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I noticed that too. I've seen late doors on early tubs but not early doors on a late tub.Do you know what the tub is? The door striker on the B pillar is 75+. Possible the tub was pieced together?
mines 32.5"32” from cowl( below door strap to the door opening( below catch)
I noticed that too. I've seen late doors on early tubs but not early doors on a late tub.
Now you have.I noticed that too. I've seen late doors on early tubs but not early doors on a late tub.
Got any pics/explanation of that striker setup? Haven't dealt with that issue on mine yet.74 doors on a 76 body. I use Quick Hinges and the lower ambulance door strikers.
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Perfect! Thank you, I was super hung up on trying to use the original catch thinking it would need the support provided by the 2 halves socketing together to not rattle obnoxiously or toast bushings prematurely. However, if you're still happy with the setup years later I will shamelessly copy this and quit thinking about it.Post number 27. I still use the same strikers and Racer‘s seals. You do have to turn the handles a bit when closing the doors. You cannot just slam them. Everything is still tight and rattle free. However, I run 90% doors off.
Let me know if you need anything else. HTHs.
Who has early front doors on a 76 and up FJ40?
Does any or all of this apply to fj 55 doors? I want vents; great set for trade if they are......forum.ih8mud.com
This is the honest truth. Whomever did the work, and then decided it was good enough to cover with paint and bedliner, should never build a truck again. That thing is a disaster.No offense but looking at the crap welding, gaps, mis alignment etc. You can tell from the pics it would be easy to take a cutting wheel and remove rear tub section, remove rockers, its all poorly done, get some door posts from an early tub that fit the doors, replace tha crap thats there, new floors. Not much you can do about the cowl/dash & a pillar if they are wrong, set up some some square lines you should be able tell how bad its tilted if any . How close is the top front corner of door to windshield frame on your current fitting ? If you redo the rockers, floors and door posts/b pillar you may be able to tile the cowl/firewall section forward before rewelding the rockers and floor in, double check fender alignment to see if it would work, pics of body mounts please.
My bushing are the bronze ones. I forget if they come with the Quick Hinges or not. I would do my bushings, hinges, and seals exactly the same way if I had to do it all over again.Perfect! Thank you, I was super hung up on trying to use the original catch thinking it would need the support provided by the 2 halves socketing together to not rattle obnoxiously or toast bushings prematurely. However, if you're still happy with the setup years later I will shamelessly copy this and quit thinking about it.