suicide doors

[sick69]

I know at least a couple of you used hinges from a mid 70s jeep grand wagoneer for your suicide doors.


I've got the hinges and it seems pretty straight forward on how to install them(thanks to a couple articles that where posted in other threads), how ever I have a couple questions,,,,

1 how far from the outter body did you mount the hinge. I measured on the jeep and the pocket was 1.5 inches from the outter skin. should i stay with this or move it slightly out(1/4" - 1/2") for alittle more room when the door is open? good placement of the hinges is my biggest concern with doing this.

2 how did you reinforce your door after you installed the jeep hinges? I was thinking after the jeep hinges were installed about connecting the two mounts inside the door with 1/4 flat stock and running a v with 3/4" dom tubing from the center of the flat stock. one leg to the upper corner under the wing window and the other leg to the lower corner. any other ideas or suggestions?

3 do I need to reinforce the cab where the new hinges are? I was thinking if I need to , of using a 1/4 flat stock backing plate and attaching braces from the flat stock to the rear cab wall? I was kind of thinking about enclosing the corners(from the floor to the lower window edge) anyway with 20ga and mounting speakers in it. that would strengthen the door jamb in itself. maybe use 12 or 16 ga to enclose the corners?



would love to hear any suggestions about useing these hinges and supporting/reinforcing the doors and cab

pics would be great

thanks in advance

Frank