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- Thread starter Kiel
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Kiel
Formerly WJ ZUK
waynehartwig
www.jeeperman.com
- Location
- Mead, WA
Nobody likes my new doors?
Awww... Sorry... Maybe if they opened you'd get a better response?
Kiel
Formerly WJ ZUK
Awww... Sorry... Maybe if they opened you'd get a better response?
It's a theft system to keep older gentlemen like yourself out
waynehartwig
www.jeeperman.com
- Location
- Mead, WA
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
just curious, but why didnt' you extend that A-pillar all the way down?
I like it other than that.
I like it other than that.
jdub
Scrambler
- Location
- Provo, Utah.
You have all sorts of bars to do a pull up and hop in. Just like dukes of hazard or race car drivers! Did you do the no opening door option so that no limbs hang out? I've seen a compound fracture due to no doors and a tip over.
I like your doors. I want to open mine up a bit and make it easier to get in and out, but I worry about how it makes me more vulnerable in a hard side roll.
As for the A piller I wonder about that too. In this professional artists drawing, you can see how the downward force at the top doesn't have support below and might cause the firewall cross to be crushed down making repair more difficult. Can you add a few pieces something like this to beef it up?
That said, mine has no A piller to support the roof and I don't sweat it too much, so.....
It almost looks like you know what your doing you know.
CR
As for the A piller I wonder about that too. In this professional artists drawing, you can see how the downward force at the top doesn't have support below and might cause the firewall cross to be crushed down making repair more difficult. Can you add a few pieces something like this to beef it up?
That said, mine has no A piller to support the roof and I don't sweat it too much, so.....
It almost looks like you know what your doing you know.
CR
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Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
In what drawing????
The technical term for those two tubes in the center of the windshield is "the A hole". Bracing them down to something is a VERY good idea, but can be difficult to accomplish and maintain leg/footroom.
Doors look good. Since the wing window tube goes into a bend right there, it's stronger than if it were attaching to a straight (and still unbraced) tube. The X gives you a bit more room for hoisting yourself in, as compared to a straight-through waistline tube, too. Bryon Reyna's buggy has a similar setup, it is a pretty clean way to do it, I thought.
Bracing them down to something is a VERY good idea, but can be difficult to accomplish and maintain leg/footroom.Doors look good. Since the wing window tube goes into a bend right there, it's stronger than if it were attaching to a straight (and still unbraced) tube. The X gives you a bit more room for hoisting yourself in, as compared to a straight-through waistline tube, too. Bryon Reyna's buggy has a similar setup, it is a pretty clean way to do it, I thought.
Nobody likes my new doors?
Sorry I was haveing a hard time making out what was in those teeny tiny pictures.
Kiel
Formerly WJ ZUK
Kiel
Formerly WJ ZUK
I could, but I really don't think it will add too much strength. the bottom will be covered up with skin anyway so you won't see it
I like your doors. I want to open mine up a bit and make it easier to get in and out, but I worry about how it makes me more vulnerable in a hard side roll.
As for the A piller I wonder about that too. In this professional artists drawing, you can see how the downward force at the top doesn't have support below and might cause the firewall cross to be crushed down making repair more difficult. Can you add a few pieces something like this to beef it up?
That said, mine has no A piller to support the roof and I don't sweat it too much, so.....
It almost looks like you know what your doing you know.
CR
Maybe a little!! I'm still thinking about the roof. The middle support sits up a little higher then the other parts of the roof, because the bend didn't allow me to notch it any fyrther down. I might plasma it and see if I can suck it down even. Oh and I am planning to support it under the firewall after the engine/trans is in if I can
Maybe a little!! I'm still thinking about the roof. The middle support sits up a little higher then the other parts of the roof, because the bend didn't allow me to notch it any fyrther down. I might plasma it and see if I can suck it down even. Oh and I am planning to support it under the firewall after the engine/trans is in if I can
Well, I think it depends on what you do with the roof, what kind of cover you use if any, as to whether I would change it. If you want to use a big flat sheet of Aluminum or something like that then I might change it, if your going to leave it open then just leave it the way it is maybe. Your call, but I think it looks good.
The great thing about a buggy is you can change whatever, whenever!
CR
Snoopy
*Rock*Binder
- Location
- Colorado Springs
Looks awesome. Very nice.
PBandCJ
like the "sam-itch"
- Location
- North Dakota
looks good can`t wait to see it on the trails