Author Topic: half doors or tube doors?? (Read 8203 times)

toynizzy · « **on:** Jun 24, 2006, 06:00:11 PM »

im trying to figure out what way to go,half the extra doors i have or buy some tube doors already done.im looking for pics of both that r done or half doors in the making pics if anyone has any,i cant search pirate so no luck there.leaning twards halfing my extra doors right now,how hard is it to cap them and install the latch?thanks for any info

jimbo74 · « **Reply #1 on:** Jun 24, 2006, 06:07:37 PM »

why cant you research pirate?

toynizzy · « **Reply #2 on:** Jun 24, 2006, 07:34:05 PM »

search is only for red star members right now so no search

jimbo74 · « **Reply #3 on:** Jun 24, 2006, 07:35:14 PM »

doesnt mean you cant use the site......

Matty · « **Reply #4 on:** Jun 24, 2006, 08:08:18 PM »

Quote from: Captain4x2 on Jun 24, 2006, 07:35:14 PM

doesnt mean you cant use the site......

but it does mean it is quite hard to find stuff

i dont know if these will help but i had these bookmarked.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225531

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=483106

Ramrod · « **Reply #5 on:** Jun 24, 2006, 09:27:37 PM »

I vote way over the top for half doors, mine hold 2 speakers each and since there is no door panel they also can hold about 15 empty beercans each or tools, parts, oil whatever i love them plus when your cruising on the highway they take away most of the windnoise. I love mine no matter how tatered they are

BLACKDOG · « **Reply #6 on:** Jun 24, 2006, 09:41:50 PM »

If you've got the extra doors, you may as well use them

its not hard to cap them, my buddy cut them straight and used 2x4s to cap them. real simple and straightforward. The latch stays in the same place, so you don't even have to move it.

cheap sunglasses · « **Reply #7 on:** Jun 25, 2006, 12:08:56 AM »

half doors might come in handy for water crossings or mud and they weigh next to nothing. tube doors look cool though

yota-tota · « **Reply #8 on:** Jun 25, 2006, 07:31:07 AM »

ya i'm debateing on going the half door tube door setup on my rig....but since i don't have an extra set of doors i'll probally go with the tube doors. Plus there are easy as pie to make up, but IF i had a set of extra set of doors i'd cut them up for half doors just for the "almost" stock look of them and i like the storage factor that RAMROD mentioned.

Shamb · « **Reply #9 on:** Jun 25, 2006, 08:52:15 AM »

obviously it takes more time and energy to do a half door instead of tube. But like others have said, to have the freedom to mount speakers and have more overall coverage is kinda nice.

As far as the latch goes.. its very simple if you want to use the original handles and just modify them. You can create a setup where it looks like a door lock, just hit it down "like your locking a vehicle" and it opens the door. All spring actuated and its pretty easy.

toynizzy · « **Reply #10 on:** Jun 25, 2006, 11:46:56 AM »

ramrod do u have any pics of ur doors i can see?like to see how u set urs up.i tried looking on pirate but its hard with no search to use lol.i have 2 sets but one set has wing windows so ill keep those as good doors,mine has power windows right now so im not sure about unplugging or cutting,just wanna see some half doors all cut down and see how much to take out and how to cap the top of them.im gonna go half due to the $$$ issue.shamb u just skinned ur doors or what?i still want the inner panel for storage like ramrod said.thanks for the links 85 xtracab,thats what i was looking for.thanks to all who posted on this,if anyone has pics of any half doors,post them on,later all

Shamb · « **Reply #11 on:** Jun 25, 2006, 10:41:02 PM »

I chopped the top section and layed a piece of like 18 gauge across the top, stitch welded and layed bondo over to smooth it out.

You can cut down as far as you want, just get creative with it.. its your doors.

Making the latch work is simple.

locktup · « **Reply #12 on:** Jun 25, 2006, 10:47:59 PM »

I love my half doors. To make a nice set takes time and I am tires of making new ones after I jack them up. I am going to build a set of tube doors and move my speakers to the rear panel. I like the look of half doors better than tube. But the tube will take a pounding.

Ramrod · « **Reply #13 on:** Jun 26, 2006, 10:02:28 AM »

just look in my buildup post, also look on pirate in the toyota faq at the ultimate collection of halfdoors pics post and that is all you will ever need. But yes half doors do take a beating

All_Set · « **Reply #14 on:** Jun 26, 2006, 01:17:18 PM »

Quote from: TEAM RAMROD on Jun 24, 2006, 09:27:37 PM

I vote way over the top for half doors, mine hold 2 speakers each and since there is no door panel they also can hold about 15 empty beercans each or tools, parts, oil whatever i love them plus when your cruising on the highway they take away most of the windnoise. I love mine no matter how tatered they are

X2. Hate taking the 1/2 doors off because I loose so much storage space!! And as long as they open/close, don't really care what they look like. Mine do create alot of wind noise though.

7Jake · « **Reply #15 on:** Jun 26, 2006, 02:37:23 PM »

I've ridden with tube doors and they're nice, but tend to draft dust into the cab. My vote is for 1/2 doors, but they'll take a lot of time to get them nice. Just depends on what you're looking for. Heres some pictures of my 1/2 doors on my Stolen '86 runner. Fortuneately the 1/2 doors were not on it when it was stolen. If you're interested I have pictures of the complete build. I used the stock inside door handle and adapted it to the stock door latch. They open and close like stock doors. cup holders are a nice added bonus, just be carefull what you set in them. Drinking & Driving is still illegal, even if it is a fancy cup holder.

Wermz84 · « **Reply #16 on:** Jun 26, 2006, 02:49:08 PM »

Damn, Those are nice 7Jake!

I officially hire you to do mine....

bmxanddie · « **Reply #17 on:** Jun 26, 2006, 05:11:50 PM »

halfdoors are way cooler

DTB · « **Reply #18 on:** Jun 26, 2006, 05:21:32 PM »

dude, those are super pimp

I would like to see the pics

7Jake · « **Reply #19 on:** Jun 26, 2006, 08:43:47 PM »

Didn't want to stuff a buch of pictures up here and dilute your topic, so I created a quick write up on my club site. If you'd like to see more pics of my half door build up, follow this link

http://www.nv4wd.net/Default.aspx?tabid=52&forumid=12&view=topic&postid=287&tpage=1

or look at my club site NV4WD.NET under the Norcal Crawlers Forum section for Toyotas

Wermz84 · « **Reply #20 on:** Jun 27, 2006, 09:43:27 AM »

Thanks, nice write up.

toynizzy · « **Reply #21 on:** Jun 30, 2006, 04:22:47 PM »

yea thats a great write-up on half doors man.do u have any of the measurements on how much u took off ur doors,from where u started on each end and such,i like ur doors alot so im going to go off ur build,hope u dont mind lol,i jsut got a call and now i guessi have been given another set of doors lol,so if i mess up i guess ill just grab another one and go again.once again,thanks for taking ur time to pput that write up together,well done and put so most can understand it lol.

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