well, this one came to me when i was day dreaming in summer school. why not make some doors out of that metal i used for the mirror brackets? its strong, light and slim. i just might have to try it...

 

just do some doors, any kind of doors, and put some pics up !!! lol, jke but seriously, do something

 

They got to be the best doors I have seen.

 

yeah i might just return the un-used pvc and pick up some of that metal...next i just gotta learn how to stich..lol

 

dude that write up is nice....i think i may ...no!!!!!..dude just rap plastic around the doors every time you get out of the car lol

 

yeah, did it myself, you know all the right clicking and copy pasting, and all..

 

He changed to $650... idk if he makes for 2 door ex's though, ive emailed him about it - no response

 

For $650, do you suppose he'd make the doors fit?

While I'm not particularly interested in soft doors on my XJ, I've made a bunch of soft doors for Piper Cubs and Super Cubs.



Don't know why those wouldn't work, and shockingly, they'd fit the freakin' door opening....

 

plexi half doors

 

120mm what materials do you use to make those?

 

Get yourself some 3/4 inch .035 or .049 wall 4130 chromemoly steel tubing. The round kind, because once you get used to welding round, you'll never want square again. Round has more options for joints than square, you see.

I build a jig out of ply (I just love the smell of burning wood) and weld it using a Meco O/A torch and itty-bitty welding road or coat hanger.

Once I've welded it, I cover them in dacron, and heat shrink it with a household iron, or weld on clips to hold the lexan, if they're going to be clear.

 

ok thanks for the info. next summer, id really like to rig up some doors so i can throw some in the back..

 

somebody just needs to measure out their doors and go for it! itll be cheap and dont use pvc! just some light metal,with like a low angle lower half door with some heavy fabric (preferably a plastic coating on one side) and stitch/staple whatever and you could always go to a fabric shop to have them stitch it up pretty heavy duty.

 

For the waterproofing, just use a few coats of paint. Exterior latex works pretty good on cloth; though make sure you use something UV-resistent, so the doors don't sun-rot off the frames.

Plus, in lieu of stitching, there are various kinds of glues and tapes that are made to join fabric

I would think that using aluminum angle riveted together would work "okay".

 

sounds good..i dont plan on taking the doors off again until i get 33s because with the dinky 30s, it would look super retarded..