep-like exterior hinges. If anyone has taken off a Jeeps doors, you know how easy that is. So...I'm sure theres another thread about this somewhere, I just can't find it. Does anyone have suggestions, pictures, things to look out for, etc.? Thanks!
-Marty
I took the doors off my 88 4Runner the other day. It was pretty easy, but I want easier. I thought about grinding out and removing the hinge pin and replacing it with a big bolt with a cotter pin on one end for quick removal. My worries about that method is fitment. I don't want the door to rattle too much when on an I don't want it to "tilt" when I open the door (know what I mean?). Another method I thought of is fabbing some Jeep-like exterior hinges. If anyone has taken off a Jeeps doors, you know how easy that is. So...I'm sure theres another thread about this somewhere, I just can't find it. Does anyone have suggestions, pictures, things to look out for, etc.? Thanks!
-Marty
04-26-2006, 10:12 AM
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i dont get it
I see what you've done to the hinges in the picture (opened up the upper mounting hole and replaced the hinge pin with a bolt), but I guess I don't see how that helps. Of course, the bolt hinge is a good idea, but if that is the part you remove, are there problems with rattling, etc? What do you do with the cut-open upper hinge mount?
-Marty
Oh, do you only put in the upper bolts on the hinge mount, then you only have to loosen them a little (or not at all if you don't completely tighten them in the first place) and lift the door up out of the half-holes. Cool! If that's what happens there, I think I'll try it. Good job!
-Marty
Oh, do you only put in the upper bolts on the hinge mount, then you only have to loosen them a little (or not at all if you don't completely tighten them in the first place) and lift the door up out of the half-holes. Cool! If that's what happens there, I think I'll try it. Good job!
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04-09-2007, 09:19 AM
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You leave the top bolts slightly threaded in the door and place the door onto the hinges. Take your nice shiny 12mm ratchet wrench and tighten them up. I have the same on my 84 4Runner. Take about 20 seconds to take them off and maybe 45 seconds to a minute to get them on. I don't run the bottom bolts, just the top two.
04-09-2007, 09:44 AM
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What do you guys do about mirrors? Its illegal where i live to run without atleast a driver side mirror. Had a buddy get ticketed for having his yota doors off because no mirrors.
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