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Arizona Rock Crawling Daily Driver
- Thread starter starkey480
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Big thanks to @mrblaine. I essentially copied what he did here
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Finished the drivers side and gave this one a quick brush with the scotchbrite. Looks much better
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Can’t help but post up some of the details. Really excited how my first fabrication project turned out
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If anyone is wondering why the rail bolts are torx, Blaine suggested I use these because it is difficult to find strong enough Phillips bolts in that long of a length. These bolts are trailer deck bolts and are meant to self tap so they are hardened.
i've seen just a few pics of this rig........and never referenced it for my build but dam if i'm not almost similar in appearance. i'm just missin about 10k worth of better stuff.
The farmer was bitching to his son that he had two horses and always had a hard time telling them apart. One day he was pretty excited in telling his son that he finally found a way to know which was which. Yep, I went out there and measured them nags. Turns out, the black one is 6" taller than the brown one.
downthepines
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Clean work. Honestly really like this build. Nice capable rig, still on short arms. But wheeling fairly difficult trails.
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ready to tackle trail doors?
that bar you used would make a nice inner braces and is wide enough to offer a bit of arm rest at the top edge as well as deep enough to drill and tap for fasteners.
hinges don't seem like a big deal, but i'm not sure about the latch mechanism.
that bar you used would make a nice inner braces and is wide enough to offer a bit of arm rest at the top edge as well as deep enough to drill and tap for fasteners.
hinges don't seem like a big deal, but i'm not sure about the latch mechanism.
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You know I was just thinking about it yesterday and adding up the cost of either adding aluminum sheet to my soft door frames that currently have busted plastic shell on them, or putting armor on my half doors. Would be about $200 in materials for just the outer sheet and fasteners. Didn’t think about making full blown doors though
I could steal the latches off my half door frames.
jesseshoots
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Buy a rotary latch from Southco and rig up a pull string for the trigger like in race cars. If you can make the door skin the latch is the easy part!
You know I was just thinking about it yesterday and adding up the cost of either adding aluminum sheet to my soft door frames that currently have busted plastic shell on them, or putting armor on my half doors. Would be about $200 in materials for just the outer sheet and fasteners. Didn’t think about making full blown doors though
if you have a set you can cannibalize it's a 3rd off the cost already.
looks like any decent look alike latches run about 100$ and then you have to rig a forward pull also.... not having to reach back is desired.
guy up the road posted a 40x60 1/4" 6061 drop for 125$ today i'm thinkin of snatchin it . it really wouldn't need a thick brace for that material.
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I like making things and I like spending less money but as it creeps closer to the cost of just buying some laser cut doors I get less motivated
