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If you're like most folks I know, chances are one of the first mods you've done to your Samurai when you got it home was cut the door hinges to make your doors removeable. And why not, it's cheap (like FREE), it's great for offroad driving (nice being able to easily see your tire placement) and plus it just looks cool driving down the road on a bright summer's day.
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The only drawback to this mod is, the stock Samurai side mirrors are monted on the doors so when you take your doors off - you no longer have side mirrors. This can be dangerous and depending on where you live, illegal (as a kind highway patrolman explained to me...in writing)
Well, GotZuk has come up with an inexpensive kit to allow you to relocate your stock mirrors to the front of the door hinge. The kit comes complete with everything you need including brackets, all mounting bolts/screws and illustrated instructions.
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"How do I remove those
#&%$ stock door screws?"
If you haven't yet had the
pleasure of attempting to remove the stock door screws from
a Samurai, you will quickly learn that they are sealed in place
with a loc-tite type substance at the factory. This makes them
VERY hard to remove.
There are about as many ways
to get these suckas out as there are people who tried it. The
thing to keep in mind is that these screws are only hard to
remove so long as there is tension on the head. This means that
once you get it to turn just a half a turn out - you can usually
finish it off with a normal screwdriver or even your fingers.
1. Try a good pair of vice
grips. This does not always work but it works about 50% of the
time and is by far the easiest so it's always worth a shot.
If you can get just enough of a grip on the head of the screw
to break it free - you can go the rest of the way with a screwdriver.
If you can grind a flat spot on each side of the head this trick
works better.
2. Hammer and chisel. Chisel
a slot in the head of the screw so you can whack it sideways
in the direction it needs to turn to remove (counter clockwise).
3. An air impact gun or an
impact driver. You can pick up an impact driver from JC Whitney
or Sears or any good tool supply. Make sure you use a #4 screwdriver
bit.
4. Still having trouble? Try
the final solution - drill the head off the screw. Drill
through the center of screw until the head pops off leaving
just the stud sticking out. You can then grab the stud with
a pair of vice grips and it should turn right out.
With alot of perserverence
and alittle luck, you should be able to get them all out. Once
you do, replace all of them with hex head bolts so you wont
have to worry about this problem ever again.
Good luck,
-Figmo
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Now install the new GotZuk brackets to the front half of your upper door hinge on each side. The kit includes hex head bolts and washers to replace the stock Phillips head screws that used to go here.
Finally, install your stock mirrors to the GotZuk bracket using the included allen head machine screws. Flip up the plastic cover and snap it an place and TADA -- you're done!
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