Very cool. Looks like steel? How thick? Can't wait to see more progress. I've never been able to swallow the price of what companies sell those things for.
I won't have a conventional lock, Eberhard latches, yj half door Latch handles exterior and interior. Here's a wooden jig I made to layout the Latch and handle mechanics.
Thank you ExWrench, I grew up using Autocad, but used Draftsight to draw these up. Since the outside skin is 11 gauge, these will definitely have some weight to them. My guess is they will almost be as heavy as a full door when I get done with the inside panels. I will try to weigh them soon. No plans right now for a kit. All depends on how I get the inside finished, otherwise the doors are pretty similar to savvy, but the goal is to be similar to zebra or rugged Ridge but with handles that line up lol (the shit drives me crazy)
wow. That explanation is all-the-more impressive;with your skillset, couldn't the outside or the whole thing also be done in aluminum or would that be dastardly to try to TIG weld as well as costly as heck?
I do not think the Savvy doors are as complete as your design but they gotta be lighter.
I wasn't gonna comment but ExWrench read my thoughts and I wondered about weight, too.
the curve is so awesome.
you could dimple-die some inner stuff to lighten, maybe?
Maybe you haz engine that weight is not such a factor on.
I am doing steel so they will be armor and I can weld to the outer skins. I do not have the ability to tig yet. The inside skin will be 16 and 18 gauge.
Tonight I made 2 more hinges so I could mount the rear passenger door, and added curve to it. Top cap on front door will get redone after I receive my factory uppers.
I made some pieces, shown in a previous pic, that I drew with a huge radius, and after 2 attempts I got the front door right. The rear door I got right the first attempt. The jk body has about 3/8" roll to it from center
Phenomenal work! And i share the same thoughts on the door handles, HATE that they don't line up on certain manufacturers (OCD sucks sometimes lol) and don't like the zebra handles protruding from the side of the door, both just look like afterthoughts to me.
Thank you RkyMtnJK. Just to prove how stupid I am, I couldn't pass up a set of factory uppers, even though I already had bestop soft doors, and had planned on using those uppers. Well, needless to say, I had followed the body lines from the lower soft door, and the factory lower goes up higher near the mirrors, so I need to make a mockup lower, to see where the hell I am at. Good times
Just to clarify- I had 4 door skins all done and ready to mount latches and then start on the interior, until I decided to switch from the bestop softdoor uppers to factory uppers.
Here's a few pics to show the difference in the body lines.
Not even close with the factory uppers
So I made a wooden mockup and tonight made some new progress
Tomorrow I will cut some new outer skins for the front doors
Quick test of new skin to factory upper, everything looks great! Now to start building new caps with the insert for the uppers so I can mock up the height
How the upper retainer post comes down where the handles is, clearance is fine depth Wise, but that covers up my ability to screw in the screws to mount the handle, so I am flipping the handle. Not so easy, as you need the draw to trigger the Latch. But I redesigned the exterior and interior handle cable draw setup
So my handle will actually be aerodynamic unlike savvy
Thanks, lol, I really can't even believe it myself, that I was all good to go with the bestop uppers, but I couldn't pass up getting the factory uppers.
I don't own the table, I met the owner thru a mutual friend. It is a Burntable 4x5 with hypertherm 65. It is awesome to be able to draw something up and watch it get cut out. Makes my switch of uppers not such a big deal at all
Dude... that is awesome. Glad my misfortunes have made a positive impact on you! - no sarcasm intended.
Doors are coming along great!
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