80 series tube door DIY (1 Viewer)

[nukegoat]

Hey - just a little trail tip on making your own tube doors.

First, the dash speakers are totally sufficient to pump out great tunes without the doors.

Second, visibility for parking lot lines is greatly improved without doors.

Third, make sure to roll down whatever windows you want before disconnecting the driver door switches!

Ok - onto the fabrication.

First, find yourself a trash barrel or something tubular that is essentially the right size. I'm upcycling a discarded road repair light blinky barrel that was full of wood and scorpions.

Second, cut the lid off and the bottom off so you have a TUBE. This is the important part.

Third, cut in half and then ziptie to the door hinges.

Fourth, cut your desired profile with a box cutter.

Boom!

 

[1911garand]

Also put this in the Jeep Wrangler forum.

 

[KC masterpiece]

Is there an additional insert planned to hold the fuel bladders?

 

[Corbet]

I would have least used all matching zip ties... I mean it is a Land Cruiser and there are expectations to uphold.

 

[mudgudgeon]

I would have least used all matching zip ties... I mean it is a Land Cruiser and there are expectations to uphold.

Agreed!

And there's no way you'll get 100k miles out of these if you don't use OEM zip ties

 

[80ways]

Innovation like this is why I love this community...

 

[YMT]

That's some interesting upcycling going on there.

Why not just find some doors to hack up? I scrapped one set, and have a second set that I hacked off the window frames that I'd give you to match the body lines and maintain some semblance of containment. Then, you could put you fuel bladders inside, and not get mistaken for a *cough* Jeep owner. Or meth-head.

 

[Squeegee]

Does anybody make a kit for this?

 

[-Spike-]

Does anybody make a kit for this?

It's in development. They're trying to figure out how to make it cheaper.

 

[brockdeck]

Without correct airflow around the body, your head gasket is going to blow @nukegoat

 

[Grandlooser]

Awesome!, Im only struggling to understand why anything there at all. What is it doing?

Also, has that thing even been wheeled before?

 

[-Spike-]

Also, has that thing even been wheeled before?

My understanding is that he's taken a bunch of hammers to it.

 

[nukegoat]

Awesome!, Im only struggling to understand why anything there at all. What is it doing?

Also, has that thing even been wheeled before?

It keeps road debris and tire dust etc out of the rig and off the floor mats and seats

 

[nukegoat]

That's some interesting upcycling going on there.

Why not just find some doors to hack up? I scrapped one set, and have a second set that I hacked off the window frames that I'd give you to match the body lines and maintain some semblance of containment. Then, you could put you fuel bladders inside, and not get mistaken for a *cough* Jeep owner. Or meth-head.

Nice dude - that's probably a better idea

 

[retrofive]

Awesome!, Im only struggling to understand why anything there at all. What is it doing?

Also, has that thing even been wheeled before?

Keeps the empty road sodas inside. No one should be a litter bug.

 

[80t0ylc]

Awesome!, Im only struggling to understand why anything there at all. What is it doing?................

It keeps road debris and tire dust etc out of the rig and off the floor mats and seats

Keeps the empty road sodas inside. No one should be a litter bug.

Also allows the recirculate on the A/C to function to be sure last night's burritos were fully digested........

 

[Bludozer]

I'm not as creative as this, but if someone were able to engineer a snap off removable door hinge situation I'd buy it in 2 seconds