Dropped off the doors...

[JHarris1385]

Yeah would gut it of all my good stuff if I ever did this.

[Marlin]

Yeah would gut it of all my good stuff if I ever did this.

That's the problem. The zombie revolution isn't going to wait for you to load your gear.

[MustangO4]

Well, I made this today. It is only tacked because I ran out of non shielded wire, so just tacked it up with nasty flux-core. Hope to finish it and do some doors this week. THe angles are nuts, so there is a lot of "cut close, beat to fit, paint to match" going on with this one. Oh yea, I have about $25 in pipe into it :-)

Even better, the wife said she would ride in it after seeing it!!!

In progress, checking level


Now just finish welding and grinding, clean it up and paint; gas cans and tire in the back????

[samneil2000]

Cool. Now just throw some cladding on it.

[Cobrajet]

I guess you can't classify this as a "grocery getter" anymore... maybe a "grocery spitter"

Now, back away from MY VX!!

[Golfindoc]

I'm sorry but this is just WRONG!

[Marlin]

Umm, I think it is AWESOME!!! You can haul a pig or even goats back there now. I can see the VX wandering downa dirt road, hay flying out the back...lol. I dig it, is it going to be swing away? I would also be curious if it hurts your derparture/approach angles. Looks awesome, definitely a head turner.

[Triathlete]

Shouldn't affect the angles any...will rip the cladding off way before he hits the tube work, unless he is backing into a wall.

[Triathlete]

BTW...I think it looks good. Only thing I would have done differently is give the top tube a bend to mimick the hump of the door.

[JAMAS]

Cool. Now just throw some cladding on it.

Or maybe some metal mesh.

[MustangO4]

Here it is all done. No tire, gas can etc yet. Still thinking about that....





And my all time favorate view!!!! I can back up now!

[Marlin]

How does it attach? BTW, love it! Oh man, can't wait to get back from deployment, I see tube doors and something similar to yours in the future. Rear facing seats would be rad as well!

[nfpgasmask]

I really don't think that the doors do anything structurally for us. The VX is a "body on frame" truck, so like a Jeep everything should stay lined up just fine.

x2, I think it will be fine. If the VX was unibody, maybe a concern but... Either way, I like the idea, but to put it into practice I think you need tube doors and you should replace the rear door. You might notice the exhaust fumes wafting up when you are at stop lights. That alone is reason enough to put the rear door back on.

The VX is kinda a hot box in the summer, especially for those of us with Ebony VXes, so I definitely understand the desire for an open air 4x4! I want to build a unicab Trooper RS at some point in my life.

Bart

[Vendetta]

That's the first time I've ever seen out the back of a VX.

Gotta hand it to you man, that took some doin'!

[MustangO4]

Thanks for the responses. It bolts onto the hinges and then on the latch, I just made a tab that goes over the latch and a pin you drop in through it. It opens, but is made very tight to prevent rattling, so it is not really designed to open all the time. You can just reach in.