Chopped rear doors

[jblueridge]

I have rear doors that have had the upper half cut off for my soft top.
With only one latch the rattle is driving me a little crazy.
Anyone else fixed this?

 

[roscoFJ73]

Is it the hinges? Put your hand underneath the doors and lift up, any wear in the hinge pins will be apparent.

 

[jblueridge]

I will test them.

 

[jblueridge]

It's not the hinges.
Almost certainly it is the latches, or lack of the catches at the top of full-size doors.

 

[deepseacruiser]

jblueridge. Doesnt answer your question but how did you accomplish the door cut? any pics you can add. Considering this since I dont think I will ever come across removable top doors

 

[jblueridge]

I got the doors already cut from a Mud member. He had upgraded to the doors with removable tops.
I can get some pics if you want.
The cuts were covered in bondo.
I think you can still get the correct doors but they are costly.

 

[roscoFJ73]

Maybe you could fit some kind of bolt latch with a close fit to the top of the cut down doors

 

[FJ157]

jblueridge. Doesnt answer your question but how did you accomplish the door cut? any pics you can add. Considering this since I dont think I will ever come across removable top doors

I dont have any good pictures only phone pics. But i cut the top off of full doors to make half doors. On the front i just used the sheet metal from the door tops to fill the gap where the window came through it was almost a perfect fit. I welded it up and then used fiberglass to fill the imperfections and build it up smooth around the front of the door where it kinda slopes up ( i dont have pictures of this). on the rear it was a little more difficult the gap that is created is a little more significant and i had some real issue's. so i had my buddy who works in the sheet metal shop make a cap for me. we then coated the metal so it wouldn't rust form the different metals and built a tail gate type cap out of aluminum to put on used counter sunk rivets and fastened it on. it turned out amazing, i have to give all the credit to my sheet metal buddy he went anal on it and made sure the angles were perfect.

 

[roscoFJ73]

I would recommend owners don't cut them up. They are going to be as scarce as hens teeth in the future.

 

[jblueridge]

Mine came to me pre-cut.

I really like the finisher cap you guys made Fj157!

 

[JuanJ]

I would recommend owners don't cut them up. They are going to be as scarce as hens teeth in the future.

Hello,

x2. The upper latch mechanism is different in soft top models.

This is probably a rhetorical question. Are half doors (or doors for a soft top 70 Series) still available from Toyota? Or have they been discontinued?






Juan

 

[FJ157]

I would recommend owners don't cut them up. They are going to be as scarce as hens teeth in the future.

The truck i got these doors from was headed to the crusher. The newer hard top (non removable top prado's) do not have the same windshield angle as the regular heavy duty cruiser with the drop windshield. everything else lines up but the very top part is not the same. The doors are not all the same

 

[roscoFJ73]

I'm only suggesting people don't cut up good REAR doors on the MWB models

 

[jfrench]

Are half doors (or doors for a soft top 70 Series) still available from Toyota? Or have they been discontinued?

Before I was able to find rear doors with removable uppers, I looked into purchasing new from Mr. T and all the parts were available. I think I remember communicating with @beno about the parts at that time. That was a few years ago though. I would bet they are still available. Of course they'll be a pretty penny.

Not that they're the best of parts sources but CruiserParts.net shows the removable uppers for sale on their website:
Hood, Fenders and Doors : CruiserParts.net, Toyota Landcruiser Parts