[S13RR4]

Started uni holidays like a week ago and all last week was bored shitless

so I grabbed these doors of Jas (want33's) to make some half doors.

this is how they looked when i got them home, (had to cut the window frames off so they would fit in my car, not as if i needed them anyway ahaha)




heres a progress shot halfway through cutting them down

and as they are as of this afternoon





all the cutting for the top is done just gotta pick up some sheet metal and uncles welder and put the plates on the top

still have to cut more out of sills and pretty much make new ones cause the other ones were rusted. that'll be the fun part

will post more pics as they progress

[31zook]

you didn't leave any folding material... thats going to be fun to weld...

[S13RR4]

yeah realised that after I'd cut em, shouldn't have got excited and rushed out there with my grinder hahah

im just gonna make the top piece have over hang an tuck it inside the door if you get what i mean

[31zook]

yeah i understand, good save

[gypsy]

thats the same way i did mine

[money_killer]

haha oi cutting shit is good lol

[Trojan]

You might want to cut a bit off the bottom and make them 5/8 doors.

[appsie]

mine were welded without any folded bit.

Not easy or fun but did work,Cut the bottow mate and have a gap.lose the rust

[S13RR4]

yeah im gonna cut the sills completely off i think and fab up some new ones, me and the old man already figured how to do it so it and it should be pretty easy, originally i was gonna cut the little bits of rust out and patch the sills up, turns out theres a shit load of rust so plan b came into action

[atari4x4]

Trojan wrote:

You might want to cut a bit off the bottom and make them 5/8 doors.

5/8 doors are the new 1/2 doors!!!

[S13RR4]

Trojan wrote:

You might want to cut a bit off the bottom and make them 5/8 doors.

5/8 is more then 1/2

[Trojan]

S13RR4 wrote:

Trojan wrote:

You might want to cut a bit off the bottom and make them 5/8 doors.

5/8 is more then 1/2

Not when you're doing 14 hour days it isn't.

We'll call it a 3/8th door now that i've had a decent nights sleep.

[S13RR4]

Trojan wrote:

S13RR4 wrote:

Trojan wrote:

You might want to cut a bit off the bottom and make them 5/8 doors.

5/8 is more then 1/2

Not when you're doing 14 hour days it isn't.

We'll call it a 3/8th door now that i've had a decent nights sleep.

hahah fair enough, i'll be putting new sills on so they'll still be 1/2 doors, picked up the welder today from my uncles, will hopefully pick up material tommorrow or friday and get cracking

[S13RR4]

made some progress on the doors today, went and got the extra steel needed for them and welded the drivers door together





heres the new sills




and mounted




used want33's method to get the door bolts off, worked amazing well and made it so easy, i would have just struggled for hours...

just got the passenger door to do then some bogging and panting to get a nice finish

[Choppy]

very nice, they'll go a treat on our trips up the beach... wana make me some whilst your at it. . . when are you gettin the paint? ill give u a hand

[S13RR4]

more progress on the doors, as of now they are almost primed and ready to go, primer made all the little imperfections visable so we are just neatening them out and will be ready for paint, going mat black to minimise the visabilty of imperfections.

Heres some progress shots of how we mended the rusted out corner on the passengers

the challenge




used speaker mesh to make the shape I was after





and with a bit of bog and sanding



and as of yesterday arvo





the shapes not perfect but its a little better then what it was, should hopefully be operational for my next wheel, but we'll see how it goes painting them this week

[S13RR4]

heres another build progression of how we shaped the angles bit of the top, once again using speaker mesh, bog and alot of sanding, we got a nice shape out of it

after my hack grinding and welding



the mesh



after some bog



after some sanding a more bogging and more sanding



and after yesterdays efforts

[atari4x4]

awesome use of speaker grills, oh yeah the 1/2 doors are looking good!

[S13RR4]

atari4x4 wrote:

awesome use of speaker grills, oh yeah the 1/2 doors are looking good!

thanks atari, one of those things that we keep in the garage thinking
'that'll be good for body repairs one day...'

[steak_knife]

Look's good mate, do thay give much more flex??

[S13RR4]

steknig wrote:

Look's good mate, do thay give much more flex??

dunno yet, havn't tried them,

they'll definately give me some more street cred,
totally gunno hit up Mooloolabah and cut some laps with some sic tunes pumping when they finished

[S13RR4]

am trying to work out how to do door latches, is it possible to connect the latch and interior handle but not the lock or exterior handle??? not as if I cant just reach in and use the inside handle haha.

my other thoughts are to use the latch off the windscreen (or something similar) either on the inside or outside to clip it into place, but was thinking this might be a little dodgy...

[Fatzook]

You Have FAR more patients than I do!! There is no way in hell I would have bothered to resurect those doors, when for $150 you can get a rust free pair!!

Nice work tho

[steak_knife]

S13RR4 wrote:

am trying to work out how to do door latches, is it possible to connect the latch and interior handle but not the lock or exterior handle??? not as if I cant just reach in and use the inside handle haha.

my other thoughts are to use the latch off the windscreen (or something similar) either on the inside or outside to clip it into place, but was thinking this might be a little dodgy...

That's the way I'd do it, a handle on the outside would keep Johny law a little happier, their theory is that if you have an accident any old tard can get the door open. cause it take a friggen genius to look for a handle on the inside

So you zook is going to have shaved handle's then??

[S13RR4]

Half of the reason i did them was for the challenge and for something to do, I'm a uni student so its all books and keyboards, I like to make shit and be productive with my hands on my holidays (plus i learnt heaps about welding and grinding and body repairs/fabrication)

the other half was cause i thought i could make them for cheaper then $150 but looking back I'll stick with the I wanted something to do reason haha

[S13RR4]

steknig wrote:

S13RR4 wrote:

am trying to work out how to do door latches, is it possible to connect the latch and interior handle but not the lock or exterior handle??? not as if I cant just reach in and use the inside handle haha.

my other thoughts are to use the latch off the windscreen (or something similar) either on the inside or outside to clip it into place, but was thinking this might be a little dodgy...

That's the way I'd do it, a handle on the outside would keep Johny law a little happier, their theory is that if you have an accident any old tard can get the door open. cause it take a friggen genius to look for a handle on the inside

So you zook is going to have shaved handle's then??

was just looking at the doors and realised I cut off the top bit where the inner and outer hadle used to be, damn!!! so either have to alter mechanism or do the windshield latch idea

[Fatzook]

I have a set of these on the way from the states. I'll takes some pics of the latch when they arrive next week if you are still in need of a solution. It may give you some ideas.

[Fatzook]

OOHH! I just had a great idea! Get some tube of the appropriate size and weld into the top of the door where your arm rests. Cup holder

Leave enough room for a stubby coolere aswell

[fourby]

haha good idea fat zook

[Joe]

Wow these have come up mint considering what they looked like to start with