does anyone have a picture of half doors on a sidekicke?
how would i make them?
thanks :-/

There've been pics posted here before... I don't have any.

Making them just takes some cutting and some welding

Someone some time ago mentioned they could make those half doors. Thats all my foggy memory could recall I would love one of those tube half doors
But then again, It doesn't do much for keeping the dust and dirt out

WHITTFIELD MAYBE ?

http://www.zukiworld.com/cgi/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=suzuki_talk;action=display;num=1081218779;start=0#0    LOOK ALL THE WAY TO BOTTOM OF PICS. OLD POST MAYBE HE'S FURTHER ON THAT NOW.

  Not adv. for this guy, but this was on another bulletin board.
Just to let you guys know there is a shop building TUBE DOORS for "Any and
All " 4x4s they start at $225 a set and can be painted for an extra $25. You
can call Clint at 503-741-0402.

ANY Toyota
ANY Jeep
ANY Scout
ANY Bronco
ANY Blazer
ANY Land Rover
You get the point.
Shop is some where by the coast of Oregon.

OOooooooooo something Local
Nice to hear from ya FLEX

  Going up this weekend to TSF for the wheeling and keg party, ya going or fixing the kick?

I'm picking up a set of used doors tonight. Going to set about them with the angle grinder   Only minor problem I have is that the stock hinge pins look like some sort of rivet - more work for the grinder.

 Going up this weekend to TSF for the wheeling and keg party, ya going or fixing the kick?

Fixen :-/
Going to go up to Detriot Lake next weekend for a camping/triail ride with the Salem club (Mid Valley Rockcrawlers )
Fixed one bearing and decided to check the other one
Dry as a bone. must have gotten really wet or something :-/  I'm sure it got greased when I put new ones in last year, I think.

I picked up the doors last night this evening I took off my existing doors and after grinding the heads off the pins (rivetted) knocked them out. Now I have learnt just how easily the part of the hinge that bolts to the door can bend   and just how difficult it is to straighten them   After 3 1/2 hours I have got one set of hinges modified with the removable pin through them (luckily the used doors still had the hinges attached and had the removeable pins  
I've got the trim off the used door and removed the glass. There is a hefty looking bar running along the door, pic below:



I'm going to cut above this as it seems like a good idea to retain the impact protection. It should look something like this:



Unless I respray it myself in which case it won't look so tidy, lol. I'm going to cut some metal tomorrow. at the front I'm going to bring a line down following the metal work around the mirror which will be retained. At the back it will kick up to go around the lock and blend in with the line on the bodywork.

Started cutting the metalwork:

One thing I've always wondered about 'kick half doors (and one reason I haven't started chopping up one of my parts Tracker doors) is how the latching mechanism works after you cut it up? Do you just install some sort of latch of your own on it, or can you use the existing latch by re-working the linkage?

One thing I've always wondered about 'kick half doors  is how the latching mechanism works after you cut it up? Do you just install some sort of latch of your own on it, or can you use the existing latch by re-working the linkage?

The existing latch is secured to the door frame and remains. There are a few steel rods coming off of it for the locking mechanism, the external release and the internal release. I just removed the rods I didn't need, I will have to make up a new internal release or relocate the existing handle (most likely option).

I hope you're taking lots of pics.