That's a really good idea...got me thinking!
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That's a really good idea...got me thinking!
The underside of the sill is flat though. The lower door edge is curved.
"The underside of the sill is flat though. The lower door edge is curved"
I guess thats just use number 756 for body filler!!!!
S
the ones i have seen that follow the sill have been part cut through with a cutting blade then bent back together and welded. really does finish them off nicely and no need for filler.
good effort though :)
Bent in which plane? Along the length of the vehicle, the base of the sill is flat, the lower edge of the door is curved. I can understand if the box section was outside the sill against the door edge but mine sit under the sill. I wanted to protect the box of the sill against damage, while having an edge to step up on.
Material costs were less than $200-, biggest pain is cutting angles and drilling (due to size of holes). I considered drilling through the sill (horizontally) instead of using the nut inserts and making a crush tube welded to the back of the vertical plate to pass through, which would be bolted from behind. It would be much easier to produce a kit in this way as theres some flexibility in the mounts (you don't need to be perfectly square to the nuts) and you don't need the tooling to fit the nut inserts. Extra materials would still be cheaper than the inserts but there would be more in labour costs.
Whats the opinion of using this as a mounting option and also extending out to the width of the flares with an extra bar?
To tidy up the curve gap... could you run some 100x100 angle say in 3 or 4mm as the sill protector and verticle mount.
Then get some 50 SHS 3 rolled to the curve of the doors. Seam and gusset this onto the outside edge/corner of the angle?
No offense but IMO that gap looks naff. I woulld wanna tidy it somehow?
S
hey clubagreenie,heres wot a mates doing on my d2 where using the crush tube method and they could be used as air tanks as well and they really suite the disco .t.c
They look great, after this weekend (almost taking two doors out, middle of no where, alone) will be extending in a similar fashion, and drilling to use the outer tube for air also.
So he's got the bolts from outside, and a tube from the back, threaded to suit the bolts?
nah we drilled out the holes that were already there from the plastic sill to about 12mm and slide the crush tube in with bolt then carefuly remove bolt and tube should stay in place then hold up plate to the sill and slide the bolts thru and thats about it:)cant wait to have them on:D
Hi Clubagreenie,
I like the look of these steps you have made, especially the mounting to the sill, I was thinking of using a similar method. I am just wondering whether you used aluminium or steel nutserts? The method I was looking at using requires weld on versions, what do you think to the strength of the nutserts? I am trying to decide which version would be better, of course nutserts are easier to install but require purchase of a tool.
Cheers Matt