Lambo or Gull Wing Doors?
04-30-2004, 01:25 PM
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Lambo or Gull Wing Doors?
Has anyone done any door mods to their xB? Any pics? Does anyone know if there is a kit out to do door mods or does one have to be custom made?
04-30-2004, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by tbblizzard
it is a kit, he had it custom made though... search for lambo door and it'll pull up a few threads on this. BlueNRG is his nick.
That's a Vertical Door prototype.
05-02-2004, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ghost
lambo-style hinges are pretty common nowadays. Get suicides. They've been out for 50 years, and still haven't fully caught on.
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05-02-2004, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by LavaBox_v1
Originally Posted by ghost
lambo-style hinges are pretty common nowadays. Get suicides. They've been out for 50 years, and still haven't fully caught on.
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05-02-2004, 08:57 PM
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How about something completely new? Instead of trying to make our boxes work like an Italian sports car, why not examine the problem with the current doors and then make the doors better?
The biggest problem with the current doors is that they swing outward and can hit other cars.
One solution to this is to make the doors pop out and slide back, like the sliding doors on a minivan. The tracks would be a challenge, as there isn't much car behind the rear doors. Some sort of telescoping track is indicated.
Another, more radical, approach is to have the doors pop out and slide or pivot straight upward on tracks or struts, remaining upright the whole time. This would be very cool and, for sponsored show cars, would put the sponsor's advertisment well above head level for all the crowd to see!
I think that either of these approaches would work well if the front and rear doors were joined as a unit. The second one sounds the more interesting of the two, and would work a heck of a lot better than lambo doors!
George
The biggest problem with the current doors is that they swing outward and can hit other cars.
One solution to this is to make the doors pop out and slide back, like the sliding doors on a minivan. The tracks would be a challenge, as there isn't much car behind the rear doors. Some sort of telescoping track is indicated.
Another, more radical, approach is to have the doors pop out and slide or pivot straight upward on tracks or struts, remaining upright the whole time. This would be very cool and, for sponsored show cars, would put the sponsor's advertisment well above head level for all the crowd to see!
I think that either of these approaches would work well if the front and rear doors were joined as a unit. The second one sounds the more interesting of the two, and would work a heck of a lot better than lambo doors!
George