Anyone know where I can purchase one of those cool diamond plate rear door panels for my Discovery I?
Rear Door Plate
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Purchase? I've never heard of someone making (for commercial sale) or buying something like that. It's just a sheet of aluminum diamond plate. Use the existing door card as a template and cut it out of a sheet with a jigsaw.
Jake1996D1 said:
Definitely try Brad/Roxtarfab but last I had heard he wasn't making them anymore, not enough demand as most guys just make their own. I forgot to ask him the last time I saw him to confirm.
Jake1996D1 said:
I stand corrected.
Wow....what a silly thing to pay someone else to make.
Takes all kinds I suppose.
DarylJ said:
Just trying to support the rover vendors. Some people would rather buy it than make it.
I bought mine second hand for cheaper than I could have made it for and have been happy with it
Columbia Overland offers them too. I made my own out of 5052 aluminum, steel rivnuts, and stainless panhead bolts.
good call on the riv nuts. I would like to make mine a little stronger and build in a shelf for my camping stove like all those fancy expedition guys do
Yea I probably will build my own. I just wanted to see what a pre-built one was going to cost me. Time is money and right now I seem to have more money than time.
Now, please tell me why - is there any reason whatsoever besides the "tough look?"
You need diamond plate wherever you need traction - are you planning to stand on the inside of the rear door?
(... and that comes from someone who has diamond plate on the inside of the door... I couldn't stand the "tough look," so I painted it to match the interior color).
You need diamond plate wherever you need traction - are you planning to stand on the inside of the rear door?
(... and that comes from someone who has diamond plate on the inside of the door... I couldn't stand the "tough look," so I painted it to match the interior color).
Not bad eh
I highly recommend steel rivnuts. These are 1/4 in. If you look at the subwoofer area you'll see LR used rivnuts.
This is 50 thou 5052 sheet. If I did it again I'd use 63 or 80 thou.
The diamonds wouldn't allow the door handle face plate or any other accessories to sit flush either.
Hurricane bolts might look and function well too.
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Exactly. I've been looking in envy at Ben Little's rear door - will eventually do something similar.
The Columbia panel from Lucky 8 is outstanding, and comes with all the hardware you need. Yes, a metal panel can be outstanding, when time has been put in to finish it properly.
If you can't be bothered to make one, it's a damned good purchase.
Cheers,
Kennith
If you can't be bothered to make one, it's a damned good purchase.
Cheers,
Kennith
p m said:
Because aluminum diamond plate is readily available, relatively cheap, easy to work with and doesn't look like total crap when it gets scratched.
A stainless panel would be much nicer back there, but it's going to weigh quite a bit more, cost a lot more, and be more difficult to cut.
Holy smokes! Can we see a pic of your door?benlittle said:
I cut mine from an old aluminum street sign. $20 for the rivnuts and $5 for the bottle opener. Cut out a bunch of sheet metal from behind the rear door and trimmed off a bunch of plastic from the stock sub wooded. Drilled some holes and mounted the stock sub to the backside of the door panel. Nice and clean and gained about 3" of precious storage over the stock sub/bin arrangement.
