lets build a door!

With the exhaust done, the next big project is to reassemble the doors!

In continuing with the no-chrome trend, i disassembled the door handles, dusted em, and then shot them with some satin black:

​Looks pretty good against the grey paint:

The LMC doors were missing the two lower riv-nuts for the mirrors, so i had to add them (in case youre wondering, theyre 6mm)

These shells were an absolute pain to get aligned, but the end result looks good-  it looks like a truck again!

I installed some old school rain guards, because i think they look better on these old trucks than the plastic ones.  Black, of course:

I had sound deadener left over from putting the rear cargo panels in (in both broncos actually) so i put some in the doors.  front to back, from the bottom up to the body line in the door.  We'll see if it helps.

So next up, its time to go back into the box of seals!

i had ordered the Super Weatherstripping Kit from Bronco Graveyard (along with a bunch of other rubber seals & felts, etc) about a year ago, and ive been slowly working my way thru the pile.  The next thing we need out of the pile, is for these: 

In order to replace the seal, you need to remove the glass.  Step one, remove these two little screws:

And then remove this nut from the bottom.  Take note:  there is a steel oval washer + a plastic washer inside the frame, and a second thicker plastic washer under the spring.  Each piece gets installed in a specific location and oriented a certain way so make sure you pay attention when taking it apart

The bare frame after the seal is removed.  Ive already cleaned it, and touched up the black paint: 

I also took the opportunity to clean up the frame on the glass and touched up the paint on them too:

One window rebuilt!  I didnt take pics of the seal install.  Honestly, it sucks.  A lot.  It takes a decent amount of finesse, and i had to use some wd40 to lubricate the seal to get it to seat into the frame.  The first one took me an hour to do, the second went way faster.  If you dont get it installed properly, the window wont close properly, or the seal wont stay in place, etc.  Youre gonna curse up a storm and swear it doesnt fit but it does, it just sucks that much to do.

With that done...lets build a door!

Dug out my door panel.  This is gonna need to be cleaned up.   Also, we cant have that chrome strip on there!

Chrome strip removed, door panel all cleaned up and looking way better:

I prepped the driver side door panel at the same time.  Also got both chrome strips cleaned, sanded and painted satin black:

One set of window run channels, felt glass wipers, a bunch of them body panel clips and viola!  Weve got a completed door!

Next up ive got to do this all over again for the driver door, but then the interior is done!

After that weve got to

• fix the rear tailgate window motor
• find my wiper arms, and fix the wipers (they dont work)
• replace the horns (theyre shot)

I think that might be it?  We're so very close to driving this thing!

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