Has anyone swapped in a tailgate on a suburban that had barn doors? I'm looking for a burb and all I can seem to find are ones with barn doors. Any info, pics, or links would be great.
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Barn to tailgate rear door.
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y5mgisi
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I think this is a first! Long story short, its pretty easy to do pre 1985. After that its an ass pain.
What makes it harder on the newer models?
1BEATK5
1/2 ton status
that seems backwards from the norm
BLIDVL
1/2 ton status
First time I ever heard anyone wanting a tail gate instead of barn doors. Pre 83 everything's the same iirc. After 83/84 the rear sill is different as the funeral homes and ambulance companies quit using suburbans for the most part.
I have a 86 and an 89 burb and have replaced the rear sill,bulkhead whatever it's called on the 89 after I bought it because the tailgate was going to fall off due to rust. Buy a barn door Sub and don't look back,you'll be happier with it in the long run.
I have a 86 and an 89 burb and have replaced the rear sill,bulkhead whatever it's called on the 89 after I bought it because the tailgate was going to fall off due to rust. Buy a barn door Sub and don't look back,you'll be happier with it in the long run.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Maybe i meant pre 1983 then? interesting. Oh well.
I just did the opposite switched from tailgate to barn doors on a '76.
My 87 burb has the tailgate. Wanna trade? I hate it, wish I could switch to barn doors. It sucks having to lower the window, climb on the hitch(without falling) and reaching inside to open the gate. Wish I would have bought the barn doors back in 1987. Good luck.
I wanted to put barn doors on my '85 Burb too,even found a nice paor cheap in the junkyard--but when I got them home with all the hardware,hinges,etc,I discovered there is a whole different body for tailgate VS barn doors--only pre '77 Burbs had all the mounting points for both ,and you could simply unbolt one and put the other ones on--after that they changed the tail pan area and didn't put any reinforcements where the hinges for barn doors go,and even though it is possible to use a donor Burb with the barn doors to convert one from a tailgate,I wasn't into carving up the floor and hacking the hinge mounts in to mine...way too involved for me,thank you...
I dont like tailgates,and power windows in them either--but I found a decent one 99% rust free to replace my rotten one that works for 40 bucks on CL...still wish I had "swinging doors" though....wish GM didn't decide to change them after '77 and left things alone!..
I dont like tailgates,and power windows in them either--but I found a decent one 99% rust free to replace my rotten one that works for 40 bucks on CL...still wish I had "swinging doors" though....wish GM didn't decide to change them after '77 and left things alone!..
