FJ55 reproduction door panels (1 Viewer)

[PabloCruise]

I can highly recommend Steve, he was a pleasure to deal with, kept me updated, and the packaging he shipped in was very detailed. All signs of a pro...

Thanks to Tucker as well for instigating!

 

[Delancy]

Mine haven't made it out of the box, yet, and already have a "change".

Steve,

Would a cardboard template be enough to make panels that match my others, for these?

 

[1973Guppie]

man pablocruise, those things look sick, waiting for my pm to order!

 

[scrapdaddy]

I got to agree, nice looking panels. I might have to rethink.

 

[a1500ram]

Delancy,

For the two rear doors? If so, yes. Sorry for my ignorance...is that an fj55? If so there seems to be more room in the cargo area then what I had in visioned.

Another crazy question...do all fj55's have the two rear doors?

How are the panels attached?

Send me either flat cardboard or kraft paper templates and I will see what I can come up with.

Steve

 

[PabloCruise]

Delancy,

For the two rear doors? If so, yes. Sorry for my ignorance...is that an fj55? If so there seems to be more room in the cargo area then what I had in visioned.

Another crazy question...do all fj55's have the two rear doors?

How are the panels attached?

Send me either flat cardboard or kraft paper templates and I will see what I can come up with.

Steve

Steve,

Chris is writing you about a 55 equipped with ambulance doors, an option we did not get here in the States. Most of them show up in Oz, but I see Chris' picture has steering wheel on the left, so not sure where that one is/was.
Our US Pigs have a drop-down tailgate with a metal interior panel.

 

[tucker74]

Delancy,
For the two rear doors? If so, yes. Sorry for my ignorance...is that an fj55? If so there seems to be more room in the cargo area then what I had in visioned.

Another crazy question...do all fj55's have the two rear doors?

How are the panels attached?

Send me either flat cardboard or kraft paper templates and I will see what I can come up with.

Steve

He's putting some non-US barn doors on his FJ55, all US trucks came with a drop down tailgate You might get some orders from some from AUS though -

Tucker

 

[a1500ram]

Not to fret...should only be a couple more weeks before I send you a PM

I'm glad you like them...

Steve

man pablocruise, those things look sick, waiting for my pm to order!

 

[Delancy]

Delancy,

For the two rear doors? If so, yes.

Cool

Sorry for my ignorance...is that an fj55?

Yes

If so there seems to be more room in the cargo area then what I had in visioned.

Optical illusion, as I can guarantee there's not enough room for 6' 1" 215lbs worth of arse to contort into to get the rear glass down.

Another crazy question...do all fj55's have the two rear doors?

No.

How are the panels attached?

I don't know. I've never seen them in person before, but based on DIY, the same as the cargo panels.

Send me either flat cardboard or kraft paper templates and I will see what I can come up with.

Steve

Sounds good. Will have them here Sunday.

 

[PabloCruise]

Mine haven't made it out of the box, yet, and already have a "change".

Steve,

Would a cardboard template be enough to make panels that match my others, for these?

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Still can't believe those other markets got fold down jump-seats and a split rear seat!

 

[Delancy]

I'm assuming that all doors have the panels.

Only pic I could find, but makes sense that they would though.

No matter, as it's all gotta match!!

Chris' picture has steering wheel on the left, so not sure where that one is/was.

Central and South America.

I was surprised too.

 

[PabloCruise]

The maintenance guy at work suggested a spray-on poly to the backside of these new panels as a water barrier.

What do you guys think?

Maybe I should ask Steve...

 

[Delancy]

Good idea, if not a plastic retarder...though I've not seen the inside of the panel.

I'm torn as to wether it's worth the battle to attempt to waterproof the inner or enlarge the drains.

 

[Pathfinder]

Good idea, if not a plastic retarder...though I've not seen the inside of the panel.

I'm torn as to wether it's worth the battle to attempt to waterproof the inner or enlarge the drains.

I would enlarge the drains as all cars have them. I would use form POR15 on the interior of the doors if your worried about them rusting.

Good luck.

 

[PabloCruise]

Good idea, if not a plastic retarder...though I've not seen the inside of the panel.

I'm torn as to wether it's worth the battle to attempt to waterproof the inner or enlarge the drains.

I believe I will use a plastic barrier over the holes, but there are some small openings where the linkages stick through that will be tough to cover.

I found some spray urethane at Lowes I might try on the back to keep the hard board dry (dryer).

I think the factory drain holes will be okay if you clean out the bottom of your doors AND replace the outer window wiper felt so moisture and debris can't get in.

 

[nuclearbeef]

Finally got around to opening my box with the new panels.
They look great!

I installed the driver's door card before the rain started.
Kinda makes the rest of the pig look a little... piggish.

 

[Delancy]

Delancy,

For the two rear doors?

How are the panels attached?

Send me either flat cardboard or kraft paper templates and I will see what I can come up with.

Don't think this'll be a step for a stepper.










Will get boxed and coming your way the latter part if the week.

Thanks!!

 

[bobm]

Finally got around to opening my box with the new panels.
They look great!

I installed the driver's door card before the rain started.
Kinda makes the rest of the pig look a little... piggish.

nuclearbeef, Except for them Scuff-plates Right.

Thanks Bob.

 

[PabloCruise]

Finally got around to opening my box with the new panels.
They look great!

I installed the driver's door card before the rain started.
Kinda makes the rest of the pig look a little... piggish.

Nice!

Did you use the new fasteners, or re-use your old ones?

 

[nuclearbeef]

Bob, scuff plates (and now door cards) are the only things that wouldn't require photoshop to make the pig look like a show winner.

Pablo, used the new fasteners. They pop into the holes on the door like a charm. I think the reach of the new fasteners towards the outer edge of the door card might be a little shorter, because it was a tight fit reaching top and bottom.

This could also be attributed to the wallowed out holes in my old door cards. I got them to fit without any modification of the holes Steve pre-cut for the fasteners, but if you needed to, you could easily elongate a couple of holes to make them reach.

The door handle hole and window crank hole lined up perfectly. For the door pull, I located the tapped hole in the door with my phillips bit in the drill and hit the trigger to punch through the vinyl. Then ran the machine screws through the holes without cutting the vinyl and tightened the pull down.