Lets see your tube door latches!!!

[fortcollinsram]

Well I started building some tube doors last night for the K5 and I have the passenger side pretty much done but I have a problem. I have noteven though of a way to latch it yet. So let me see what you guys have done to latch your tube doors and keep them from rattling around....

Chris

 

[tRustyK5]

I used these...they work with the factory striker if you remove the nylon roller first.

http://www.austinhardware.com/product.asp?dept%5Fid=84&pf%5Fid=876

With these you can slam the tube door and it'll latch just like the regular doors.

You'll need a left and a right.

Rene

 

[garlicbreath]

How much were those latches? Their website sayd you have to contact a salesman about pricing.

 

[steve_kibbe]

Here's a pic I found, not sure who's truck it is though.

 

[mrk5]

As I remember jms's tube doors have a latch similar to that. Maybe he'll post up pics. I just remember thinking how simple and effective they were.

They were made by Pimp Offroad, BTW.

 

[mrk5]

Pimp Offroad asked me not to post closeups as that will hurt their business, and I intend to respect that.

That's cool, I understand that. At least we got their name plugged a couple of times.

 

[bigbluesuburban]

Pimp Offroad

Ok, I give up... I can not find a web page for this company. How do I contact them?

 

[steve_kibbe]

Here's the link

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151401&highlight=tube+doors

 

[tRustyK5]

How much were those latches? Their website sayd you have to contact a salesman about pricing.

They came with my tube doors as part of the kit at the time. I'd prolly just give tem a call and see how much they are. I can't imagine them being very spendy at all. It's real nice to be able to just push the door closed instead of having to lift a latch or something.

Rene

 

[BozoWise]

My tube doors from DIY have worked flawless. I would highly recomend them. Here is a picture of the latch. There are much more pictures of the doors on my post in the sig. line.

 

[hawkeye649]

I have been working on a pair of cut-out doors, just to make the door jam/sill look nicer and I've modified an OEM latch... maybe when I get it all finished I'll post up if it worked or not...