this might be a dumb idea but i was wonderign if anyone makes hinges for trucks so you can take your doors off on a nice day. Like jeeps. I have no power in my f250xl so that wouldnd be a problem just not sure if you could do it or how it would look. Probably be pretty fun though haha

 

Its been discussed with no real answer. Other than the legal issues in some states . I know you could make some. You would need a lift or helper to get them off/on and lined up. They can be heavy. The wires r trivial . Just get a hidden wire contact set used on hotrod. Good luck

 

All ford door hinges are held together with a pin that's reasonably tight, requiring tapping in with a hammer.

If one were to make their own pins, about 0.02" smaller in diameter, with a larger shank on top as a "handle", you could very easily make the doors removable, just like the Jeep Wranger.

You might also google around for full-size bronco sites, as I know a lot of the bronco guys off-road with their fiberglass "cap" and doors removed.

Maybe they as a group have a supplier for something more aftermarket than a set of homemade pins.

If you choose to make the pins, all you need is a lathe. Very simple to make.

 

its kinda fun to drive these trucks with no doors after mine shut in the wrong direction if you know what i mean

 

call me a girl, but i wouldn't want to have NO door. i would do something like the aftermarket jeep doors that are just like a little tube frame. gives you a little security and an armrest too.

 

How would you keep the dog from jumping out?

 

how would you keep the girlfriend from jumping out?

 

Treat her as well as you treat the dog, maybe even a little better...

 

i ike the tube still frame idea to bad mines all eletric

 

Making doors out of tubing is another option, that's a good suggestion tomtoc.

Hacking up a set of junkyard doors to make half-doors can't be that bad. Just a matter of slicing out an area just below where the window would be, contoured as you wish, then weld on say, 20 ga steel across the top of that. If you grind the beads nicely it will be smooth. I'd even go as far as putting in tubing for safety. Here's a good example of this snarfed off the web:

http://www.fullsizebronco.com/forum/...light=door+pin

A lot of "serious off-roaders" like half-doors or tubular doors because it allows them to see down and next to the truck easier while rock crawling. Personally, I'd rather have SMALLER openings to keep mud and debris out. On one occasion I had my old crewcab's wheels turned to the right, and the driver side flicked up a large rock which bounced off a boulder which richochet'd into the passenger compartment denting the top of my door on the way in, then the inside of the roof above my head at which point it dropped onto my helmet. It was very alarming and certainly if things worked out even slightly differently, it could have pelted me in the side of my head or hit my shoulder and possibly have broken it. For it the weight and velocity was enough to bounce off a boulder and dent both the door AND the inside of the roof, it was really flying. I bought window nets for the next outing.