"Jeep'ing" a square body? lol

[usar17]

So I was at my yearly family reunion shooting the **** with my uncle. He's a big Jeep enthusiast. We were talking about our 4x4 vehicles and modifications we would love to do with the time, money, and skill. We got talking about jeep doors and how it's nice to pop them off and ride topless.

So our "dream" idea for a Square body was to make a summer stylin square.
chop the top off to make it open, and make a removable door system. If i had the money to buy another square and a garage to house it i would so tackle this project.

My thought is has anyone on here ever made removable doors for their square so you could ride open?

Id like to get a 2nd set of doors to remove the sheet metal, cut it down to half height, and make it just a frame with an open grate look.

kinda like this:

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[AMW]

only think if you do that and get bored of it you cant go back and fix it lol something like a bronco or 70s suburban would look cool tho with this idea

 

[usar17]

I mean creating a system for swapping doors. Then have one set of factory doors, and one set of open doors. Or ride doorless

 

[heavyleft]

This is what I have as secondary doors. Top half been painted white to match the rest of the truck since this pic.

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I used this write up to swap doors easier.

http://coloradok5.com/doorhingepins.shtml

Have plans to use solid round stock to shape to upper door frame, take to upholstery shop to see if they can Fab up zipper windows like a jeep door.

There are tube doors out there for square bodies.....DIY4X.com and Offroaddesign.com make them

 

[AMW]

heavyleft that truck on the colorado5 site looks like the american pie truck lol http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/Teknologikal/StiflerTruck.jpg

 

[warrpath4x4]

heavyleft that truck on the colorado5 site looks like the american pie truck lol http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/Teknologikal/StiflerTruck.jpg

um dude, thats a bronco.

i made my doors removable by cuting the top of the holes out of the door side hinge, leave the top bolt in the door but backed out and you can set the door on the hinge while putting your bottom bolts in. (sorry dont think i have a pic)

 

[warrpath4x4]

also a couple companies make tube doors for our trucks, DIY4X being one of them.

 

[HotRodPC]

Someone on here not long ago, made their own tube doors. It was a CUCV Blazer IIRC, and looked great too. Anyone remember that thread?

 

[Old77]

I remember what you're talking about hrpc but don't remember which thread

 

[usar17]

The door is the easy part. Its making an easily removable hinge assembly to swap doors in less then an hour.

 

[heavyleft]

FYI....it doesn't take me an hour....about ten minutes though...lol.

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[usar17]

I'm sorry heavy, I totally forgot to read ur link. Thanks that's awesome. I'm gonna try it

 

[heavyleft]

I'm sorry heavy, I totally forgot to read ur link. Thanks that's awesome. I'm gonna try it

No problemo!

 

[usar17]

Do u invert the top pins on ur truck like the write up says to do?

 

[heavyleft]

Do u invert the top pins on ur truck like the write up says to do?

Yes I did. It makes getting to the retaining pin that holds the door pin in place easier. I can get a pic if you like?