[suzukikid]

Hey all I have a few totaled doors here... Gunna make some half doors! I have searched but can't find a DIY on it.....

What's the easiest way to do it?

Cheers

[alien]

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=33625&hilit=half+doors

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=27839&hilit=half+doors

[suzukikid]

Haha I'm the worst with searching! Cheers

[jono165]

Scribe/draw a line in the door where you want it to end up. Cut an inch or so above this line so you have some material to rivet/weld. I used a piece of 75x25 in the top of each door to for an armrest and notched it where the windscreen latch is. Cut the top section off the latch so the door can be flush across the top. Bit of carpet across the top so they don't get hot in the sun/cut myself on a sharp edge. I've repurposed the lock button to open the door when pushed down.

Gutting the doors gives heaps of extra room I ran some spare pinchweld around the edge of the cut so it wasn't sharp.





Photos are a bit average but you get the idea

[suzukikid]

Yep that's what I was after! So really just cut it and weld the 75mm steel in there.... Why did you leave the inch above the cut line? What did you do with the tabs?

[jono165]

Pretty much I made it up as I went along. I left the inch to fold over which I riveted to the steel in the top, if you weld it you probably don't need to but welding the thin metal could be a pain.

[suzukikid]

Yep gotcha! Thanks mate!

[suzukikid]

Well I started on the weekend! There all cut! Ill grab some steel this week! And see how they weld up....

[Hardtop crawler]

[quote="jono165"]Scribe/draw a line in the door where you want it to end up.

With your doors how you cut right above the locking mechanism
How did you go with no tampering with the lock ?
Marking mine out at the moment and I'm worried I'll have to cut just above the lock to save damaging it

[Blkfxx]

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=24063&hilit=half+door

[jimmey]

throw some piccies up for us??

[suzukikid]

I ended up getting way too carrie away with making mine look good!

Haha so much work! Welding grinding ect... Came up awsome though! But havnt done the passengers one as the drivers put me off with all te hours in it!








Just realised I don't have a photo with it all painted up! Haha but you get the idea!

I had to cut the top off the latch so I could keep the line I wanted

[suzukikid]

They are awsome to drive with!

[got_bar_work]

No cup holder in the top?

[suzukikid]

Nah got between my knees for that! Hahaha thought has crossed my mind! But as much as the body on my Zook is absoluty rooted everything I seem to do I get carried away with.... If I was to put a cup holder in there I would want to weld the edges down.... And what can I weld in there?

[henno]

You really need to take an inch off the top of the door above the top hinge so it lines up with the bonnet. Looks heaps better and is henno OCD approved.

[buzbox]

Here's mine:

Easy hack job.

[suzukikid]

Definatly not changing it now! Haha I like them more when it follows the bottom line of the bonnet.... Each to there own I guess!

[suzukikid]

Sorry windscreen not bonnet! Haha

[jimmey]

any pics of them on the car man?

[Blkfxx]

suzukikid wrote:

[jimmey]

Blkfxx wrote:

suzukikid wrote:

HOLY SHIT hahahahahaha that snorkel

[suzukikid]

Only snorkle I can't break! Haha tryed exhaust it's crushes and PVC explodes! This snorkle you do what ever ya want to it

[AckerDackerly]

Holy crap!

I was going to post a link but all the great info shown here is much better than anything I have to offer!

This thread is now IN Ack's FAQ!

[jonno_racing]

Same snorkel as I run!

[mrlj2u]

Not the right thread, I know. But I am looking for a pair of sierra or coily door cards in reasonable condition to buy. If you blokes are cutting up doors you's might have some you no longer need ???