Project: Barn Door to Dutch Door

[g0t0pless]

After doing some research here on the forums, other forums, and asking my local neghborhood body man, I decided to go ahead and start my swap from barn doors to dutch doors.

This thread will illustrate the steps needed to accomplish this, including any mistakes I make along the way.

The guinea pig going under the knife (ignore the rear ground effects, that project is posted elsewhere here on the forums):


Step 1: Find some doors to swap!
I find that using craigslist yields better results than Ebay for these kinds of things. I was able to locate a complete set of 6 doors from a newer van for $150 picked up. All doors are complete with power everything, door panels, speakers, wiring, mirrors, glass, and virtually rust free. If you are willing to travel a little distance, might I suggest www.searchtempest.com to search multiple cities on cragslist.

Here are 3 of the doors I picked up:




Stay tuned for more.

[g0t0pless]

Grabbed the rest of the doors today. I'll take pics as soon as it stops raining.

[misterfx8]

good luck with the project. I will be door searching this weekend.

[ProStreet_LS1]

Any progress

[g0t0pless]

No progress lately other than stripping the passenger doors down to pull the inner parts for my doors. I've also been busy working on the front suspension. New a-arm bushings, ball jonts, bearings, shocks, and 2" drop coils. Still need an alignment. Also been chasing down a wiring problem.

[WILITO8327]

CANT WAIT TO SEE PICS WHEN ITS DONE

[ProStreet_LS1]

Any progress?

[g0t0pless]

Any progress?

Not recently. I've got some other projects going on with the van that I need to get done for inspection.

I got my new airdam put on the front, gonna put the rear rollpan on next so I can my exhaust done.