Climbing over a tailgate to get into the Flippac is a no go for my wife and I don‘t particularly enjoy it either. It is also a pain to have to lift stuff past the open tailgate to get things into the truck bed. What I really want are barn doors like old Flippacs that I have seen pictures of. Since those aren’t made anymore I am trying to build something myself. I will keep the flip up rear glass on the Flippac but am in the process of fabricating a tailgate that will open as a door and also open down like a standard tailgate. So far I have cut up a Stromberg Carlson 5th wheel tailgate, welded vertical lateral supports for the door frame and sprayed it with Plasticote truck bed liner. Next comes a 41” wide hinged door. I hope to have finished next weekend. No pics yet but I will try to dig up a camera and take some when I work on it next.
Barn door substitute for flippac
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I wish the one I made was as nice. I never looked at a Ridgeline before, too bad other manufacturers don't make this. I'm not good about taking pictures especially when I am working on something so I don't have any to post. If it doesn't fall apart I will take pics later and post them. I like it already, much easier to enter and exit and even load the truck with the taigate not sticking out.
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Steve, that was an early generation FB you saw, they did have barn doors at first.
A single door/hatch would be nice, but would be super expensive for the manufacture, since there are so many variables between truck models, most people
grumble about the cost of a FB already, the single door/hatch would add another $2500 +/- to the price. IIRC
A single door/hatch would be nice, but would be super expensive for the manufacture, since there are so many variables between truck models, most people
grumble about the cost of a FB already, the single door/hatch would add another $2500 +/- to the price. IIRC
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Jr_Explorer
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This is what I want for my rear door. Although I don't find it to difficult to climb into the FP when the gate is up, this would be more gooder:
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Hey! My shell! Well no takers on my Craig's List add but I'm glad one photo was of good use! LOL!
JasonRedwood
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This looks like a nice DYI option as well...
Posting from my phone so I hope it shows up.
Posting from my phone so I hope it shows up.
I like them all, each has advantages. I made what I did to avoid messing with the camper shell or the truck. The only thing I altered was the Stromberg Carlson gate (<$200 from Amazon). It will have to do until maybe there is something better commercially available but I'm not holding my breath waiting.
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I think you made the right decision, the beauty of the Flippac, is its' stealthiness, keeping it looking stock is a plus.
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Jr_Explorer
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Well I can't have both the shell AND a flip pac on the truck!
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This is true! FB is a better choice.
Nice truck too, that configuration is super hard to find.
