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if you make a set of tube doors to fit a 93-97 ranger, id probably pay ~250. how much longer do you think it will be before you release tem? ive looked forever for tube doors for my truck
It's posted earlier in this thread. A few months. Like August he'll be test fitting them or blah blah.

Also there's a toyota tube door company which'll custom make em for you.
 
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Originally Posted by Red_Ak_Ranger
It's posted earlier in this thread. A few months. Like August he'll be test fitting them or blah blah.

Also there's a toyota tube door company which'll custom make em for you.
ah, thanks.

true, but if i wanted a custom made set, i could go to any of the machine shops around here. im hoping his production ones will be cheaper than custom fab costs.
 
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you could also jus make your own. The steel used for the doors doesn't have to be incredibly thick because you couldn't really expect it to hold up to the weight of lets say, rolling onto a tree stump.

Here's an example.

 
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so lemme get this straight

i take my doors off or make somehting like that

i can get a girl to drive my truck in a pink hat?
 
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The girl isn't that goood lookin. And the hat isn't that pink. And you should be on AIM.

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Originally Posted by catfish hunter
if you make a set of tube doors to fit a 93-97 ranger, id probably pay ~250. how much longer do you think it will be before you release tem? ive looked forever for tube doors for my truck
tube doors wont be long. ive pretty much got them ready to start making em. ill keep you informed. theyll be cheaper than 250 easily.
 
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Originally Posted by Red_Ak_Ranger
It's posted earlier in this thread. A few months. Like August he'll be test fitting them or blah blah.

Also there's a toyota tube door company which'll custom make em for you.
thanks for the support butt wipe...
 
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Originally Posted by SuperGildo@RRP
thanks for the support butt wipe...
For the impatient people!

Anyways gildo, I think their "custom" are gonna end up costing 500 bucks+ because of the custom aspect.

Chill out Mijo


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I'd pay 150-200 for a set plus shipping, if that helps. But I drop that much on mods every paycheck. Oh, yeah. I'll be taking the doors off monday and probably tuesday, too to get some practice putting them back on.
thats about what i was thinking
 
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Gil your truck looks cool with no doors atleast you scared off that Mexican. Too bad he got your doors first!

Ha.....hopefully he didnt get Gil's mexican food that he "supposedly" has....
 
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Originally Posted by SuperGildo@RRP
tube doors wont be long. ive pretty much got them ready to start making em. ill keep you informed. theyll be cheaper than 250 easily.
that would be awesome. the cheaper the better, as always.

so is it the same design for the newer rangers as the 93-97's?
 
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lol catfish hunter
 
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that's a little late...
 
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what?
 
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Originally Posted by catfish hunter
that would be awesome. the cheaper the better, as always.

so is it the same design for the newer rangers as the 93-97's?
before i sell you a set we'll confirm, but i would highly assume so. as long as it isnt the box style rangers, it show be the same distances.

if you want you can measure how much from top hinge to bottome hinge and the distance between holes...
 
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ill go take some measurements, as soon as its not pouring out.
 
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Well, I washed the truck up and took the doors off today, and it only took about an hour. Just make sure you have something that can hold the wieght of the doors when you unbolt them. They weigh about 100lbs each. It's really wierd driving like that, too. It makes the truck look really skinny...lol. Well, heres a pic!

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lol you tried to do it yourself?

i always have a buddy with me, and it takes me about 10 minutes to get em off and about 20 to put em back on...
 
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i'll lhave to have a buddy help me put them back on... I lift alot of really heavy **** at work so I figured I'd be alright... I'm going to need some help putting them back on though...

I just took a ride with the doors off-- wow! Once you get over how scary it is and how cool the engine sounds, you feel like a douche, or at least I did driving my near-stock ranger around without the doors. Then after a couple miles, you get used to it.
 
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Oh, yeah and when the doors are off, you don't have any dingers, so don't forget to take your keys outta the ignition or you might get locked out
 
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looks sweet, id be scared of getting T boned...

any pics of your quick disconnects? did you use the quick disconnet butt connectors?
 
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I'm going to use some of the bullet-type crimp-on connectors. I haven't acutally got to that part yet, cause it's soooo damn hot outside and I'm tired as hell from cleaning it and taking the doors off and carrying them a couple hundred feet to the shop.
 
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pictures please channing :-)
 
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Man, I sooooo don't like the doors off now. It sucks ***. It's good for once in a while for offraoding. Those doors are friggin' heavy, I tried to put them back on, no sir! I will post pictures tomorrow.
 
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lmao...
 


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