Coryb2003

I'm not arguing that the door is 3 ft wide all I'm saying and I believe what Havyek is saying is that allowing the rear door to open 170 degrees would keep me from being trapped between the two doors and the car next to me.

RLXXI

I'm not arguing either, what you seem to not understand is the width of the door will always require the same amount of space to open. Unless you had some sort of exotic hinge that some how sucked the doors in to the body while you open it. Basic geometry.
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Havyek

Good God, are you intentionally being thick?
Did you not learn about angles in school?

Go out to your truck, take another great picture with your doors open, then stand by your rear bumper and explain to me how you intend to put anything into your back seat

RLXXI

I am well versed in all forms of geometry, the hinge is the pivot point, if the device attached to that point is x and the arc is y, you can't change that unless the hinge articulates to change the arc.

Damn ya'll are all stuck on stupid or intentionally being trolls. Either way I wont entertain any longer. My ignore list just expanded.
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Havyek

Please go away from this thread, everyone except for yourself seems to understand the concept of why a rear door swinging greater than 90 degrees would be helpful when parked next to a vehicle.

No, you won't be able to put in anything wider than the width of the door, yes you would be able to MORE EASILY put things longer than the distance between your vehicle and the one next to you.

Coryb2003

Sorry guys I didn't mean to cause an argument I just wanted to know if there was any way to convert this hinge so the door would open up like the 2015 model or if anyone has tried it.

harbormaster

Ill tell you another reason why it would be nice besides looking at the back of the rear door at the rear bumper while parked next to a car...
Baby seats. trying to finagle a baby seat out the back is difficult. I also like have the door swung open while camping and dirtbiking to play music and chill.


with that said, can i throw '15 hinges on my '14?

Gremlin85

Wow.... OK....

It's obvious Ford found that allowing that door to swing open further was beneficial or else it would be the same design as before 2015.

I've experienced issues in trucks like this (not my own of course) when you park in any parking lot where a car is right next to you and the door swinging open only 90 degree's makes it difficult to load or unload due to it literally blocking you in. Having it swing open further almost against the bed will allow you to slide past the door with a vehicle next to you without having to mess with both doors to get pass them with whatever you have in your hands.

Why is this so hard for anyone to understand especially owning the same truck?

I digress.....

I'm not 100% just swapping hinges will work as they might bolt on differently and require different clearance between the door and body panels.

I'm not sure how convenient this will be for you, but maybe try and take a look at how your hinges are set up and compare them side-by-side with a 2015 f150 of the same configuration.... might be a long shot, but try a dealer?

After searching on google, I haven't found anything that states they can be swapped or if anyone makes a hinge kit that allows the door to open further.

2008__XL

This was a painful read.

If you can’t open your current door all the way because there is a car parked close to you, you’re not going to be able to open the 15+ door any further. It’ll still hit the car next to you in the same spot.

Gremlin85

I think this is missing the target....

I understand this to be that the OP wants his door to open further in the back - basically swing open greater than the 90 degrees like in the 2015 and up model.

This has nothing to do with how close you are to the car next to you to open the door, it's all about working in tight spaces with that car next to you.

The Crew Cab: The door opens only 90 degrees so you are blocking yourself in when trying to exit the vehicle and head towards the rear if you are parked in a spot next to other cars with others in front of you or a wall or a median.

Read this example....

You pull into a parking spot at a store like Home Depot or a large grocery store. We all know what these big parking lots look like. You pull into an available spot with a car on either side of you and in front of you. You get out and in the back seat of your crew cab is a baby seat with your child in it. You leave your door open so you can access the rear suicide door, correct? The door opens 90 degrees basically making a wall next to you. So now you have your door open with a car parked behind you, a door open to your right and left - You are BLOCKED IN. you remove the child seat to carry with you. You are holding your child with 2 hands..... putting the child down and the seat is in the way from closing the doors. You can't close the front door without closing the rear so it latches. The obvious path is to exit towards the back of the truck, but you are blocked by the rear suicide door. Close the front door gives you a little room towards the front of the vehicle, but now you are maneuvering the baby seat between hands all while trying not to bump the car next to you or your truck. You're trying to keep your front door from hitting the car next to you (we all know we need the detent mod to get them to open just right) - the door is either too closed or too open and hits the car next to you. You have to close the rear door and then close the front all while in a tight space and juggling the baby.

It would be much easier if the rear door swung open further so you could maneuver less or pass the car seat to a spouse or someone with you so you can close the doors or safely put the car seat down towards the rear of the truck so you have room to close the rear suicide door and then the front door.

Try reversing this when coming back to the vehicle.... it's a headache in many ways. Some just deal with it while others wanted a solution. Ford made the doors swing further so you have more space to maneuver while parked next to other vehicles. Less headache.

Is everyone on the same page now on why the OP wants something like this???