Terry Burger

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I felt like playing with the car today so I started to pull my passager side crash bar (inside the door). I had the pass side seat out anyway so no need for the bar. I took the door insert off (it's 10# by itself, tempting to leave it off and cover the door with 2-tone felt), and I can see the bar inside the door. The problem is you have no room between the door skin and the bolt heads you need to remove.

I'm thinking about welding a 15mm socket to a bar and using that. Any ideas?

Tim98TA

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Terry Burger:
<strong>I took the door insert off (it's 10# by itself, tempting to leave it off and cover the door with 2-tone felt)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">A normal ghetto mod for you.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Terry Burger:
<strong>I'm thinking about welding a 15mm socket to a bar and using that. Any ideas?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">From what I hear, after you unbolt it, you have to cut it in half to get it out.

Tim

TimeWarp

you cut a hole in the lower part of the door to slip the bar out the end of the door.

Colonel

A blowtorch does wonders for weight reduction. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

GeorgeC

I don't think there's anyway to get at the bolts w/o removing the outer doorskin. I just used a small cut-off wheel and chopped them off pretty close to where they actually bolt on, if that makes sense. After you get the whole door bar cut loose, you will have to cut it into 2-3 pieces to get it out of the door.

mikey

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You guys are wacked...lol <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" />

TimeWarp

Terry,
George C has the right idea...grind them off cut 2" hole in door jam with holesaw and slid out bar..That is what we did.. plugg hole with rubber stopper or leave it as is...

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't think there's anyway to get at the bolts w/o removing the outer doorskin. I just used a small cut-off wheel and chopped them off pretty close to where they actually bolt on, if that makes sense. After you get the whole door bar cut loose, you will have to cut it into 2-3 pieces to get it out of the door.
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1fstTA

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i actually used a 1/4 socket it was a pain to get on the bolts but i did get them out. also i put a metal plate in behind the bar once i had both ends loose and i cut it in half in 2 different places and just pulled it out through the small opening on the bottom of the door. it was time consuming and i was anticipating cutting a hole in the damn door and pulling the bars out but i didnt want to ghetto the door.

Jantzer98SS

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Terry,

You have to get the front bolts out, the easiest ones I think and atleast loosen the two on the other end to slide the bar out. I used a wrench and I think a short socket. It may have been a custom socket I fixed with the grinder to shorten. I was frustrated many, many a times before I got it out.

You only have to cut the bar once. Just try to do it as close to the middle as you can, it'll come out then with the right angle. You don't have to cut up your door skin or anything else.

chevyguy3

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i did the same thing, ended up grinding a socket down to get the rear(or was it front?) bolt(s), and the bigger bolt i got with a wrench. then cut the bar in 2 peices and got it out. major PITA.

Reckless

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Who the hell needs doors? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

SLED28

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What kind of weight savings are those door beams anyways??

GeorgeC

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by SLED28:
<strong>What kind of weight savings are those door beams anyways??</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's been awhile, but I seem to remember 10-12lbs for the pair...

Z00

Seems like a lot or work for just 10 lbs <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

AlonzoVersion 1.0

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Z00:
<strong>Seems like a lot or work for just 10 lbs <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeap but whatever it takes to go faster some people will do.I wouldnt do it unless it was a tarck car only.

taner

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well you guys just asnwered a simple question for me, doesn't sound like i am interested in alll of that work for 10 lbs.

hell, i can just not eat for a day, lmao!!!!!! <img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" />

ahh what the hell i am going to remove those bumper supports!