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Offline steveofrost

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An idea, or just plain crazy?
« on: September 18, 2004, 06:03:31 PM »
o.k. I did up a funny drawing of what those doors would look like in my kick. Also, the back doors would each have a track (maybe from a mini van) and they would slide back like a van door.



Just trying to think outside the box. I've wanted a way to open the back doors in tight spots, so I had some ideas.

steveo

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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2004, 06:04:55 PM »
If I spend any of my days off on the comp, I'll do up a nice gif with better detail. I'll keep everyone posted! Going to the wreckers Monday!

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Offline Mike71

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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2004, 06:16:23 PM »
the back door idea doesnt seem half bad

but any kits for the front doors will cost 2-3k lol

and making it urself will require alot of machining
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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2004, 06:26:46 PM »
all i can say  is.........GOOD LUCK WITH THAT! Cool idea though, would be sweet if you pulled it off.
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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2004, 06:27:43 PM »
on a side note that tracker doors are not very heavy..so that might be on ur side
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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2004, 01:42:29 AM »
Yep, your CRAZY ;D It is a wild idea. Ive seen stuff like that done to PU's and low riders at car shows. If a heavy Cadi door can be made to do it, I dont see why you could not do it with yours. If your creative enough and good with fabricating, any thing is possible with the right info.

If the mivi van slide door railing works out to be easier, you could turn your 4 doors into two big sliding doors and have your Kick open up like the Montana Minivans :-/

Just an Idea.
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« Last Edit: September 19, 2004, 01:43:38 AM by Zukipilot »
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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2004, 07:35:20 AM »
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and making it urself will require alot of machining


I'm lucky I have a few friends that want to help out with that, because yes, I followed up on getting the actual door kit and it'll be just over 5 grand.

I was just going to do a simple GIF display, but I'm doing a full 3D sim of the setup for accurate representation. My wife decided that she'd support all my door mods, as she still wants me to wait on the susp. lift and the body lift... She also wants a back door that swings up and lays almost on top of the roof. I'm not so worried about the van door gimick, but the back door is going to be difficult.

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If the mivi van slide door railing works out to be easier, you could turn your 4 doors into two big sliding doors and have your Kick open up like the Montana Minivans  

Just an Idea.
Zig


Yeah, I might try that, but hopefully I can try a lot of things and not go too far with this... I at first wanted some suicide doors in the back, so I might settle with that if things get to crazy! 8)
OFF to the wreckers tomorrow!

steveo

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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2004, 07:59:09 AM »
 
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Yep, your CRAZY ;D  It is a wild idea.


HEY !!   I'll have you know I had nothing to do
with this Crazy Idea     ;)

And Stevo, are you freiking nuts !!!!
Of coarse you are, you are a zookaholic
like the rest of us  ;D

I see where this is going, your wife is side
tracking you from the real functional mods,
and keeping you on the cool ones (she just
don't want you to lift the Trucklet   ::)    Yet !!

Mod On

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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2004, 09:19:58 AM »
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HEY !!   I'll have you know I had nothing to do
with this Crazy Idea      

And Stevo, are you freiking nuts !!!!
Of coarse you are, you are a zookaholic
like the rest of us  

I see where this is going, your wife is side  
tracking you from the real functional mods,
and keeping you on the cool ones (she just
don't want you to lift the Trucklet       Yet !!

Mod On

Wild


I'm really starting to have fun with this thing. I'm planning on doing up my own site and I'll start photo tracking all of the mods I do. Yeah, my wife sidetracks me all the time. She just doesn't want to pull up to the college in what she thinks will be a monster truck. I tried to word it ever so 'gentle', saying that it would only look slightly more aggressive, and it's not like you have to climb up the tires to get in. Speaking of tires, when I put the big meats on, that will be hard for her to deal with. But you are right Wild, she doesn't want the lift....YET ;D

Thats why I'm looking at getting a little car for her. She loves driving standard, so I'll get something like a corolla or an old accord.

I'm also trying to get a wheeling club going here in town and so far it's a bomb (not da bomb), but I think if I get my ass in gear and do up my 4 door, people might think, hey, thats neat, I'd like to do that...

steveo
« Last Edit: September 19, 2004, 09:20:17 AM by steveofrost »

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Offline Mike71

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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2004, 11:00:11 AM »
tell her not to worry about having to climb up the tires..i had to think about this a few days ago when i relized my floor boards will be about arm pit heigh if ur 6 foot lol

i am just going to get some step bars that retract behind the rock sliders..boom problem solved lol
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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2004, 12:25:20 PM »
why dont you just set the rear seat facing back, and do the entry thru the tail gate!! ;D just kidding ::)

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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2004, 03:21:08 PM »
Alright guys I spent about 2 hours at the wreckers tearing up old mini vans. I got most of the parts I need for the crazy idea and I also scored some leather seats out of a 'god knows what' car. I'm charging up my camera batteries to take some photos of the whole operation. I have to go back tommorow to get the one slider and another couple of things off the side that was on the ground. I'm going to have to get a couple of jacks if I want to do the other side of the car like the drivers side. I have not started on the front doors, as I want to see how this sliding thing turns out. I found some nice gear for the rear door as well, but that might be a 'later this month...' project. Will keep you all posted.

steveo

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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2004, 03:23:24 PM »
Oh yeah, I made a new friend that does body work, so I get to tear the thing apart, put the setup together and he's going to touch it all up after and make it easy on the eyes.

steveo

:o (as I glance over at the crap covered leather seats that need cleaning)

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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2004, 03:27:39 PM »
I really dig the idea for the back doors... the front, I'm so-so on, but I'm sure it'll all tie together nicely when complete :)
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Re: An idea, or just plain crazy?
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2004, 04:27:24 PM »
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