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Old Feb 28, 2006 | 03:52 AM
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What do you guys and girls think about Lambo style doors on a Scion?? I have a friend who can get them for me for like 800.00 +shipping. Is this look to played out?? or do you guys think it would be a good investment.
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 03:55 AM
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its straight... but you will end up wanting a body shop to do it so that some reinforcements are welded in and your fenders dow fold.. i have seen it happen on an accord... still to date on of the funniest things i have ever seen..
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 04:07 AM
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look up JINeration on here. He's got them and can tell you about them. He did have a shop install them.
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 03:24 PM
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I personlly hate lambo doors on anything but a lambo.... there are very few cars that I've seen (tC's too) that look really good.... but most look like teh ____ness
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 03:32 PM
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I think it looks good on a modded car. If your car is going to be stock except for the doors, I don't like it. However, if you have done some work to it and it looks like a nice show car, lambo doors add a lot to the "wow" factor.
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 03:41 PM
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Scissor doors look decent on a tC...but definitely not my thing.
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 03:50 PM
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I'm not the biggest fan of them... yet I have them... LoL

800 is a good price for them, but you really need to be careful what you buy, as some are DEFINATELY better than others....

Here's a pic of my car with them... I'm pretty modded up, so they follow cleanly with the direction I'm going...





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Old Feb 28, 2006 | 04:02 PM
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thanks WDS im gonna look into them this summer.

btw the car keeps gettin better and better (yours that is, im too poor at the moment to do anythiing)
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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Wow, that is a nice looking car. I love cars that look really clean on the outside, then completely blow you away when you open it up.
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by davedavetC
thanks WDS im gonna look into them this summer.

btw the car keeps gettin better and better (yours that is, im too poor at the moment to do anythiing)
aw, poor dave!lol
Yeah, thanks WDS, that kit is coming in friday so i should be up and running w/ the doors over the weekend hopefully.
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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lol yea yea we cant all do 40+ hours a week, go to school, and spend all their money on their car like you garrett

jk jk
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 05:31 PM
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worth it for the import scene.... just to have as a daily driver might get annoying.... juss know that u have to put up with picking the door up every time... u have to really want it in order to like it
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uhh... wow.... Definately a different direction than me...

I can get in and out of mine no problem, and don't have to lift them up to do it.... They stop at the stock "1st Bump" point and give me just enough space to get in and out. I am pretty thin though...

I only lift them for shows/to show people...

They do take special care and shouldn't be slammed or anything...
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 05:55 PM
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they should be slammed huh?lol j/k yeah dont they open like 20inches or something before vertical lift? that's fine with me,lol i need stickers on the doors(lift up dont pull!)
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by NiclZ


worth it for the import scene.... just to have as a daily driver might get annoying.... juss know that u have to put up with picking the door up every time... u have to really want it in order to like it
wow that car is awesome! love it!
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 06:16 PM
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^^SWEET ride^^
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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dayum! "NiclZ" where have you been, not sure ive seen your car before.. that looks awesome
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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i know i havnt posted a lot of pics up yet... its because there's some things to be finished up for HIN NIght shift and i wanna post up when my car is almost completely done... but stay tuned for my "revealing" with more pics so i can check out yur guy's opinions on it...
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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Nice,def keep us posted.
Old Feb 28, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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need to do it more like this!!!




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