cant wait to see it done. take alot of pictures and keep us updated, a lot of us seem to be kinda interested on how its all gonna work!

 

I've been posting here for 10 years, and I've been listening to it for that long. Yeah, I know it says my join date is 2002, but my account was deleted due to a board problem or inactivity or something, I don't recall.

Point is, I'm tired of hearing it, and I'm not making apologizes anymore. These idiots will drop $30,000.00 on an engine, and then ridicule you for not sticking with the stock cheap plastic, boxy interior.

They'll pay some guy $20,000.00 to do a paint job and put some nice rims on their car, but if you decide to do something custom with your tail lights, they'll cry about it.

And don't even get me started about the idiots who throw around the word "Rice" everytime you change the wing on your car.

Go look at the "Get rid of your Amber" thread I made. It's practically a damn tech article about painting your tail lights, but because the only picture I could find at the time of a car that had done this had a huge wing on the back, the entire thread was almost hijacked with people b*tching about the wing. And it wasn't even my car. I didn't have a digital camera at the time to take photos of the mod.

And that crap was back in 2002.

So don't tell me I'm being too hard on these idiots, because little has changed in 10 years. We should be applauding people who try something different. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have 4th gen plastic gas tanks, we wouldn't know the 4th gen seats fit, we wouldn't have any photos of anything except stock vehicles.

Suiciding doors is classic hot rod sh*t. And these guys are whining about it like someone is hacking up a mint Road Runner.

Mathius

 

mathius i applaud you for that rant. unfortunately i dont have that kind of senority so i cant say much but ive been here for about 6 months and im sick of it to. as long as your not putting 22's on it and making your grille gold plated, then its okay to me!

 

Dude, all I'm saying is this is not high school, you shouldn't care what others think cause it's your car. Some people are going to like it some are not. If you like it then nothing else matters. That is why we have these swaps cause those guys didn't care they knew what they wanted and did it. I agree with you but don't agree with ranting about it.

 

My personal opinion:


I'd go with suicides any day. Good on ya for sticking to your guns with all these people telling you not to do it.

 

If you read what I said, then you should know I was advocating he does exactly what he wants regardless of what other people think.

I'm not asking for your approval. Like I said, I've been listening to this crap for 10 years, and it's about time SOMEONE ranted about it.

If you want to keep your car stock, so be it. It's your decision. I respect that, and I have no problem with it.

But I'm sick and tired of these guys jumping into threads complaining and generally putting cars down just because they don't have any creativity or choose to use it. That's the difference. Particularly the idiots that throw around the word "rice" at anything that isn't stock.

Mathius

 

Wow this is going to keep going and going. You should totaly make a thread of ranting about .
Also you have been disaproved by me
*The above is a joke, Take it as such*

 

suicide doors are classic
lambo doors equal rice

id like to see suicide doors on a camaro

 

btw this thread has more drama in it the an afternoon at a girls locker room in a high school.

 

I wouldn't know, never been a high school girl :P
But seriously, let's all stop with the rage and encourage the OP for doing something a little different.

 

Man..... I wasn't trying to start controversy!!! I figured some would be against it, but in all reality it is my car and my decision! To everyone else I will keep everybody posted as things progress! Thanks

 

If you put the pivot point inside the 1/4 panel and use a hook shaped arm for the door half of the hinge the first motion of the door would be out not back and the whole door would swing outside the 1/4. Your reference to honda deck lid hinges is giving you the motion but they wouldn't be near strong enough. Might make a good pattern though.

 

Yeah a goose neck hinge would let the door swing over 90 degrees. I can't think of a vehicle we ever bench marked that had that kind of set up though on entry doors. I think you can get plenty swing without going to that effort. On the other hand a door that swung back across the rear wheel would be something to see. You'd need a rope tied to it to close it once you were in the car.

 

Any update on this?

 

Haven't had much time lately..... hoping to get going again in the next few days...Thanks.

 

id try these autoloc hinges, they are pretty good at swinging the door away from the body as they open, as they have a j-shape to them, used them on a sport truck at work one time.


they also have those safety actuators for suicide doors like posted earlier, with the pins that keep the door from opening in the wind.

 

I think they are Italian.

Lambo doors = alfredo?

 

Did this ever get done?