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Okay, I've been working on building myself a set of better door hinges for my 40. After all of the time and s****ed drawings and parts, I've finally figured it out. I could possibly build them for others too. I abandoned the factory design and geometry to use a top and bottom style hinge with replaceable bronze bushings from the hardware store and a much larger replaceable hardened cap screw which will be pressed into the top half. I'm sharing prototype photos, some of which can be seen on mybluetoy's home website at unemployedfilms.com under the 40 refresh option. I'm doing this while job searching, performing AF Reserve duty and hobby farming.
These allow easy door removal and hard to tube or half door changing too. A-pillar and door halves could be supplied as needed. They work on thin and thick doors and I imagine they will work on right hand drive trucks too.
I'm an enthusiast, not a business. I have a quick thought up business name of MC Designs and have a paypal account. If there's enough interest I'll ramp up and build better jigs and make sure I have reliable material sources.
PM me if interested. I have an idea about where I'll price them, and I know it will be considerably less than a set of new factory pieces.
As requested, my new website is mcdesignsoffroad.com
Pricing and buying options are listed there.
These allow easy door removal and hard to tube or half door changing too. A-pillar and door halves could be supplied as needed. They work on thin and thick doors and I imagine they will work on right hand drive trucks too.
I'm an enthusiast, not a business. I have a quick thought up business name of MC Designs and have a paypal account. If there's enough interest I'll ramp up and build better jigs and make sure I have reliable material sources.
PM me if interested. I have an idea about where I'll price them, and I know it will be considerably less than a set of new factory pieces.
As requested, my new website is mcdesignsoffroad.com
Pricing and buying options are listed there.
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