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Can I make tube door out of the whole doors? Also post pics of tube doors please
- Thread starter howdiy
- Start date
sope said:
Yes and no...
I got those from Laketex when he was selling them many moons ago. I just got a box of pieces. I then bent up the upper tube and modified the formed door hinge part and fit the whole thing up about 4" lower than intended to get the bottom bar nearer to the floor.
I know where to get the rotary latches and have a tube bender...it's not a really tough thing to build.
I will eventually add some vinyl snap on covers that close off the bottom gap and make em look more door like so i can actually run them without getting hassled...or having crap roll out of the truck.
Rene
sope
1/2 ton status
They look good. I'm probably going to make half doors soon because i have no bender or experience bending. I was kind of fishing to see if someone local (you) was making them.
sandawgk5
3/4 ton status
Muddytazz said:
.80 wall is actually closer to Monster truck link size. That is almost 1" wall thickness
. Just thought I would point that out
Dik
Ha, looks like me and mrk5 did exactly what you guys want. (these are not for sale, just use the ideas if you want when you build your own!)
My doors use the factory door latch. This is awesome because you can just slam the door, no lifting the latch handle, shutting door, and then lowering latch handle (like i've seen on other tube doors).
http://photobucket.com/albums/y177/MrK5/Misc Blazer Pics/?action=view¤t=DSCF2808.flv
Here is how we made a handle for the latch...
I don't have any close up pics of the hinges but they are "jeep style" so you can simply lift up on the door and it pops out. They are stock hinges with the bottom part of the hinge and bottom half of the pin cut off. This retains the "stop" so your door does not fly all the way out and hit your front fender, and also gets rid of the spring that keeps a full-weight door open, but are too much resistance for a light tube door. Safety pins like in my hinge pin article are a good idea.
Final result:
As a side note I originally tried contacting the place TrustyK5 "knows" about getting the latches. It is a hardware supplier in British columbia if I remember correctly and a commercial one at that. So trying to get only 2 latches from him seemed extremely difficult and after a couple calls to him and his bad attitude I gave up and that's why the factory latches came into play.
My doors use the factory door latch. This is awesome because you can just slam the door, no lifting the latch handle, shutting door, and then lowering latch handle (like i've seen on other tube doors).
http://photobucket.com/albums/y177/MrK5/Misc Blazer Pics/?action=view¤t=DSCF2808.flv
Here is how we made a handle for the latch...
I don't have any close up pics of the hinges but they are "jeep style" so you can simply lift up on the door and it pops out. They are stock hinges with the bottom part of the hinge and bottom half of the pin cut off. This retains the "stop" so your door does not fly all the way out and hit your front fender, and also gets rid of the spring that keeps a full-weight door open, but are too much resistance for a light tube door. Safety pins like in my hinge pin article are a good idea.
Final result:
As a side note I originally tried contacting the place TrustyK5 "knows" about getting the latches. It is a hardware supplier in British columbia if I remember correctly and a commercial one at that. So trying to get only 2 latches from him seemed extremely difficult and after a couple calls to him and his bad attitude I gave up and that's why the factory latches came into play.
Clod_King
1/2 ton status
How often do you get hassled about those doors?? Enough to go with half doors instead??
tRustyK5, post up when you do the vinyl. I was thinking of doing the same thing. I'd like to eventually drive all summer with the top and doors off, but I would like a way to button up when the thunder storms roll in. Solution: Soft top and tube doors with snap on vinyl skins and acrylic or polycarbonate drop in windows.
