Troopy 3rd Door

Submitted: Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 17:38

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Member - Trouper (NSW)

I posted 2 previous threads re locations of companys that do a 3rd door for the Troopy. Two names came from the forum 1. Polins Trucks in VIC and 2. SVM in QLD. Decision has been made to go with Polins and Im booked in for next Tueday,(Mon public Holiday) 3 weeks needed to do job. So will report back when job done.

Regards.............Jeff

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Reply By: Member - Mark E (VIC) - Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 17:52

Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 17:52

Jeff,

I'm sure there are many interested in the results of this job. I live not too far away and may even make a rum down to have a gander at the job in progress.

Please post results with pics when the job is finished. It would be much appreciated.

CHeers,

Mark

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Follow Up By: Member - Mark E (VIC) - Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 17:53

Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 17:53

"...and may even make a rum down to have a gander at ..."

Possibly not drinking rum whilst down there......though......!?!??!?!?!??!

Cheers,

Mark

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Reply By: Member Dick (Int) - Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 18:32

Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 18:32

Something like this,

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Reply By: Rockape - Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 18:42

Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 18:42

Jeff,

we have them at work, don't know who did the conversion, it would have been done in.

Very professional job, our vehicles are subjected to extreme conditions and the conversion shows this up. They get rust around the rear wheel arch, this could be fixed by using lots of lanolin as a rust preventer that area.

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Follow Up By: Rockape - Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 18:43

Friday, Mar 05, 2010 at 18:43

That should have read done in Qld

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Reply By: Rangiephil - Saturday, Mar 06, 2010 at 10:40

Saturday, Mar 06, 2010 at 10:40

I was in an admittedly very old one up at Cape Leveque last year and noticed the truly awful fit of the door to the aperture, with daylight showing around the seal.

This was an issue of the fibreglass door not being the same shape as the aperture , and did not seem to me to be an in-service issue. BUT I could be wrong as the car could have been rolled at some stage distorting the aperture.

So before you take delivery just make sure the seal contacts the frame all the way around.

My quals to make this statement are 20 years in the car industry. This included working in assembly plants.
Regards Philip A

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Reply By: turbo_hopeful - Saturday, Mar 06, 2010 at 20:34

Saturday, Mar 06, 2010 at 20:34

hi mate. just wondering about the cost? the 2 companies you found are the only 2 i can find as well. what made you choose polins? want to get myself into a troopie but have a 2 yr old so the 3rd door would be a great addition i think

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Follow Up By: turbo_hopeful - Monday, Mar 08, 2010 at 20:30

Monday, Mar 08, 2010 at 20:30

geez! rang SVM and they quoted me $14500 with seats in the back. the troopy i'm looking at isn't even worth that much!!

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Follow Up By: turbo_hopeful - Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010 at 21:13

Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010 at 21:13

ok. rang polans and they said $7000 and 3 weeks. called SVM in queensland and they quoted $7000 plus $350 for engineers approval and also GST on top so a little more expensive. from what i could gather polans supply the doors to companies wanting to do the conversion.

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Reply By: Member - Barnesy - Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 at 00:07

Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 at 00:07

If I remember correctly Dekker body builders in Adelaide do it also.

I'm also interested in the cost, a Troopy will be my next 4wd in a few years and will look at a 3rd door.

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Follow Up By: Member - Trouper (NSW) - Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 at 18:10

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 at 18:10

I have choosen Polans becouse they have converted over 250 vehicles mostly ambulances for Victoria, because the owner takes charge of the project because he has a troopy converted for private use and uses it as a sample because he is happy to take me for drive in the back seat and see if I can hear any wind noise because the cost is most effective $7000 because he will install a 3 seater bench seat all with retractable seat belts at an additional cost of $2800. Yes a lot of money but the vehicle 2000 model with 139000 kms is in outstanding condition and I intend keeping it for at least another 5/6 years

Cheers....................Jeff

PS sorry for the delay just got back from Melb.

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Reply By: turbo_hopeful - Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 at 20:23

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 at 20:23

yeah i would ship my car from brisbane to melbourne for those guys to work on. the guys at SVM didnt seem to want to do it and 1st quoted me $14500 to do the conversion but he priced in a 2 seater and 3 seater conversion. rang back and got someone a little bit nicer but still more expensive than polans. customer servce at polans was outstanding over the phone.

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