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Lamarossa

USA
47 Posts
Posted - December 04 2002 :  3:19:22 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey guys im new to this forums
i am currently building a ******* 512M replica but i want the doors to open vertical like lamborghini
I;ve been doing a lot of research on the door hinge and still came up with nothing.
If anyone have any info or picture in the hinges please reply
my donor car is a 91 toyota supra twin turbo

thank you
lam

meat

USA
992 Posts
Posted - December 05 2002 :  2:37:12 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The Lambo doors are angled, which allows them to properly pivot (they don't have lower rear corners) so that the doors open up. The Supra doesn't have a big enough corner cut out of it to allow the door to open upward the same way. Not that it can't be done; I've seen all kinds of trick door opening dealies. It would just require quie a bit of engineering and reworking of the door to get it to do that.

I'm not trying to talk you out of doing it.

There's a company that advertises here - Euroworks - that has a Evoluzione II kit that has doors that swing out and up. Maybe you could contact them about how they do that with a Camaro/Firebird door...maybe they have a kit that would allow your doors to work that way?

Your pal,
Meat.

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Filip

USA
84 Posts
Posted - December 05 2002 :  9:26:45 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Lamarossa,

Don't be discouraged if Euroworks doesn't help you. They do not sell their hinges to anyone who doesn't buy the kit. I would't be surprised if they also don't want to talk about their methods.

Meat is right. You wil need to pop your doors out before they can rotate up. An advanced verion of this is here: http://www.oghabib.com/

Don't bother asking the owner who did his door conversion -- he won't say. There are 25 pages in his guestbook of people asking about it. One of the posters said that the company (called Formula 1) are a bunch of pricks.

"hey there! I called Formula 1, the company who did your door conversion. WHAT ASSHOLES!!! How did you deal with them? He quoted me $18,000 and then asked if I could afford it - with an attitude..when I said 'yes, but your attitude sucks' He said '**** YOU' and hung up on me..."

In short, you will have to do a lot of looking if you want your doors to pop out. Otherwise, like meat said, it will take some reconsruction of the rear corner.

You can look over my door section at my site for a brief overview and a few links.

Good luck,
F

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Lamarossa

USA
47 Posts
Posted - December 06 2002 :  5:13:04 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi I like to thanx everyone for your comments, I kinda have an idea for my door. In the lambo lounge there is a picture of a 300zx in construction using a hinge off of caravan rear hinge. I think that I will give this a try. No it will not flip vertical like the lambo but its called butterfly door which open at a tight angle. I quess everyone is keeping their secret so when I figure it out I will blow up the secret. Another question that I have is where can I find the gas shocks to support my door? Its heavy and i plan to use two gas shock. .
and here is a little website of my car i just put together if anyone is interested

http://www.geocities.com/r0mance21/Lamarossa.html

Thank you for your time.

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meat

USA
992 Posts
Posted - December 06 2002 :  5:44:08 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Pep Boys, Kragen, Auto Zone.

Your pal,
Meat.

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Filip

USA
84 Posts
Posted - December 06 2002 :  6:56:57 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
For struts I would look at RV shops as well. Make sure you know how much throw and force each shock will need to have.

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Lamarossa

USA
47 Posts
Posted - December 08 2002 :  5:47:42 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey guys thanx a lot for your help, i still have a lot of work but its all worth it. hahahah'

Question,, do you have any pic of hinges other and lamboghini one? that you could post ?? i need some ideas. thanx you all have been very helpful

Lam

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