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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 07:26 PM
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Put on the tube doors!!

Finally got around to finishing em' up and puttin them on... Huge improvement on visibility.

I was thinkin about putting some sheet metal siding on them, what do you think??

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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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Nice man!
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 08:05 PM
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Looks great. Are those 31's?
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 09:58 PM
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Hey where did you get those from? Did you fab them. They are some good looking tube doors. Looks like it has the bracket for the mirror!
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 86autoyota

Nice doors and shot, that's a gnarly angle man, very tippy.

As for adding side sheet metal...that would take away from the visibility...but if you did weld up sides, keep 'em the metal color and put it on the inside, that would look good!

And now you need some other tube to match, sliders bumpers etc

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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:06 PM
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i think some sheet metal would look pretty good, it looks good like it is too
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 10:35 PM
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damn dude! looks killer... i vote leave them as is...

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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 05:20 AM
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if youre gonna think about puttin sheet metal on, consider black diamond plate.
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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 06:16 AM
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I vote no to the sheet metal. Did you make those? I like that design much better than the typical 'U' shaped doors. Is that a mirror mount I see?
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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 06:22 AM
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Those look cool, time to start playing around with my welder
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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 08:25 AM
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hope u dont mind but i put mine in, put a white sheet metal. i do like yours better thoe.
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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 08:32 AM
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Look at your first pic.... the answer to sheet metal is obvious. Where the heck is your buddy gonna put his foot if you put sheet metal on them?


I have a set of AOR doors from years ago. I might need to get them out this summer for the runner, yours look great and they are extremely handy when crawling!
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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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My friend started them and gave them to me partially done so i just had to finish em up, he did a great job with the design and styling i think.

Today i put the regular doors back on but modified the hinges by cutting out the pins and replaced them with removable ones so that the doors can be swapped very quickly, very glad i found pins that were just the right size so that theres absolutely no rattle or sagging with the regular doors on.

And i think im just going to leave them as is because of the visibility factor.

and to answer somebody's question yes those are 31's (Hancook MT's)
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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 03:59 PM
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also yes they have brackets for mirrors
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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 04:16 PM
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Doors look sick. Those look like some fun trails.
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Old Jun 17, 2010 | 09:50 AM
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were they custom made? those look sick. im trying to decide whether or not to have some tube doors made or to go with half doors.
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Old Jun 17, 2010 | 11:17 AM
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That looks like three feathers at Chivo. Doors looks sick man. Where do you wheel around Tucson usually? I'm hoping to get back out to Reddington July 11th.
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 04:22 PM
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found a local guy to make me some. $225. not bad at all.
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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the whole point of tube doors is visibility...put sheet metal on them and you might was wheel have half doors
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 06:23 PM
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That looks like three feathers at Chivo. Doors looks sick man. Where do you wheel around Tucson usually? I'm hoping to get back out to Reddington July 11th.
You would be correct sir haha we just ran down to the cottonwoods and back that day cause it was so hot. My parents live in tanque verde valley so i run up to reddington probably every other weekend, but once school starts im gonna be out by star pass so i most likely wont be getting out there as much. I'm headin up to flagstaff to do some wheeling and riding in early July but should be back by the 11th, im always lookin for some yotas to wheel with!! Ive done Charleu gap a few times but thats a bit of a drive and also a very long day, and then theres some pretty fun washes out off of valencia and houghton.

And thanks im loving the doors!!
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