Ahh, yep. No question on that. A lot easier to stick your head out the side and see what the tires are doing.. can't do that very effectively with a full size door, even with the window rolled down.TORC said:Well, Hoop... I can see where you're coming from about not being able to hop in and out easily, but they do allow for improved visibility.
Michelle was driving my SII in the snow on our run on 3/1 and while watching her and telling her "turn your tire left" and such, I realized she's handicapped in my SII. Her shoulders are probably even with the bottom of the door glass (/top of door) so looking out to watch the tire and make sure it's "straight" or "left" or "right" isn't going to happen.TORC said:Well, Hoop... I can see where you're coming from about not being able to hop in and out easily, but they do allow for improved visibility.
Good point. It is easier to switch from regular steel to the cutout steel, then from inserts to regular... and no left over holes in the sheet metal from the insertstsm1mt said:
Michelle was driving my SII in the snow on our run on 3/1 and while watching her and telling her "turn your tire left" and such, I realized she's handicapped in my SII. Her shoulders are probably even with the bottom of the door glass (/top of door) so looking out to watch the tire and make sure it's "straight" or "left" or "right" isn't going to happen.
Must be why we got her an 800.(Now if her mechanic would just get around to working on it a bit more often instead of his own junk..)
I like the idea of cut steel doors, particularly if you're able to retain the door latch (even just the outside handle) and the stock hinges.
It would make converting back to "full doors" relatively straightforward.
I'd like to go back to my steel top in the winter some day (after I repair my trashed body).
Maybe my wrinkled doors would make good cut-outs for SSII soft-doors.
I even have a set of SSII inserts I can just slap against the steel door for a template.
That is a lot of work for only a couple of inches of cutout... you should have at least grafted a drink holder into the flat sheet that covers the gap...:flipoff2:Witty said:done.
i eventually ground it all down, and painted them drab green.
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it doesn't look like much, but the door ledge that i made sits at the same level as the seat bottom. cutting any less wouldnt help, and the door just gets weaker.That is a lot of work for only a couple of inches of cutout
Going to pic up another set of Rockwells today to trade to my cage builder for the work. fabbed the body/cage mounts last weekend. Waiting on the patterns to get back from Cali. getting them put on disc in "autocad" so the plate cutter can cut them out for the dual t-case adapter. Decided to leave the 345 in for now but holding on to the Vortec 350. Maybe later this year. I got some pics scanned and started to upload to "Montypics" but ran out of time and their server is down until next week so you guys will have to wait. I might send them to Hoop to post if he wants to. By the way Hoop, did you get those articles "archived" for me? Thanks in advance...slipscomb said:by the way, sean...how much longer till the rockwelled scout is done?
I've thought about cutting a set of doors a lot. It would make it oh so much easier to put groceries in when both hands are full :flipoff2:Hooper said:What is the advantage? You are not saving that much weight.