Half door install

[JakeC]

Hey Everyone,

So I'm finally getting around to installing the half doors on my 2021 SV 420R, and, there are more pieces than I expected

 

I've seen the page for the Tonneau cover install where it shows the front two riveted poppers:

 

However, I'm not entirely sure what to do with the rest.  My fittings bag contains:

4 Rivets

4 "normal" poppers (tops and bottoms)

4 "Pull the dot" caps? 

4 Hex shaped snaps/poppers (upper right in the pic)

4 Other Parts for a snap/popper? (The upper most in the pic)

And a Washer sprayer nozzle (haha, I assume that is a mistake)

 

So I assume the "normal" snaps (smooth black top, and silver/chrome bottoms) go with the rivets and near the front as outlined in the tonneau cover document.

However, I am at a loss as to what to do with the rest.

 

The doors are the half doors with the arm rest:

 

Any chance anyone might be able to lend some pointers or some pics of what a properly installed one looks like?

 

I appreciate the help!

[Vovchandr]

Maybe this thread will lead me to finally put mine on too

 

My only advice is to get a proper rivet clamping tool. Made my life a lot easier for all the related projects so far but does come with a cost 

 

It seems expensive but when you consider the cost of car, the cost of doors, tonneau and whatever else you might install and cost of mistakes it seems a lot less expensive after

 

https://www.sailrite.com/Pres-N-Snap-Fastener-Tool?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwyJqzBhBaEiwAWDRJVDgP8858WJDv7mMDG3VpVlURhIkD2_u7gfTdvNSYjVYW4UjjZ1ut5xoC09gQAvD_BwE

[JakeC]

@Vovchandr, good tip, I do manage to have one, as I needed to add a bunch of snaps to the full hood.  They didn't seem to come installed on the backside of mine for whatever reason.  A tool like that made it a ton easier.

 

I am surprised how much trouble I am having finding install instructions for the door lol.

I'll see if I can call up a dealer and see what they say, and if I find out, I'll report back here.

[bball7754]

I guess you don’t have the tonneau fasteners installed already?  The half doors use the same fasteners.  They aren’t installed on the doors because I think normally the tonneau fasteners are already there, and you install them on the door to match.

 

I’ll try to get to the garage today and take some pics.

 

Steve

[Vovchandr]

Tonneau is all installed. 

 

I just have to match the door to the ones on the body. Not too difficult of the task but haven't gotten around to it 

[JakeC]

Tonneau is not installed for me, nor are there any bits of hardware installed on the half doors.

 

Thanks in advance for the pics!

[bball7754]

Sorry, took an extra day to get to the garage.  And, I’d forgotten some of the particulars about my doors.  I bought them used, which means the poppers were already installed.  So….I had to accept that the rear snap wasn’t going to be used.  The bottom two snaps aligned with the snaps on my car, but I had to reposition the front snap.  But it hasn’t been an issue only using the three snaps.

 

I also forgot that the rear snap (the one I’m not using) actually attaches to a double snap on the boot cover.  
 

Hope this helps.

[bball7754]

 Maxed out the allowable picture size on the previous post.

[Vovchandr]

Here are mine 

 

 

[JakeC]

@bball7754 Thank you very much for the detailed photos!  When I do my install, I'll post the steps I went through here on the forum.

 

@Vovchandr Thank you as well for the pics.

 

I did some research on the Lift/Pull The dot, and they are pretty interesting, so I will have to decide how best to make use of them.  Also it was recommended to me I do a "loose" strap to allow for some occasional bumping of the door like show here:
https://caterhamsuperlight106.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/fitted-caterham-half-doors-22042017/

 

Unfortunately I will be out of town the next 6 weeks or so, but when I get back I will try to jump on it and write up something.

 

Thanks again for the help!

 

Jake