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Carbon Half Doors Fitted - Sweet!


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Managed to get my nice new Carbon-NV Half Doors fitted today - just in time for the Alps trip on Friday.

 

Thought I'd post up some pics and share my fitting technique.

 

So, my priority here was to avoid making any more holes in the tub or scuttle. This meant that I had to have a cunning plan that involved using the existing screw fixing that holds on my aeroscreen.

 

I figured that if I did this, then I could do a Lamborghini Stylee flip up door hinge - and then just had to figure out a way to hold the doors on without drilling the tub. I also wanted it to be as easy as possible to flip forward and thus make entry/exit easier.

 

So, here's what I came up with:

 

After affixing the front of the door to the pre drilled aeroscreen fixing point - attach a small bungee with some P Clips...

 

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This is held in place with a small domed head allen bolt in the alloy panel using a rubber 'rivnut'

 

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The door then gets held in place - with only a couple of rivets visible (I'll paint them black and you'll hardly notice) and more importantly no extra holes in the bodywork - result :)

 

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and can swing up out of the way in a few seconds

 

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I also have another small bungee held in place by the JK rear seat fixings - this can loop over the pointy bit of the door at the rear (forgot to take a pic though!)

 

I'll probably replace the bungees with some shock chord so there's no sharp edges to catch on clothing, but it works well for now!

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Alps trip on Friday.

 

 

 

Alps!! wow ! we need loads of pictures and videos please  :)

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Alps!! wow ! we need loads of pictures and videos please  :)

 

oh yes, well with 5x Westies, a Dax Rush and three motorbikes, I reckon there's be one or two pics!

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Haha indeed you may! Yes top notch work from Mark very pleased with them.

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Nice job Chris

I have a set squirrelled away in the garage that I have been pondering on how to fit.

Can we have a photo of the rear bungee fitting please

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I'll try and get a pic tomorrow Gary. But basically it's a small bungee bolted with a repair washer to the rear top fixing on my JK seat and then it just loops over the back 'point' of the door.

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Great idea Chris, simple but very effective. I was wondering how you controlled the top rear corner though, till you mentioned the second bungee!

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great idea chris. what fixing did you use to hinge the front

M5 with nyloc and nylon washers.
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Great idea Chris, simple but very effective. I was wondering how you controlled the top rear corner though, till you mentioned the second bungee!

The driver side one actually clips in behind the seat. Not sure how that would work so undecided.
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