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Old Jul 26, 2011 | 12:54 PM
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I'm looking for some suggestions for bolt-on vertical doors for a 2009 tC. I've already got a guy lined up to install them, just need a good kit.

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Old Jul 26, 2011 | 01:47 PM
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best kit = no kit
Old Jul 26, 2011 | 04:59 PM
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Some advice..Spend your money elsewhere.. Lip kit. Rims.. Coilovers.. SOMETHING else

Your car isnt gonna look good or like a Lamborghini for that matter.. Besides all those vertical door kits start to get F'ed up because of alignment and sagging and it ends up being a waste of money.
Old Jul 26, 2011 | 07:20 PM
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^^exactly plus the TC doors are heavy as ____
Old Jul 26, 2011 | 07:41 PM
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x2 ^

dude you make that mod you will be hatting everyone.. had a car with it before... I had to open the door for my GF all the time, because if not she would f___ my fenders and wouldnt get the door open... too much trouble and yes.. after awhile they sag and start giving you problems...
just mt two cents... but final decision its up to you..
Old Jul 26, 2011 | 08:07 PM
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LSD Doors makes the best Vertical door kit for the tc hands down. My friend had it on his tc and it never sagged or gave him problems. Unlike most Vertical door kits, LSD allows you to open your door normally to the first click then push upwards.

I brought a LSD myself, for $700 but I never put it on because I didn't have the other $700 to install.

It's a bolt on kit with a little cutting done on the fenders.

http://www.lsd-doors.de/us/
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Your missing 8 cylinders.... Don't do it.
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Your missing 8 cylinders.... Don't do it.
Fail.
Old Jul 26, 2011 | 11:55 PM
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I fail? Please do explain.
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Originally Posted by Spicy_McHaggiz
Fail.
TC = 4 cylinders + 8 more cylinders == 12 cylinder Lambo which has "Lambo" doors. Not a TC
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Originally Posted by testa422
TC = 4 cylinders + 8 more cylinders == 12 cylinder Lambo which has "Lambo" doors. Not a TC
Winning.
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Originally Posted by testa422
TC = 4 cylinders + 8 more cylinders == 12 cylinder Lambo which has "Lambo" doors. Not a TC
Lot more to a Lambo then just the motor. The design of the vehicle is what made "lambo" doors popular, not the motor.
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i beg to differ...it is the motor that makes lambo doors. only 12 cyl's have the doors
Old Jul 27, 2011 | 03:32 AM
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I'm going to take that as sarcasm and not literally.

Edit: For lulz
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it was not sarcasm...yes you listed a bunch of cars that have the doors but as far as lambos are concerned, its the engine that dictates whether or not it will have the doors
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Originally Posted by testa422
it was not sarcasm...yes you listed a bunch of cars that have the doors but as far as lambos are concerned, its the engine that dictates whether or not it will have the doors
This.
Old Jul 27, 2011 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by testa422
TC = 4 cylinders + 8 more cylinders == 12 cylinder Lambo which has "Lambo" doors. Not a TC

Agreed. It's all up to you. But people get "labeled" when their lambo doors aren't on a lambo.
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Originally Posted by testa422
it was not sarcasm...yes you listed a bunch of cars that have the doors but as far as lambos are concerned, its the engine that dictates whether or not it will have the doors
Originally Posted by Irishguy0224
This.
Oh god.

Here's a mind blower to throw your theories out, not all 12 cylinder Lambo's have Lambo doors.
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But ONLY the 12 cyl Lambos get lambo doors from the factory. That is the point of this.
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