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Re: building half doors
« on: Apr 07, 2008, 01:02:55 PM »
$200, that is pretty cheap, doors alone run about $40-100 each from suppliers, cheaper if you can talk private sellers down.  I can't get beat up doors from my local wrecking yard for under $70 it they are useable for 1/2 doors.

I would say $300 and you supply the doors(or pay for the purchase of them) is a fair deal.  There is about $50 of materials i.e., mirrors, sheetmetal, release knobs, vinyl and backing material, screws,  steel supports, and consumables(welding, grinding, sanding, bondo, and primer) for a set of doors.  I know $125 for labor seems like a lot but there is a lot of labor involved, an easy 4hrs, and when you consider most shops of any kind(welding/body/auto) charge at least $70/hr, $125/a door is a bargain.

The amount of labor involved in factory looking 1/2 doors is why no one makes them for the market place, and is why tube doors are more popular.  I have a set of 3rd gen doors I have been planning on making into 1/2 doors, but haven't because I am not sure it is worth my own time, that and it seems a shame to cut up perfectly good doors. 

If you are looking for trail doors to save your oem ones the tube doors from  http://www.davezoffroadperformance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=444&start=0 are pretty good for only $149.
« Last Edit: Apr 07, 2008, 01:36:42 PM by Snowtoy »
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