PIG + Chebby Avalanche Trim =?

[LC_Hamma]

Well I have been real busy and haven't been able to check your thread in awhile but I see you have been VERY busy too!!!

That is one krazy set of doors you have there!

So I can't remember, are you going to have rockers or did you cut those off?

Looks great man!!!

Busy huh? You building something?

I cut 'em all the way up to the bottom of the door sills leaving about 1/2". Then, I welded the lip of the sills to some 1" X 3" boxed tube braced to the frame - there's a pic or 2 already posted on that earlier. I also cut some 1/4" perforated metal for the sliders underneath that will mount to the 4 outriggers each side.

 

[Farr off road]

Busy huh? You building something?

No!!!! I wish!!! You are right that would be ! No really just working (NOT in the 4x4 business) alot and trying to get settled out here!

 

[LC_Hamma]

Rear Door Bottom Inner Panels:

Busy huh? You building something?

No!!!! I wish!!! You are right that would be ! No really just working (NOT in the 4x4 business) alot and trying to get settled out here!

You a er at a club?

Knocked these out pretty quick. Bent up some sheetmetal cup holder bottoms too as I didn't have any
3 1/2" tube for a tight fit around the coozie ;p My door latches came in but they're too light duty made from plastic. They'll be used somewhere else. Think I'll order those bear claw latches instead........

 

[chappysfj40]

a cup holder with a can cuzie too. now that is awesome lololo

 

[miletwo]

It was super easy. I'll put out the pics tonight when I get home and send them over. Maybe I'll even renew my star and post them... we'll see.

I've been doing everything 2 weeks late these days. It's frickin cold up here! (california boy just moved to Oregon a few months ago...wow.)

Here is some crappy pics of how I mounted the bearclaw latches in the 55 for the front passenger door as an example. If you want to see a much better job of this find buckroseau's fj45lv thread... that guy's got skillz.

i still need to find pics of what the actuators looked like. Basically I saved all of the actuator pieces from the heep I pulled the handless off of, plus what came from the old door handles and cut/bent some new ones. It works really well.

 

[LC_Hamma]

I just got through ordering 2 pair of large bear claw latches from some online rod shop Thanks for the pics - I'll check out that build you mentioned too ;p Did they supply some sort of template or do you just guess how much to cut out of the door? Looks like it'll be tricky lining up the door catch w/ the claw latch. Did you use flush mounted handles? That's what I'm gonna look for at the yard soon....

 

[LC_Hamma]

Rear Overhead Cargo Light Mount:

Took a little figuring out on the swing mech. but it'll do

 

[miletwo]

I just got through ordering 2 pair of large bear claw latches from some online rod shop Thanks for the pics - I'll check out that build you mentioned too ;p Did they supply some sort of template or do you just guess how much to cut out of the door? Looks like it'll be tricky lining up the door catch w/ the claw latch. Did you use flush mounted handles? That's what I'm gonna look for at the yard soon....

I ordered mine from Guage magazine hot rod shop... they had the best prices I could find and sold a combo with the striker plate and a weld in plate for the latch too. Alignment is super easy. You weld in the latch first, then shut the door and draw a spot through it with a sharpie where it hits the pillar. This gives you the point you need to align the striker to. Once you've got the striker in place, the bolt threads into it and has a fair amount of alignment play so that you can get it just right. I can't believe how well these things secure a door. They even have electric versions.

Good luck. let me know if you need more pics, I'll try to snap 'em although I'm not working on the cruiser much right now since I just moved and trying to get settled.

Cheers,

J

 

[LC_Hamma]

Mine came with what you see in the pics you posted - no weld in plate, striker & no instructions Can you post up a pic of the inner door & how you attached the outer handle w/ linkage to the claw latch? Thanks a bunch

 

[Farr off road]

You a er at a club?
Nope!!! I am the Lead Estimator for Floor Designs of Nevada!

I know you didn't ask for any pics of my work and this borders on "HI JACK" buuuuutt I thought this might make it real clear what I do.....you know,,, since you asked if I was er at a /shoe show club!

BTW nice holders!

 

[rutbeer]

Oh yeah...you are a gay flooring designer....that's way better than a bouncer.

 

[rsrai]

hey even bouncers need to stand on floors.

 

[LC_Hamma]

Nope!!! I am the Lead Estimator for Floor Designs of Nevada!

Maybe my perception is off, but those tables & chairs look to be made for little people. You the leader of the Parumpah Oompas? <Chris Farley> "Big guy in a little chair" There aren't any 4x shops you can present your ingenious ideas to? ;p Glad the new job is working out for you! Have you had a chance to explore any local trails in your "locked" 80 yet?

 

[Farr off road]

Oh yeah...you are a gay flooring designer....that's way better than a bouncer.

Lead Estimator and flooring designer Yeah! That's the same thing,,,,Right??? NOT!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Farr off road]

Nope!!! I am the Lead Estimator for Floor Designs of Nevada!

Maybe my perception is off, but those tables & chairs look to be made for little people. You the leader of the Parumpah Oompas? <Chris Farley> "Big guy in a little chair" There aren't any 4x shops you can present your ingenious ideas to? ;p Glad the new job is working out for you! Have you had a chance to explore any local trails in your "locked" 80 yet?

Thats just the showroom....the table and chairs look small because I am standing on a chair to get a pic of the whole room!............

Here's a pic of my office.

 

[LC_Hamma]

Door Hinges:

Nice digs Roy

I decided to go the NAPA pin kit route on these. Got the tops of the front & rears done. The rear (top right)took a little pin mod to get it seated within the inset of the hinge pin allowance. All I did was cut the bottom off (where the c clip was supposed to fit) w/ my dremel, bevel it, recut a circular recessed area for the c clip, & finally cut a groove into the hinge for the c clip to fit. I also had to grind off the shoulder (taking care not to cut into the splined area) on all the pins in order for them to seat.
Onto the bottom hinges (top left). I did have a ? about whether to find pins to join both sections together or just tap both holes, in the part that bolts to the door (mocked up bolts in pic). I'm mainly concerned about too much friction/resistance on the hinge when snugging the bolts down Maybe I could hold the tapped section of the pin boss short so I could torque it down & still have a little play for the movement. I assumed there's a spacer in between the door limiter plates, right?

 

[dsa03cjj]

Thats just the showroom....the table and chairs look small because I am standing on a chair to get a pic of the whole room!............

Here's a pic of my office.

wow! and i thought that my office was nice . . . honestly i cannot comment . . . i bow down to your beautiful marble and rustic leather

 

[LC_Hamma]

Lower Door Hinges:

Here's what I ended up doing about the pivot @ the lower door limiter plate connection. I bought 8 - 10MM metal coated bushings & 8 - 8MM stainless dowel pins from McMaster-Carr. They didn't have metric captured pins so I'll weld a stainless washer on top of the pins. I could have bought the standard steel, but I didn't need 25 of them in a pack & the stainless ones were 10 per box. I'm already setup for stainless so no big deal, just change out my wire & switch to an argon gas bottle. I drilled out the 2 holes, where the stock splined pins were installed, to be a press fit for the 8MM pins, then drilled out the plates for 10MM. I didn't want to overhone out the 10MM holes so I left it a little small & filed to fit. I still have some trimming to do on the smaller pin bushing........

 

[bogus one]

Here's what I ended up doing about the pivot @ the lower door limiter plate connection. I bought 8 - 10MM metal coated bushings & 8 - 8MM stainless dowel pins from McMaster-Carr. They didn't have metric captured pins so I'll weld a stainless washer on top of the pins. I could have bought the standard steel, but I didn't need 25 of them in a pack & the stainless ones were 10 per box. I'm already setup for stainless so no big deal, just change out my wire & switch to an argon gas bottle. I drilled out the 2 holes, where the stock splined pins were installed, to be a press fit for the 8MM pins, then drilled out the plates for 10MM. I didn't want to overhone out the 10MM holes so I left it a little small & filed to fit. I still have some trimming to do on the smaller pin bushing........

WOW!!

You thought of producing these for us less fortunate?

 

[LC_Hamma]

Lower Hinges Done:

These pieces fit together just right I left a tight tolerance for the pins & they pressed in w/o too much force. The springs were installed last. I cycled the hinges many times & didn't notice any binding anywhere: