Side Swinging Tailgate

I'm really wanting to run a side swing gate on my truck, but I've got a dilemma. I've only ever seen one truck with the side gate and stock tail lights, and I couldn't see the hinges. I want to keep my stock tail lights and run the side gate. Any ideas?

i have never seen any with stocks man. i studied it for about 5 months and finally found out i had to shave the tails on my s10. that was with the smallest/strongest hinges i could find.

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Slappy Mc Nasty said:

i have never seen any with stocks man. i studied it for about 5 months and finally found out i had to shave the tails on my s10. that was with the smallest/strongest hinges i could find.

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That's what I was thinking...but then I saw this.

Has no one ever done this? I just want to know all options. Even if you've done it with shaved tail lights, i'd like to see what you did.

Edited: 9/8/2010 6:49:54 AM by Slappy Mc Nasty

heres a few i found for ya man. the last 2 pics are my old truck but i cannot find the build up pics. must have been in my last computer and it crashed.

what kind of hindges and latches are you using?

you should look in to 94-96 chevy caprice wagon tail gate hinges they are small and have two seperate hinge points so you can drop it like a truck tail gate and it side swings, very strong hinges and those wagons are very common at most junk yards.. good luck

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Burntup said:

what kind of hindges and latches are you using?

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i hit a junkyard and found some just like these only they were on an old jeep mailtruck looking thing. almost no modifying to them and they are strong, about 1/4" thick. i just drilled a few holes to match the hinges and used grade 8 bolts for looks and piece of mind

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1967-1968-1969-1970-1971-72-FORD-TRUCK-LEFT-DOOR-HINGE-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem255d4062eaQQitemZ160478290666QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

You should call Anthony @ RAW 407-320-7388.....he did the one on dave's f150 in the pics above and also did one on a dodge dakota. Give him a shout and see if he can help you

Thanks for the info guys...now I've seen two trucks with stock lights and a side swing, so I know it can be done...just got to figure out how they did it.