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Tailgate swap to barn doors. ?

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Tailgate swap to barn doors. ?

Post by 80.Cruiser »

Hi,
May sound silly but was wondering if it was possible to change from tailgate setup to barn doors ? Im thinking that Toyota in their wisdom would make them interchangable :)....
If so..is it just bolt on?
94 80 series.
Thanks :)
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Post by MissDrew »

Yeah the doors are bolt on.

After you do some cutting and welding :finger:
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Post by 80.Cruiser »

oh well.....jap's arn't as smart as i assumed :roll:
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Post by RUFF »

Yeah i recon the up and down doors suck too :bad-words:
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Post by dumbdunce »

just to clarify, the entire door sill and hinge mounting is different, and the only way to do the swap would be to have a complete, straight DX/Standard rear end to cut and weld on. It would be a pretty big job and it would be arguably easier to buy a DX and swap all the GXL gear onto it.

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Post by MissDrew »

Barn doors are easier for getting stuff in and out of as you don't have to reach/climb over the tail gate. But the drop down tail gate makes for a perfect table for making kids lunches on when out 4x4ing :D

I myself prefer the drop down tail gate as I find the "table" it makes handy
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Post by RUFF »

But making a table that folds down when the door is open is easy anyway. Attach it to the RH door with a hinge at the bottom and fold it up when you close the door.
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Post by hoser »

dumbdunce wrote:just to clarify, the entire door sill and hinge mounting is different, and the only way to do the swap would be to have a complete, straight DX/Standard rear end to cut and weld on.
Does the same apply to the 100 series? Are the door styles not swappable?
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Post by dow50r »

Cant be done easily.....gates are good to shelter under in the rain but a pain on a lifted 80...doors are good for grannies, gates are good for change tables...each to their own....
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Post by MissDrew »

RUFF wrote:But making a table that folds down when the door is open is easy anyway. Attach it to the RH door with a hinge at the bottom and fold it up when you close the door.


Too much work for me.
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Post by Bluey »

i think all barn doors/lift up doors are incompatible. we got a quote on a work mercedes van which had lift up doors to change over to barn doors (so could load things from/to forklift), was over $10k. guy said just sell it and buy another
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