Safari Doors for the 4runner?
Apr 23, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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I have never seen a pair, but I think I know what you mean. This summer I plan on modding a pair of tube doors to hold a rigid small diameter tube frame with zip out or snap windows. It will be very similar to the "soft" FJ & jEEp doors.
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Apr 26, 2006 | 07:04 AM
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Apr 26, 2006 | 08:40 AM
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what I want to do is take this:
and combine it with something like this:
I want the open feel of a tube door, but with the protection from rain & mud that soft doors offer. Plus you'll be able to zip or snap the windows on or off depending on preference.
If I had a drawing or design program I could show you what I mean.
and combine it with something like this:
I want the open feel of a tube door, but with the protection from rain & mud that soft doors offer. Plus you'll be able to zip or snap the windows on or off depending on preference.
If I had a drawing or design program I could show you what I mean.
Apr 28, 2006 | 05:28 PM
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no worries 85 4runner (by the way, love you rig in your icon) this is exactly what I mean. Looks like fabbing might be the best way to go since I want something to keep junk from sliding out of the cab (like the high step-over sills on my jeep) but still lets me have that wide-open feeling that I love so much from my 1st gen.
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Apr 28, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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cool, sounds like we're on the same page with this. I really find it kind of hard to believe nobody has done this yet. It really seems like a mod that could be done relatively easy. I ordered my tube doors yesterday from Marlin(they're on sale for $129/pr. BTW) so I hope to have my safari doors fabbed & done sometime after SE4RJ3.
Apr 28, 2006 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 1985 4Runner
what I want to do is take this:
Oh, and all those stickers must add some horspower
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Apr 28, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimmeh
What the hell is that lever on the stick? Is that a clutch?
Oh, and all those stickers must add some horspower
Oh, and all those stickers must add some horspower
It disengages the locking mechanism for the shifter. I have one on mine.
And stickers add RWHP, you know that! That's why I have so many.
Apr 30, 2006 | 06:14 PM
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These are sort of ghetto fabbed, but I made some tube doors a few years ago, and then I added some aluminum panels to them later:
This is the only pic I could find with the panels in place, but you get the idea.
This is the only pic I could find with the panels in place, but you get the idea.
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