[Fatzook]

I am going to make up a set this weekend for my zook and I will post pic and an approximate price ( after I know how much work is involved ).

If anyone is interested or has pics of a design they would like please post here.

Peter

[lump_a_charcoal]

I am interested...

Something like this, with a latch.

[ODA1]

sounds good and the pic above looks great!

[lump_a_charcoal]

I personally would make the top bar a larger OD, as it may be more comfy to lean on...

I suppose another option is to put roll bar padding on it too...

Anyway Fatzook, if you can make sets of these then I reckon you could sell them!

[Zook_Fan]

yeah i would be up for a set for a decent price

[smileysmoke]

and maybe leave em plain.. cheaper then peeps can paint whatever colour they want?

[lump_a_charcoal]

yeah, for sure... I am painting daisies on mine!

[lump_a_charcoal]

I might get a price too, that way we can see who is getting a better deal...

[morpheus]

im definately interested, i just modified mine so the doors can be removed. but thats not legal, but a half door or tube door makes it legal
and with a tube door, you could attach a motor bike handlebar mirror to it easily and not have to mount mirrors to the car.

i put my hand up for a pair. and maybe my GF would b interested 4 her zook

[steve]

ahh and so the legal debate begins

[morpheus]

haha, i called Vehicle modifications & standards yesterday & asked the question about the doors.

he said, if the car came with doors, it must have doors fitted. so i asked about tube and half doors & he said thats ok because the car is before the era of side impact bars. so long as its got some form of a door attached it was ok.

i'd say the tube door would offer more protrection than the standard tin door any way.

and as for the info above, thats just what some guy told me on the phone & may be different in other states.

either way. i would love a set of those doors.

[Trojan]

steve wrote:

ahh and so the legal debate begins

I'd actually be interested in the legal side. Will have to chase it up for myself one day as i own a Coily and supposed to have intrusion bars. From the intrusion bars i have seen, including those which were retro fitted to my old 300ZX before it was complied, a set of tube doors look far stronger.

[steve]

yer i'm not saying they're illegal, i don't know. But i have never seen any vehicle in Australia driving around with tube doors. Except LJs with their wierdo little cross bars.

[lump_a_charcoal]

I wouldn't use them for street driving anyway, I would simply put them in the back, and swap when I get to the trail, but it would be good to know for sure anyway...

[steve]

hehe i have thought about that too lumpy, but what do you do with your nromal doors at the trail? they won't fit in the back... have to hide them in the bush?

[lump_a_charcoal]

Chain them up to a tree -
Note - Only works if you come out the way you went in...

[steve]

hehe, make sure they're locked and the window is up

[Dee]

i saw a black jeep driving round in brisbane a few months ago with tube doors...

[morpheus]

i saw a new jeep soft top with what looked like a tube door with black vinal outer skin same as the rag top. and postie vans with the door slid back. maybe with the tube door u could screw some clear perspex to the outside. then its a "solid" door but clear.

[Dee]

or you could get some vinyl/canvas covers made up with velcro straps that loop round the back of the door. Soft doors on road, tube doors off.

and if you wanna get serios fatzook, you could settle on at least say an outer frame design/shape, (inner bars could still be customised design/made to order?) then send a set to maria at mucanvas to make up a prototype/template set of "soft door" covers.

bit of a business venture for ya

[just_cruizin]

steve wrote:

hehe, make sure they're locked and the window is up

just leave them at Bruce's place as per normal

[Nik]

Pre coily IS legal to run doorless provided you still have mirrors. Pre coilies dont have side intrusion bars (adr39) so theres no need for them. So check your compliance plate and if there is no adr 39 your sweet.
And yeah those doors look sweet
Nik

[Zook_Fan]

so have you made up a set yet?

[Nik]

Yeah what he said? Price?
Nik

[lump_a_charcoal]

I am going to try and price some next week too...

[Fatzook]

Yeah I have them tacked together now. just sorting out the hinges and latch and they are done. Hopefully this weekend. Building my house is sapping a fair bit of my time at the moment.

Pete

[Zook_Fan]

suzuki's are more important then a place to live

[MUD-PIG]

Im interested in a set, I dont care about there legalities, aslong as they bolt up to my hinges and I can paint them, its getting hot up here at the moment and I want some more eair flow....

[morpheus]

hows the doors comin along?

[Zook_Fan]

well i got some time to spare so i'm going to have a go at this but what size tube would you use? 32nb or like 40nb?