'08 jku Sahara, 750 for the package would be an instant purchase. Needing to paint and add a 200 dollar washer option quickly turns the door into an very expensive proposition. Would that include the modular hardware to mount accessories to the tailgate or a simple bracket for the upper? Would the package include glass? Without glass again things add up quickly. Making the wide swing hinges a standard kit for all would sure be nice.
I'm not making a specific detailed product proposal, I was just trying to gauge interest, so I can't give definitive answers to most of your comments.
Window glass would have to be part of the package. It's actually not a very expensive part, RV-style windows could be sourced for less than $40 each in small quantities.
Things like hardware to mount accessories on the inside of the barn door would add cost, so I'd imagine they wouldn't make the cut for an entry-level price point.
Including wide-swing hinges with both the narrow and wider barn doors is a decision that could be made, but it would increase the price of the narrow version possibly unnecessarily for many people.
I can't imagine it could be delivered color-matched to the color of your choice at an entry-level price, probably the entry level would have to be black "hardtop match".
I can see how the marketing of your projects becomes very time consuming. I imagine more than a few production irons in the fire at a time, and all your design and fabrication time goes out the window.
Exactly. All of the above are decisions a company could make if they decided to take this on as a product - I don't have any plans turn this into a production product and sell it myself. My interest is mainly design and secondarily building a prototype or two for my own use (and sometimes building a prototype or two for friends' use), but I have no interest in being in business myself.
I am always willing to have conversations with companies or people who might want to take my designs to market.
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