Quick door question: build or install first?
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Laughing Gas
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From: Golden, CO
Quick door question: build or install first?
Searching through all the relevant threads here as I prepare to build my empty door shells — but wondering whether it’s better (or easier?) to build the door first off the truck then hang, or hang ‘em empty and build on the truck?
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Laughing Gas
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From: Wharton, PA
I have a 54...but I second the install first...build after. Much easier to install and get lined up when it is just a shell. Plus I thought rebuild was easier with the door upright where you can get to it.
Lead Driver
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My doors needed rust repair on the bottoms. I found it much easier to work on them laying flat on a workbench than try to work on them from underneath if they were hanging. After the body work was done I hung them to do the glass and regulator install. 
Laughing Gas
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From: Colorado Springs /Mesa AZ
I hung them first. Pic's in my build thread. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...lt-thread.html
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Laughing Gas
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From: Golden, CO
thanks for the replies
yep, empty door shell ready for internals and glass.
so i guess i'll hang 'em first, then it sounds like vent windows first, then division bar, etc.
i've got a bunch of weather stripping i gotta figure out where it all goes, both for windows and doors. re: the latter, this just came to me — does door weatherstripping go on the door side or the cab side?
thanks for replies. time to go back and re-read all the search results.
so i guess i'll hang 'em first, then it sounds like vent windows first, then division bar, etc.
i've got a bunch of weather stripping i gotta figure out where it all goes, both for windows and doors. re: the latter, this just came to me — does door weatherstripping go on the door side or the cab side?
thanks for replies. time to go back and re-read all the search results.
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Fleet Owner
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yep, empty door shell ready for internals and glass.
so i guess i'll hang 'em first, then it sounds like vent windows first, then division bar, etc.
i've got a bunch of weather stripping i gotta figure out where it all goes, both for windows and doors. re: the latter, this just came to me — does door weatherstripping go on the door side or the cab side?
thanks for replies. time to go back and re-read all the search results.
so i guess i'll hang 'em first, then it sounds like vent windows first, then division bar, etc.
i've got a bunch of weather stripping i gotta figure out where it all goes, both for windows and doors. re: the latter, this just came to me — does door weatherstripping go on the door side or the cab side?
thanks for replies. time to go back and re-read all the search results.
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