Hardtop doors with Ehsan soft top

[fireflyr]

I finished painting my hard top doors last weekend and went to hang them on my vehicle but ran into an interference problem in the top front corner. My doors are cut at about a 110 degree angle but the Ehsan frames seem to require a door that is radiused or rounded in the front corner. Before I take a grinder to the door frame, I was wondering if anyone had run into this problem. The squared portion of the door frame hit where the screw goes thru the windshield frame.

Here's what I'm talking about:

The top forward corner of the door hit the frame portion in the same corner and was held out. Are the soft top doors rounded in the top front corner or do I have something out of adjustment?

Another thing I ran into was the sides of the top would flap so violently on the freeway that they would unzip about 6". I had Lift the Dot fasteners on the inner flap but decided to install them on the outside also. With the outer fasteners snapped the problem went away. I haven't seen anyone else do this so I assume that most people are running around with doors and don't have the problem.

 

[ocdbeetle]

Love your 40......Sorry I can't help about the doors/top......Love your 40 though.......

 

[Dusty 66]

I had to lossen up the windshild frame latches to adjust the windshild angle to the frame to doors on my hard doors, yes I had to do this a few times untill I got It just right.

BTW I love the OD canvas

 

[singletrackjunkie]

Thanks for posting guys, I hope to be doing this very project next weekend. Great looking rigs!

 

[JohnnyC]

Yes it should adjust...the angle of the windshield frame is the issue...the door will come really close to the inside of the windshield frame ...but...it should adjust fine.

odd about the zippers coming undone ...but...you are the 1st i think thats using lift dots also...they do make the length of the lift dot shaft different...are they loose when clicked in?

 

[fireflyr]

JohnnyC,
The fasteners fit tight and weren't an issue. It was the outer flap (where I ended up putting the fasteners) that was flapping around so badly that the zippers would work themselves up. I think the problem may be the additional pressure with the doors off. It stays fine now. Just have to figure the doors out.

Pat

 

[hippi68]

nice40. i like the soft top, i was wondering where the best place to get one like is?

 

[fireflyr]

nice40. i like the soft top, i was wondering where the best place to get one like is?

Best and only place is Pakistan. Contact SouthBostonFJ for info.

 

[JohnnyC]

nice40. i like the soft top, i was wondering where the best place to get one like is?

If you can go back in time....you could have got one at Toyota

 

[hippi68]

lol, yeah wish i had that time machine working right. i looked up the pakistan connection, may end up having to make an order in a couple months if i can't find one like it here first. thanks, and good luck with the window adjustment !