lambo doors???

newkid17 · #1 04-22-2008, 08:46 PM

has anyone here ever put lambo doors on their svx? ive been lookin at the kits on ebay but i dont kno if the doors would be too heavy.?.? well ne ways i have never seen any pics on an svx with them on and i think that it would look pretty cool.!!!

svxcess · #2 04-22-2008, 08:55 PM

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Also check this detailed thread by rmjjensen on SVX lambo door fabrication (with great pics) by clicking HERE

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SVXyGirl · #3 04-22-2008, 08:57 PM

Yes it has been done. EDIT: John beat me to it.

I do not know who owns this car.

YourConfused · #4 04-22-2008, 08:59 PM

I like the look of them, but am sure I would hit my head every day on them. Not to mention where the water would drip when the doors are opened.
Whose car is that in the pics john?

ridered777 · #5 04-22-2008, 09:05 PM

Good lord those fog lights on that Laguna are atrocious.

I really like the doors on both cars though - it seems to fit the SVX's style. Now if only I could justify spending $1k on a "kit" that comes with some metal brackets and a shock absorber...

cozykat · #6 04-22-2008, 09:25 PM

So, who's going to be brave and do gull-wings? or some butterfly doors?

gull-wings

butterfly doors

ridered777 · #7 04-22-2008, 09:45 PM

Gullwings can't be done, especially not on an SVX. Doing it on any car is HARD, if even do-able - the amount of structural integrity needed is enormous, and everything down to the shape of the door itself on the DeLorean was made around those Gullwings. (Same with the old Benz... 300SL was it?)

I REALLY like those butterflies, but I bet we couldnt do that either with leaving our windows the way they are. Glass is the enemy in an exercise such as this, and we have ALOT of it. BUT, I bet if you swapped out the "top" glass piece for some reinforced metals, you could pull it off...

(along with lots of other modifications too)

STeeL25T · #8 04-22-2008, 11:05 PM

Sorry in advance, but I had too...

Turbone · #9 04-22-2008, 11:29 PM

I think these would be a bit different

http://www.disappearing-car-door.com/#

svxistentialist · #10 04-23-2008, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by STeeL25T

Sorry in advance, but I had too...

The Gallardo is an Audi. Didn't you know that?

Sir. Nate · #11 04-23-2008, 02:14 AM

I think gull wing doors on a svx would be AWESOME! photochop anyone?

svxistentialist · #12 04-23-2008, 02:52 AM

Nate, people already link the SVX to the DeLorean because of the window in window design. Let's not make it any worse, eh?

Marissa's pictures are interesting.

A turkey and an eagle.

The DeLorean was the triumph of imagination and egotism over engineering. It sucked, big time. Too heavy, too ugly, saloon car mechanicals, the gull wing door said it all, style over substance.

The Maclaren F1 was the diametric opposite; it was so good at being a fast car that no manufacturer since has yet managed to replicate or eclipse it as a driver's car. Don't mention the Veyron, it's not in the same league.

Anything that strengthens any perceived visual links between the excellent design that the SVX is and the flight of fancy Lemon that the DeLorean is should be avoided.

Joe

LetItSnow · #13 04-23-2008, 04:19 AM

Butterfly + Crazy Windows = <Sera>

Dengue · #14 04-23-2008, 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by svxistentialist

Nate, people already link the SVX to the DeLorean because of the window in window design. Let's not make it any worse, eh?

also, possibly because they were designed by the same person?

Quote:

Originally Posted by svxistentialist

The DeLorean was the triumph of imagination and egotism over engineering. It sucked, big time. Too heavy, too ugly, saloon car mechanicals, the gull wing door said it all, style over substance.

not heavy, at 2700 pounds (give or take a pound) weighs considerably less than my svx, here is the dispelling of the myth, the body was fiberglass, with 304 grade stainless steel panels hung over them, actually lighter than the steel on most cars, because it was thinner metal.

As for ugly, well, that is subjective I suppose.

Saloon car mechanicals? come on, it was designed in the 70's, gps just wasn't an option yet.

kinda feel like I defend a 30 year old car a lot, but, dang it, I like 'em.

buy a new Delorean at: www.delorean.com

svxistentialist · #15 04-23-2008, 06:21 AM

It's indefensible.

One would expect a 2 seater so-called sports car designed and built in the 70's to be lighter than a 4 seater 4 wheel drive GT car with all the modern crash technology built in, and built like a tank, such as the SVX.

I know there are people who liked them and still do, and I'm not on a mission to offend people, but as a sportscar the DeLorean was a serious underperformer at best, and is only beaten in the ugliness stakes by the XT6.

My 2c

Joe