Mike,
Very nice! Can't wait to see the finished product! -Bill |
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GR8 work RMJ !!! You realized my dream... I wish i can get my hands on those exact measures of the hinges so that i can manufacture them over here. they wouldn't cost me much...
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mmm. cant wait to see finished product, thats just jawsome :D
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I can't wait to see it too.... However, I think I am forever turned away from doing that myself.... Just looks too complicated.... If I got someone to do it for me, I might be interested... :rolleyes:
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Well, today WAS going good. Overall there was a good amount accomplished but no where near what I expected. :( We were pretty busy at work today so I didn't get much time to work on it until about 5pm.
I was able to TACK weld the hinge to the door to check clearances and make necessary adjustments before welding the entire assembly in. I found out the following with the SkyDoor kit and the SVX: The maximum angle for the skydoor kit (normally open) is only about 30-40 degrees. Not much but good. However, not possible on the SVX. Not enough fender clearance. Get this - the door will only be opening about 5-10 degrees!!!!!!!!!! But this is cool in the sense that the door is straight up and rather looking like wings, it looks badass. The maximum verticle angle is not going to be 90 degrees. I'd have to change where I placed the struts and again - not going to happen with the SVX. A new plate would have to be welded above the tire and it's not all that serious. So, I think maybe I have a 75 degree verticle. Since the door opens so little horizontally there's an issue with the door itself. There's rubber behind the mirror (don't really know what it's for - weather stripping?). It's huge and hits the fender on the initial rise. I'll wind up triming it down so it clears the fender. There's still weather stripping in that area so hopefully I won't get a lot of road noise. We shall see. So ....Accomplishments: -1) Welded hinge to door piece -2) Trimmed the heck out of the hinge so it would clear the fender -3) Took even more guts away from the fender -4) Welded two plates above the tire so the struts had a home -5) Adjusted the door for final fitment Where the day shot to hell ...my coworker got real excited and decided to put the struts in place (keep in mind these are about 300 lb strongarm struts). Needless to say the strongarms broke my tack welds and the door shot up into the rear glass and was wedged in place. We had to totally remove the door. This is bad. Now the door isn't in the PERFECT place that it was. And when I say perfect, I mean perfect. The door shut JUST LIKE STOCK and the hinge was perfectly adjusted. The seams between the door and the quarter panel - perfect, the seam between the door and the fender - perfect ...........well no more. We got the door back on the car, but now is going to need some massaging to get it back to perfect. Needless to say I was pissed ...upset too ...so upset I just stopped the project for the day and said, "tomorrow's a new day." There's good news though - no damage, aside from a nick in the rear glass (hopefully doesn't spider web), and the kit is still in it's "temporary bolt on" status. Meaning if the holes aren't lining up - the door isn't perfect ....try again. So I'll know where the sweet spot is. But all in all - good progress. The kit is doable and has an extreme vertical...the horizontal is a little depressing but again, gives more of a lambo appearance and less of a wings look. I know the strongarms will hold the door up (they did for a good 5 seconds before it broke the tack welds). The plate has been fabricated for the struts to the car. Assuming all goes well with the welds - this door should be verticle on it's own tomorrow. so far est project time: 10-12 hrs. Picture of the door opening normally all on the SkyDoor hinge. Unfortunately the door will not be able to open this far outward because of the fender. Holding the door up on the SkyDoor hinge. No other kit can go this high :) ...hence the pain in the assness (that is my boss in the pic) http://www.expertwebcreations.com/pe...egree_open.jpg |
Nice. Interested to see how things go.
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so the door opens out (like it would normaly) a few inches to clear the latch and frame than it lifts?
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Thanks, but so do I! This is kinda trial by error. Put it on - see what happens. I'm finding minor problems so far little by little, which is fine, I can fix those. But if it turned out the hinge didn't fit behind the fender - I'd be F-ed - that's a major problem. I still have my concerns though - wheel travel breaking the struts, door interfering with the top of the fender, might have to roll the fender even more, and I'm hoping to god I don't have to modify the wheel well too much. Closing the door when it's up so high is awkward. You have to bring it down to your level AS you're entering the vehicle. Here's a video on opening and closing the door with the SkyDoor / GT Factory Kit I'll keep you guys posted - let's just hope work isn't busy today and no more incidents occur. |
MAN THAT IS A MAJOR PROJECT :eek: :D . Take a deep breath and count to 10 and tell yourself I WILL DO IT !! ;) . All I can say Is AWEsome :D :D
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That's true about leaving the project when you get upset. I was pissed off and just stopped - u can't work on ...you wind up messing stuff up. I was considering modifying the fender with some sort of wide body stuff, but if it works good stock then I'll take it. There's been other lambo door installs on the SVX. njboys was right near me and I caught a glance of his car once. the only problem I saw was the seams ....they were all different sizes and that would really bother me because it just doesn't look right. Mr.Pwrlite has pics of lambo doors on an SVX in his locker as well ...I'm guessing that would be 2 lambo door installs on SVXen These kits are easy to put on - just tedious |
I just watched the video! :eek: WOW how cool .Looking forward to see the final pics!! :p :p
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