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Swamp boy
03-23-2005, 10:49 AM
It started off much like many of my projects ...With an ill concieved idea and a shitty attempt at Photoshop....
And one of those....."What you guys think?" Post..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002775.jpg

Then I set my plan into action with a sharpie and some precise sawzall cuts..
(well as precise as you can be with a sawzall...)
If you look closely you can tell that I cut out a section and left tabs that are big enough to fold over to the back panel of the door...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002777.jpg

I cut the curved in portion off of the top section off where it narrows toward the window so that I could fold the rest in..
It all got folded over and tacked in place.. (You can finish weld at this point if you would like ..) then you cut off the inside panel of the door flush with your welds...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002791.jpg

I cut a piece of 14gauge sheet metal out for the front section near the mirror and welded that in.. I also filled in all the little holes in the door that wherent covered by the sheet metal...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002801.jpg

f you look closely at this picture you can see that I was not happy with the finished look at the back of the door so I cut out another piece of sheet metal and redid it...
Look at me Pimping the haf doors.. Kicked back and thinking about how cool I am going to be... (It didnt really work out like I planed.. )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002803.jpg

Pretty much did the exact same thing on the other side...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002808.jpg

This is followed by alot of grinding and some touch up welding to fill in any holes...

And of course the enevitable.....BONDO.......Passenger side...First coat of bondo...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002817.jpg

Here is the drivers door after some serious grinding time.....


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002818.jpg

I added a piece of 1.5 pipe to each side to make a arm rest/ door brace..
You can see the piece of steel I added for the back of the door in this picture as well...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002821.jpg

First coat of bondo on drivers door...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002824.jpg

didnt get a lot of pictures but there are 3 coats of bondo.. Each sanded down till it was reasonably smooth ...Blah blah blah... you get the gist..

And here is the primered work of art...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/IM002825.jpg

Yes I made it to the Grand Opening sale at JC Penny's... :supz:

Then you just color match and you are done...
Simple as that...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/Swampy%20Pics/IM002926.jpg

Now for a few words of wisdom.........


1. Remove your mirrors ...

2. Cover all glass.. Inside and out.. (Hot metal will burn its way into glass and then rust... ) I have alot of tiny little rust spots on my passenger windshield and both mirrors..

3.Do all of your welding with the doors closed... (Heat tends to draw up the steel and shrink it some.. The door latch will keep the door nice and level and tight... (Ask me why I had to work so hard to get my drivers door to close good... And why I only have burnt spots on the passenger side windshield....)

4.. If you weld with your doors open a cleverly applied torch with a rose bud will make bending the door back to shape easier...( I intentionally left this out of the writeup. and you should try to skip this step it fucking sucked....)

5. Cover the dash carpet and seats very well before you start sanding bondo and grinding..(Use heavy painters tarps they are pretty cheap and you can reused them when you have to paint the house cause you r wife is pissed about all the time you have spent on your jeep...) Slightly dampening them periodically will keep them from catcing on fire and wasting your damn fire extenguisher.. (this will burn holes in the tarp and get paint on your new hardwood floors..Then your wife is pissed again...)
Might be safer just to cover the dash and remove the front seats...

6. If you suck at body work light I do.. Get a buddy who is good at it to come over and help out.. Have him pick up a 12 pack of whatever he drinks on the way.. (When he is drinking he forgets how long he has been sanding...)

7. When you start painting move your wifes car.. You are running out of rooms in the house to paint... Damnit...


I hope this has been informative and helpfull.. I doubt that to many people will attempt this but if you do.. Post up some pics so I can see if your buddy is better at body work than mine.....


When I finished.. I had a few "bad spots" on my seats so I bought these...(By "bad spots" I mean I set the fuckers on fire...)


http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/94/94531/folders/169383/1244826IMG0021.jpg

Here is another tip... Dont drop a driveshaft on your big toe...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/Swampy%20Pics/IM002838.jpg
Damn you Tom Woods..

http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/94/94531/folders/169383/1244822IMG0018.jpg

Beer will make it better...


Thats it ... You are done... Now you are coooooool....

http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/94/94531/folders/169383/1244825IMG0020.jpg


:toimonst:

JeepinHank
03-23-2005, 11:32 AM
Informative and entertaining.

Doubt I'll be doing it anytime soon, but I know where to look if I ever do.

I loved the whole writeup until the "driveshaft on the toe" pic. I coulda done with out that.

I give it:

:flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2: out of: :flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

ELLLLLIOTTTTT
03-23-2005, 12:15 PM
:flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2: out of: :flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

:mrgreen: i agree

i got a couple doors from the junkyard the other week that i plan on starting on something like this. Mines gonna be just a tad bit different but now I know where to start. Thanks!

BigDaveZJ
03-23-2005, 12:16 PM
Great writeup man!! Thanks for putting it up!

Forwheelin49
03-23-2005, 02:32 PM
GOO that toe is gross, but great write up

Swamp boy
03-23-2005, 05:16 PM
My toe is much better now.. And thanks for the compliments...

I do what I can Dave.... :smt003

OverkillZJ
03-23-2005, 08:55 PM
Great writeup, NASTY TOE!

TrojanMan
03-24-2005, 12:46 AM
that last pic = most pimp ever.

ELLLLLIOTTTTT
03-24-2005, 02:33 AM
that last pic = most pimp ever.

more like slightly disturbing

cajuns are grungy :flipoff2:

Swamp boy
03-24-2005, 06:37 PM
Hey...... I represent that remark... :rolleyes:

TrojanMan
03-26-2005, 01:54 AM
you could be a pirate carl..

..arrrr

Swamp boy
03-26-2005, 01:58 AM
You should have seen me when I had the piece of metal go in my eye..

I had to have my cornea buffed to remove the rust ... And I wore and Eye patch for a week...

I must admit... I looked pretty cool with an eye patch... :smt003

trailzj
03-26-2005, 11:17 AM
Man that rocks!

I thought I had my mind made up on making tube doors :smt017

Al

AprilzWarrior
03-26-2005, 02:09 PM
Good write up....


Now get some damn boots... I dont want to hear anyone rag on Chase for wearing his sissy sandels, especially after seeing that picture.



YUK

:finga:

Swamp boy
03-26-2005, 02:43 PM
Funny thing was I wast really working on anything when I broke my toe..

I was sanding and having a few beers when my buddy came over to show me his shaft he had been having problems with... He picked it up to hand it to me and it slipped apart in the middle and the bottom landed on my toe....

MY daughter was standing right there and I tried to play it cool and just walked in to the bathroom and stuck my toe in the tub to clean it off...

Then drove myself to my doctors office...

I brought my Digi.. and actually took that picture at the doctors office..

He sent me to the emergency room since the bone was crushed and they just bandaged it .. And I had to go back to my doctor in one week ..
He would cut open the wound and clean it and wrap it back.. I had to do that for 5 weeks so that the bone could heal before they let the toe heal.. So that no infection would set in , in the bone.....


It sucked and I can tell you I do not go out to my garage for any reason without wearing steel toe boots anymore... I even wear them taking out the garbage... :smt003


And after having metal removed from my eye twice .. I wear safety glasses to do everything as well... I even invested in one of those big huge grinding shields... :supz:


Eyes and toes are important.... :rolleyes:

Fry
10-19-2005, 11:04 PM
:mrgreen: i agree

i got a couple doors from the junkyard the other week that i plan on starting on something like this. Mines gonna be just a tad bit different but now I know where to start. Thanks!

Gives me an Idea... I should do that to some junkyard doors and stick them on my DD for the summer...:cool:

TrojanMan
12-07-2005, 07:34 AM
what did you do to latch them?

ILikeMud
12-07-2005, 02:38 PM
I think Carl is using the stock latches.
I'm picking up some doors this Friday to chop up, can't wait. I'm gonna see if I can put CJ/YJ/TJ door handle on the outside though.

LouisianaZJ
12-08-2005, 07:11 AM
he is using the stock latch assebly. all that was modiied was the inner latch was relocated and the connceting rod was bent so it would reach the new location

the outer handle was cut off except for the back section of it

Swamp boy
12-09-2005, 12:15 AM
Sorry didnt see your post sooner.. They are correct.. I just cut the outside handle off and left a little piece that you can grab with your index.. (Sanded it smooth.. And even used a heat gun to give it a little curve...)

For the inside I bent the stock release rod til it cleared the cut out section then hooked it to the handle and manuvered the handle around till I found a suitable placefor it.. (there is a cut out that it fits in to the rear of the speaker... ) If you do your doors and you need some help with the inside handle I can take off my inner door panels and get you some pics...


Carl

Swamp boy
12-09-2005, 12:18 AM
You can see the outer handle here ... And Look at those pimp ass rock lights...:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/swampboy/Swampy%20Pics/IM002926.jpg

Sonar
12-09-2005, 05:27 PM
Swampy... that toe... sweet jeezus.... :eek:

Swamp boy
12-09-2005, 11:21 PM
If you think it looks bad.. You should know that it felt much much worse...:D

Beer only stopped the pain for a while..:drinkers:

fsjtrash
07-25-2007, 12:39 PM
Is that a snorkel completely camo'd into the side? You're a sly one, my friend. I like it.

canadian_driver
07-25-2007, 12:51 PM
holy cow 2 years old almost

vsh
07-25-2007, 02:02 PM
boing

canadian_driver
07-25-2007, 02:55 PM
Could I ask,
WHATS THE POINT

I can look out my window just fine.
If I needed to see, I'd just take the doors off completely. And even then...

BTW, good job with all of the fab work, it turned out well and looks clean.


because you can see so much more with half doors, and atleast with my i have bug netting and windows on mine for bugs and rain

ILikeMud
07-25-2007, 06:02 PM
vsh, how much do you wheel your Grand?
You can lean out of them worth a shit.

CANADIAN ZJ!
07-25-2007, 07:45 PM
my reasons were 1)visibility...fawking right you can/need to lean out to see that front tire. you've obviously never tried to see thru an inch of mud when you wheel damnit.:flipoff2:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j88/curtismcneil/Dutch%20Lane/DSCI0056.jpg

and 2) to save my door and mirror from trees that I've already lost the passenger too. you try to follow a tj through trees!


for bugs and rain

pfft for bugs n rain...pussy! :flipoff2:

canadian_driver
07-25-2007, 07:46 PM
pfft for bugs n rain...pussy! :flipoff2:


talk to me after you've been wheeling in bob during august, the bugs are brutal

Swamp boy
08-03-2007, 05:43 PM
Wheeling in the swamps of Louisiana.. The mosquitos are so big they can kill a human... But its worth the bug bites when you can actually see where you are going and the amount of air that flows thru is a god send. Its stupid hot here as well and I have no AC..:D

ILikeMud
08-04-2007, 01:03 AM
talk to me after you've been wheeling in bob during august, the bugs are brutal

Deep Woods off pussy.
I keep a can in my glove box and another in my trail kit.

tywilson88
09-25-2007, 01:18 AM
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/94/94531/folders/169383/1244822IMG0018.jpg
i would like to see that hood, where did you get that?

ILikeMud
09-25-2007, 11:24 AM
It's a regular Grand Cherokee hood with some vents added too it.

LouisianaZJ
09-25-2007, 07:31 PM
they are vents from some sort of pontiac I think

minydigger
09-25-2007, 10:11 PM
They look like a set that I picked up a couple weeks ago, from a chevy berreta z24 At least thats what I think I took them off of. Are they steel? can you post some pics of how you installed them?

tywilson88
09-25-2007, 11:39 PM
They look like a set that I picked up a couple weeks ago, from a chevy berreta z24 At least thats what I think I took them off of. Are they steel? can you post some pics of how you installed them?
thats kinda what i was saying

hoffyinaz
09-27-2007, 02:09 AM
all of swampys work is here
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=94531&ck=

tywilson88
09-27-2007, 11:48 AM
all of swampys work is here
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=94531&ck=
he didn't put that on there. and that onboard air compressor is tight.