$50 Half Door Project

[justinfonder]

DISCLOSURE: this post involves me teaching myself how to weld with a $100 welder from harbor freight.

I posted this on my build thread but thought i would share here in case anyone was interested in doing this themselves.

got my half doors built. always wanted a set but never wanted to spend the 400 to get them. so i took my old canvas full doors, cut them up, made a template, got some 16 ga skins water jetted at a local sheet metal shop, tacked em on, primed, painted, and they're ready to go. not totally thrilled with how they turned out, mainly due to my laziness with my template. i traced the door frame instead of the jeep intself. doesnt really flow nicely like her natural curves, but everyone but me says they turned out great, lol.

in the one picture you can see how much i cut down on the front angle so the door comes to where the windshield frame and tub meet. i dont like that tall angle they had them stock, came way up into the windshield frame.

oh ya, and i have the latches installed on the doors now, just didnt take a picture.

 

[dagr8tim]

Nice, I may have to try my hand at that.

 

[johnnyreb]

looks good. had that same idea on my to do list. I was planning to go heavier sheet metal.

 

[justinfonder]

I was originally going to go alot thicker steel but once i felt the weight and flex of the 16ga vs the 1/8th i had planned on i went lighter. Doesnt flex at all especially once welded to the tube frames. Also, i didn't want to break my back every time i put them on.

 

[johnnyreb]

I understand not wanting the extra weight. I was looking at using 12 ga myself.

 

[Niedhogg]

Those are kinda cool... I just happen to have a couple extra soft top door frames laying around, I might have to try this on my CJ5 ..

Great idea!