4Yoter

Hey there so I have been looking around and I have a good idea of what i want to do just wanted some more opinions.

I want to be able to take my doors off my 91 4runner easier when i go wheeling. I want something like what the wabbit offers or some other vendors, but i am a poor starving college student so i cant pay that much.

I was thinking of just taking out the center pin that holds the two halves of the hinge together, and replacing it with some pins like the one the wabbit has. (I found some at a local ace hardware)



What do u guys think, do u think it would be an easy way to remove doors quickly? And if u have already done this is there any thing i should know before getting started?

O an luckily I dont have power locks or windows.

camo31_10.50

in theory it sounds like it will work??

but idk if the pin you describe (the removable one from ACE) will interfere with the door shutting or not???
I'll try it tomorrow..i got a bunch of those for our brush-hogs and tillers and such

87AzRunner

exactomundo. all you need is a hack saw or angle grinder and about 3 or 4 bux a hinge

oh an cut the hinges with the doors off, you wont like trying to hold a door in the air haha

4Yoter

from wut i could tell i dont think i would interfere with shutting the door i might have to check it every once in a while to make sure it hasnt shifted

87AzRunner

no interference. rubs a bit of paint off but no biggie

4Yoter

ya and the pins i would get are rounded like up top and are a bit more low pro then the squares u got. Wut diameter did u use? another thread said 5/16 work good

87AzRunner

5/16 is spot on just make sure when you cut the stock pins to retain the copper spacer and it'll be perfect. the round ones are the way to go btw. its a good hour project i wanna make some tube doors with bolt on stock skins but i need a new cut off wheel. oh and a garage. and a day off lol.

4Yoter

O and out of curiosity wut do u use for mirrors when u take your doors off or do u just take them off when u wheel. and what part of Az u in?

4Yoter

ya one of my friends and i are gona install a BL and some rear coils i got, at the shop at the airforce base here. its like $4-5 an hour and they have full lifts and tons of tools to use

87AzRunner

i built half doors, but you need a drivers mirror and rearview mirror to be legal in az, im sure you could bend a piece of flat stock to hold the stock mirror onto the hinge when you go doorless. im in glendale now by the cardinal stadium but lived in wittmann/surprise and still frequent there haha

4Yoter

O kewl i would like some half or tube doors but for now this is fine. I actually use mirrors off of my old dirt bike bolted to the hinge it works prrty good. One more question when u take the pin out does the copper ring come out easily or does it have some friction on it. I just dont wana loose it when i take the doors off each time

87AzRunner

they actually stay in the hinge you just dont want to mangle them when you cut an pull/wiggle/hammer/ or whatever the old pins out. w/o the copper rings the pins are a complete different size or you have a lot of play issues

4Yoter

oo Ok thx i will most likely be doing this tomarrow or today actually since its past 12, but i will use a hack saw on it and see how it does

4Yoter

Hurray I finally found the time. I got my new door hinges put together. They work great. now i just need to find a way to install a mirror, since my old mounting spot now gets disconnected. Hmmmmm any ideas (without drilling into body panels)

camo31_10.50

hmmm..maybe make a mount that uses the pin? of course it would wiggle around alot

uhm..drillin the body is about the only thing bud..it wont be that bad..i had to drill my doors..LOL

874runnersr5

I made a set, works flawless..
i love em

stock as possible

any more pics from anyone that's done this of what's actually removed/cut off?

874runnersr5

Not really much to it, open door, get a 5" angle grinder, cut the middle of the pin. Put a flat head screw driver it in, twist the screw driver to separate the pin, get a centre punch and knock out one side, then do the other pin. Save the bushings, then slide in the quick release hinges.

874runnersr5

to add one, your going to want to grind down some of the bolt where the botton part of the quick release hooks. Look at hte right bolt on the pic above.

4Yoter

Thats the same thing i did except i order for my to slide the quick pins in i Had to grind side of the top part int the pin so it would fit past the bolt that holds the doors half of the hinge on, without grinding the bolt. i just need to mount a mirror and im legal. I will post pictures tomarrow