Barn door conversion

[my99hoe]

was wondering if anyone has or thought about doing barn door conversion i hate my hatch and my suburban had barn doors, really want barns on my tahoe... can it be done? i know anything is possible, but i want easy conversion!! like bolt on....

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

short answer. sell the truck, buy one with doors. you would have to do a ton of work to get it swapped. theres a few threads on the question already.

 

[Bad bow tie]

Hate the hatch! I love my hatch and don't care for the barn doors as it obstructs my view out the back through the rear view mirror. But yea, you would have to do some cutting and drilling.

 

[my99hoe]

i was skimming thru threads and didnt see much of anything on it so thought id start new thread, and i cant sell it just put $3k under hood!! lol

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

theres a few threads but they lead to nowhere. the cost and labor in trying to switch it would be ridiculous, and it would have to end up 99.9% perfect for it to ever seal right. last thing you want is to die from the exhaust fuses coming in the back doors! haha

i must say i love my hatch as well. now if the barn doors opened all the way to the side of the truck i would be down for doors. that and not put a pillar in the rear view mirror...

 

[T-Bagg]

If I could I'd trade my doors for a hatch.

 

[the big blue bus]

i love barn doors... but i use mine a lot. buddy has hatch in his 93 and its nice driving with glass open and to tail gate and sit on tail gate. i like em both but prefer barn doors more

 

[tybardy]

I wish they would put a tailgate on these things like they had on the old K5's!

anyone ever seen THAT mod done??

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

I wish they would put a tailgate on these things like they had on the old K5's!

anyone ever seen THAT mod done??

with the window that rolled down? haha i would PAY for that!

 

[retorq]

i was skimming thru threads and didnt see much of anything on it so thought id start new thread, and i cant sell it just put $3k under hood!! lol

So swap it over. LOL

 

[99Yuk]

I wish my tailgate could be like my old 91 Buick Estate ***** wagon. The rear window could go down and depending on which handle you pulled, it could open sideways hinged on one side like a swing gate. Or pull the other handle and it would drop like a regular tailgate.

I miss being able to just swing the entire door out of the way, like with barn doors. Makes it easier to load/unload groceries or anything else when you don't have to reach over the length of the tailgate when its dropped. I have short arms. LOL.

But I like my tailgate becasue it doesn't obsruct rear view. IMO, it looks cleaner too.

That 90's Buick tailgate would give you the best of both worlds. Barn doors and Tailgate.

 

[keruzam93]

I wish my tailgate could be like my old 91 Buick Estate ***** wagon. The rear window could go down and depending on which handle you pulled, it could open sideways hinged on one side like a swing gate. Or pull the other handle and it would drop like a regular tailgate.

I miss being able to just swing the entire door out of the way, like with barn doors. Makes it easier to load/unload groceries or anything else when you don't have to reach over the length of the tailgate when its dropped. I have short arms. LOL.

But I like my tailgate becasue it doesn't obsruct rear view. IMO, it looks cleaner too.

That 90's Buick tailgate would give you the best of both worlds. Barn doors and Tailgate.

someone needs to find a way to make this work.

 

[raptorforme93]

I would never trade my hatch for barn doors. Barn doors may be a little more practical but I love sitting on my tailgate and I personally dont like how the barn doors look at all. Im 6'4" so I dont have any problem reaching over the length of my tailgate

 

[99Yuk]

I would never trade my hatch for barn doors. Barn doors may be a little more practical but I love sitting on my tailgate and I personally dont like how the barn doors look at all. Im 6'4" so I dont have any problem reaching over the length of my tailgate

That's a full 12" taller than I am....

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

I would never trade my hatch for barn doors. Barn doors may be a little more practical but I love sitting on my tailgate and I personally dont like how the barn doors look at all. Im 6'4" so I dont have any problem reaching over the length of my tailgate

i didn't have a problem till i lifted the damn thing. seems like everything ends up next to the back seat! im 6'3.

 

[T-Bagg]

That's a full 12" taller than I am....

Maybe you should have eaten your vegetables growing up then you could be over six foot like the rest of us.

 

[99Yuk]

Maybe you should have eaten your vegetables growing up then you could be over six foot like the rest of us.

Ha! Maybe. but I didn't veggies back then, and I still don't. So oh well... I suffer....

 

[grimm]

No problems with reaching over the tailgate either, but I'm 6' 2". I love my tailgate/hatch setup. I also think it looks nicer and cleaner. If I have groceries or other cargo loaded in the back, I don't drop the tailgate. I simply raise the lift-glass and reach over that way. I drop the tailgate only when I need to. I guess that might become an issue when my truck is lifted, but for now, it works great and I can see quite well without the barn-door obstruction.

For the OP, the cheapest and easiest way to convert to barn doors is to learn to love your tailgate/hatch setup

 

[noJeepshere]

I have a vision, wait, I see it. Yes!! you could!! what you do is find a trashed Tahoe/Yukon with the barn doors and chop the rear portion of the entire cabin and graft that onto your Tahoe.

Or just live with it, looks a ton better with a tail gate.

Anyone remember the Ford Excursion had the barn/gate? The top portion was a liftgate with a solid piece of glass, but the lower portion was barn doors (dutch style) that swung out. Brilliant idea, too bad GM didn't think of that.

I wonder if there is a way someone could do that on a Tahoe...

 

[drowndindreams]

hate the barn doors, they never stay open and hit me in the back of the head.