Club 80-90 Forums

Is it possible to convert the sliding doors to swing open?

Tis possible, seen it a few times but if you do decide to go with it do it RIGHT!

Thanks peet it's good to know it can be done. Now all i need is to find out how

Saw this in Hannover. I love it but not good in carparks.
[IMG]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd17 ... G_1045.jpg[/img]

The way that I personally do it is...

Get a spare velle door and chop in half. Take your time strenghtening the doors and take a good look at various similar doors on ANY thing with em, houses, vans, trailers etc. Opt for the neatest and most factory look of solutions (so u may even take a good look at how a splits ones are)

Then my personal taste if i were to do it would be keep the window as near to a velles as possible (rather than fit a pair of portholes in!) and just raise the edge up square around the closing edges by an inch or so and colour that part black to blend in with the tinted windows I'd be fitting...

Like I say thats just the way I'D approach it and if it all goes crap all it's cost ya was the door up to a point! And if its a pre 85 van and your doors decent it's sacrilege to chop it up...

someone has got a yellow t25 featured in VW Camper and commercial magazine march/april edition with side door conversion. it has a phone number of who did it. he is a mark giles 01962736878.

I saw that article while i was reading in the libary[coughs] imean WHSmiths.

looks like it can be done ,give him a ring ,what you got to lose

I have seen it done with Land Rover door hinges too..

Billiemaye wrote:
looks like it can be done ,give him a ring ,what you got to lose

It might end up looking like that one does thats what you have to lose!

well at least it'd get rid of clearance issues with wide rear wheels!