Hello all,
For a little history, my FJ40 already had the rear sill and quarter end cut out so I never seen pieces installed in person. Makes it a lot harder for me in mocking things up. My picture shows just a quick layout of my quarter corner and the sill cover. My questions are:
1. Should the bottom of the quarter corner be flush with the bottom of the sill cover? Just wanted to be sure before I start chopping on the quarter corner.
2. The holes on the sill cover for the tire carrier catch seem pretty close to the bottom of the barn door. I don't have the catch (I need to buy one if someone has one for sale), so I can't check to see it is fits without the door dragging on the top of the catch. I put the sill cover so it overlaps the floor inside which is how I saw in videos. Hopefully I am correct with that assumption.
3. Does the gap on the bottom of the sill cover and top of rear bumper look about right?
4. My barn door hinges have a little play in them but the hinge pin would have to be ground out. Do you just put up with the bit of play or is there a fix?
5. I know I will need to drill some welding holes in the cover to weld the the sill member, but when everything seems lined up do you usually drill out the hinge holes in the quarter corners and sill member and add backing plates before you weld it all up?
As this part of my rebuild goes forward I am sure I will have more questions and I really appreciate all the help. I did all the research first and there is not a lot of info out there.
For a little history, my FJ40 already had the rear sill and quarter end cut out so I never seen pieces installed in person. Makes it a lot harder for me in mocking things up. My picture shows just a quick layout of my quarter corner and the sill cover. My questions are:
1. Should the bottom of the quarter corner be flush with the bottom of the sill cover? Just wanted to be sure before I start chopping on the quarter corner.
2. The holes on the sill cover for the tire carrier catch seem pretty close to the bottom of the barn door. I don't have the catch (I need to buy one if someone has one for sale), so I can't check to see it is fits without the door dragging on the top of the catch. I put the sill cover so it overlaps the floor inside which is how I saw in videos. Hopefully I am correct with that assumption.
3. Does the gap on the bottom of the sill cover and top of rear bumper look about right?
4. My barn door hinges have a little play in them but the hinge pin would have to be ground out. Do you just put up with the bit of play or is there a fix?
5. I know I will need to drill some welding holes in the cover to weld the the sill member, but when everything seems lined up do you usually drill out the hinge holes in the quarter corners and sill member and add backing plates before you weld it all up?
As this part of my rebuild goes forward I am sure I will have more questions and I really appreciate all the help. I did all the research first and there is not a lot of info out there.
