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Old 04-14-2008, 02:00 AM
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A start to tube doors

Well the weather was nice on Sunday so this is what I was working on. They are 1.5" od .25" thick square tube.



They aren't finished. I'm going to run another vertical bar from top to bottom closer to the hinge. I still need to figure out a latch, and I'm making a padded arm rest to go from the vertical rear post to the upper bar. I may fill in the opening with expanded mesh, and maybe fill the door sill with diamond plate to keep crap in. I still need to cap off the top of the vertical post as well as the bottom bar, then grind and paint.

Well, what do you think so far?

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Old 04-15-2008, 08:08 AM
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they dont look too shabby. you have the right idea, and for a low budget build you cant go wrong.. grab a blending wheel and clean up the welds and paint them.
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nice watch out for rocks coming up from the tires (my window cracked 1st day)

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those will look pretty BA once they're done

any one got any plans for a rear bumper for a '99 taco?
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Those are going to be a stout set...
I have a set of Dave's Off Road doors on my '81. I was kind of skeptical of the fence latch they used but no problems yet..


Though I would like to come up with something using a stock latch from a set of donor doors I have.
Hard to tell but http://4xinnovations.com/pages/guarding/doors.htm have a longer latch.

Sounds like you are on the right track for figuring out something to keep stuff in....Cel phones slide out very easy I know
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I was thinking on using the gate latch, but then I was thinking about using 2 rear tire carrier latches (but they are hard to find) So I decided on making my own gravity fed latches.. Something like this....



Sorry forgot to add the link......

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I was thinking on using the gate latch, but then I was thinking about using 2 rear tire carrier latches (but they are hard to find) So I decided on making my own gravity fed latches.. Something like this....

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Originally Posted by norcalsvx
Nice sticker.

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the sticker held the window toghter.. i need a new sticker now though-
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