tube doors

[spdcrazy]

oh ya thought of that to lol just hard to draw they gotta be steal though so i can powder coat i also hace some water resistant speakers 3 1/2" i might try to add on they have a nice plastic housing so you cant see the back.

make sure that if you plan to change to full doors during the cold season, that you make some quick disconnects for the speaker wire. thats why i don't have any speakers in my doors.. any of them.


you guys got me thinking, and last nite i took off my doors completely.. OMG i love it. so now i think i'm going to build a easy square tube door. i'm not much for drawing on my computer since i have no cad software (wish i did)

but what i'm going to do is use some square tube, because i'm just starting with welding, and square is just easier. but i will make a piece that will attach to the stock door hinges. and than have a 90 back on the bottom next to the floor. this makes an L. than i'll have a piece coming from the top next to the hinge.. ahhh this is too difficult..

 

[Muddycowboy]

haha sweet drawing. windows paint is helpful and easy to use. Cad is sweet but its over a grand for the software. that why i use the computers up at ohio state

 

[spdcrazy]

ya funny thing about my lovely dell laptop tho... it doesn't have paint.. haha. good thing i'm a pro at drawing. i think my bottom bar might be moved up just a bit. and i could use some plexiglass like someone said eariler. that would keep my shit stuff and things inside!


now to find the steel. cheap....

 

[Muddycowboy]

bought my pipe 1 1/4" ID x.140 DOM tubing. it was fun hauling 11ft pieces of pipe in the ranger an hour down the interstate. had to get creative.

 

[arkantor]

I always have liked these

http://www.pickuptruck.com/IMAGES/autoshows/sema2001/ford/ranger2.jpg

 

[Muddycowboy]

those look like hell to fabricate for just a normal garage like mine. lol ill stick to simplicity in fear of ripping my hair out

 

[arkantor]

Yeah it is a truck from a SEMA show. I'm not a fan of the overall truck but there are a few things I like.

 

[bobbywalter]

from what i see so far so good for light wheelin and mall crawlinz....and fine if your never gonna use the doors again.



but for tube doors to be effective...and to cover the point in having them, you want them protecting the b pillar as well. they need to be out so they slide the pillar past the ledge/tree/whatever. real easy to mangle the pillar to the piont it has to be fixed to put the doors back on.


rangers are pretty good in that if you have your doors on and lay it over and smash the balls out of it the doors will generally still function...windowless naturally but they will open and close. nicer trucks really need to consider this as they will enhance the capability or the truck if set up right...which means you can actually run challenges you would never dare try with the doors on.

tube doors are not just for cool factor.

so build them OUT....protect the pillar!!!!

 

[Muddycowboy]

they are going on a 2wd so so i think if it gets to a point were the pillar would get crushed the truck would be really stuck lol

 

[spdcrazy]

so i got ambitious and built a set of doors.. used a 110 wire feed welder and some thin 1 1/2in tube.. it was built to be easy to build and easy of welding since i just learned last week. let me know what ya think...

 

[Muddycowboy]

nice! i got mine done yesterday now its off to the power coater

 

[spdcrazy]

nice! i got mine done yesterday now its off to the power coater

well......


where the pics? i'm curious how they came out!!!!

 

[Muddycowboy]

i will once i get them coated and on the truck

 

[lunchbox]

So, what happened to this? Where are the finished pics?

 

[bobbywalter]

they are done.....they are tube doors.


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