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Tube Door Question?

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I just perchased blazenoffroad.com's tube door setup..I plan to put them on but want to know what people have been doing to keep the cold out . Say for winter running and how you all keep the rain out too? I dont want to keep puting my doors on and off the truck.....

Any thoughts?
 
for the winter wear warmer clothes.:D the rain doesn't come in as much as you think it would. get a nice waterproof jacket and keep it behind the seat.
 
lol... ill be wearing warm clothes any ways--(no heat) but Here in New England the weather changes so much that its just unpredictable and Id rather not replace floor pans every year
 
Replace floor pans because water gets in there? Bedline the floors, or paint/seal them right, and you shouldn`t have a problem....
 
Thats a good thought, Where do you get some inexpensive yet good liners from and what is prep for them?
 
herculiner kits are cheap and seem to do the job. also what if you just did the quick door hinge release for your doors?
 
Where are you located in mass? I would love to see your rig and your tube doors when you get them. I might want to buy a set but wanna know what it will look like first.
 
I agree. I pulled my full doors off when I got to Blazer Bash when I went...then bolted up my tube doors and had fun. Three days later I unbolted the tube doors and put the full doors back on. It's not that hard, and I don't have quick disconnects yet.

I have driven with full doors but a busted passenger window when it was in the teens and snowing. I was dressed very warmly and still near froze to death. I can't imagine doing that with tube doors (and no heat)

Rene
 
The doors are just going to be a pain in the a$$ to take off and put on for this truck since its so high..Not to mention lining the doors up everytime...So Id rather not do much changing.. Basically it will only be on the street in the bad stuff (heavy snow storms)..But as far as rain goes Id really wouldnt perfer a flood in the truck-liner or not.. If I drive it in the windter ill let you know after I thaw out
 
In my mind tube doors are for summer and full doors are for winter :dunno:
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even in texas, where we rarely drop under 30, i wouldn't want to run tube doors 365 days a year. but, if you must, why not try some sheet plastic from a boat place? basically what jeeps have their windows made of? not much for insulation but at the very least, it's a wind-break.
 
so are we gonna get some pics of your new doors or what?! :)
 
I have not recieved my new doors yet.. but when I do I will get pictures for you..both before and after.. Hopefully they will be here this week. I want to put a plug in style heater or a remote heater to keep the cab warm and a big rig style prop fanof the roof the move the air.

Well here in mass it can get below zero and a wind chill far below -30 with more than 120 inches of snow (thus use of the truck in winter).. The factory doors i have now barely keep water out...

hopefully i can get my paint job going too (camo with "POW-MIA" Symbol on the hood)
 
if you make the pins removeable then you will eliminate lining up the gaps when you swap the full doors back on. both hinge halves will stay in place on the doors and cab. whatever your gaps are now they will be the same when you put the door back on years later as long as you don't tweak anything.
 
Here's a thought. why not put some kinda tabs or sliders on the tube doors so you could slide some sheet metal or what have you in the slots. It would essentially be a 1/2 enclosed door, but better than nuttin. And you could pull the panels and have full tube doors.

What say thee?
 
^^I agree, go with quick release hinge pins and never look back.

As for winter driving why in the world wouldn't you just fix the heater?

10ft of snow in Mass., that's a good one. :haha:
 
I bougth my tube doors used from a buddy. He made vinyl skins for the doors with vinyl from a boat shop and some snaps. The vinyl skins snap on and off.

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I still wouldn't recommend this for cold weather driving but it does help keep some air and water off you. I drove this truck DD in colorado a couple winters ago and I just put the full doors back on for the winter. I did get in a couple rain storms with the tube doors on and the setup shown was ok for that. You don't get all that wet even in a good rainstorm.

I did make small deflector plates that I screwed to the body down at the lower front corner of the tube doors though to act as water deflectors for water coming off the tires. It helped alot but wasn't a complete cure.

If your gonna sport tube doors all year in Mass invest in some heavily insulated Carhartts and a facemask. Its gonna be cold.

Harley
 
Marv Springer built these tube doors for his K5 back in the days when he still had it it was a DD. They weren't burly tube doors like you bought but you could use the idea and adapt it to your doors. He made snap in and out clear windows using the clear flexible plastic like they make Jeep windows out of so he could see out of them. He DD'ed this truck in the winter but it was only Phoenix. Mass will get a little colder and the gaps might make things drafty and cold.

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Harley
 
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