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rno240
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I think these look awesome! Here's the thing guys, if you don't like rice, stay away from japanese cars. We buy our 240's because we like them. We do what we do to them for our own reasons and no one elses. My car doesn't affect yours. My honest opinion is this. If you like it and have the money, the sky's the limit. I can post some pics of cars that I don't like, but I know their owners are proud of the time, money and effort they have invested in them. And I agree with AznRide. If you are sooooo for stock, why even get different wheels?!
Just my thoughts
Just my thoughts
Ok, rice this, rice that. Please, everyone needs to shut the **** up. Theres no such thing as rice, if you don't like how it looks. How is that rice? WTF is rice? Something you don't like but the person doing it does. How about since I don't like your mesh wheels, am I going to call them rice? Now shut the **** up everyone about rice. No one cares for that statement. You could jsut blanatly use "I don't care for that" or something similair. Basically, if I think its going to look good, then I am going to do it. Lets just say I like big wings and I put it on my car. A) I have to drive the car with the big *** wing. B) It doesn't effect your *** at all, so why are you worrying? C) If I don't feel dumb driving my car around like this, then it was worth it. Another thing, this performance car **** is gay to. "I don't like it because it doesn't make my car go faster or out perform a Porchse in handling". Well not everyone, A) Wants to drive fast and race B) Attend auto-crosses C) Likes downtime because their headgasket blew. Some people jsut like for their car to look nice. So your saying you don't like the color I painted my car? I also don't like the color or style shirt you are wearing. Its all personal preference.
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I love the vertical doors ( They are not LAMBO doors, more cars them LAMBO's have these ). I love them even better if they went striaght up and not to the side. Maybe pushed out and then striaght up. I would wish for all cars to be built like this. More parking spaces (i.e less room would be left for doors swinging space ) and less dents and marks on my ****ing door panels from people not paying attention swinging open their doors and hitting my car. Vertical doors was an awesome invention I say and is a nice FUNCTIONAL product. It for one, improves the cars everyday usage and adds styling points. If you like the look, get them MOFOs. You only live once.
Sorry for the long rant, I had to get it off my chest.
[ On TOPIC ]
I love the vertical doors ( They are not LAMBO doors, more cars them LAMBO's have these ). I love them even better if they went striaght up and not to the side. Maybe pushed out and then striaght up. I would wish for all cars to be built like this. More parking spaces (i.e less room would be left for doors swinging space ) and less dents and marks on my ****ing door panels from people not paying attention swinging open their doors and hitting my car. Vertical doors was an awesome invention I say and is a nice FUNCTIONAL product. It for one, improves the cars everyday usage and adds styling points. If you like the look, get them MOFOs. You only live once.
Sorry for the long rant, I had to get it off my chest.
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MainEvent212
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rno240 may have just made the most ignorant post EVER...
wow...
stock doors and stock wheels are NOT the same kind of argument man...
wheels are an acessory that can be changed not only for style but performance...doors have 1 function...a passage in and out of the car...by making them vertical doors it changes the way the door is configured, obviously from the most practical way to something less-so...if it came from the manufacturer like that there's a reason it is like that...
on another note, if you've ever seen an exotic car that has vertical doors, you'll know why they have them...it's for FUNCTION...my neighbor has a murcielago...this car is a good 4 inches shorter then my car...if it were to have conventional doors, he could never parallel park or pull up next to a curb...you could roll out of the car and drop straight on your face w/o catching yourself and it wouldnt hurt because it's like a 4 inch drop
wow...
stock doors and stock wheels are NOT the same kind of argument man...
wheels are an acessory that can be changed not only for style but performance...doors have 1 function...a passage in and out of the car...by making them vertical doors it changes the way the door is configured, obviously from the most practical way to something less-so...if it came from the manufacturer like that there's a reason it is like that...
on another note, if you've ever seen an exotic car that has vertical doors, you'll know why they have them...it's for FUNCTION...my neighbor has a murcielago...this car is a good 4 inches shorter then my car...if it were to have conventional doors, he could never parallel park or pull up next to a curb...you could roll out of the car and drop straight on your face w/o catching yourself and it wouldnt hurt because it's like a 4 inch drop
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rno240
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[quote=" MainEvent212
...if it came from the manufacturer like that there's a reason it is like that...[/quote]Isn't that what I said? Anyway, the point is, we'll do to our cars whatever our minds and pockets can tolerate regardless of what others think. If someone likes VLD's or neons, or huge wings or, for that matter, a bike horn on the door...what does anyone else care?
Your car, your money, your call...doesn't get any easier than that
...if it came from the manufacturer like that there's a reason it is like that...[/quote]Isn't that what I said? Anyway, the point is, we'll do to our cars whatever our minds and pockets can tolerate regardless of what others think. If someone likes VLD's or neons, or huge wings or, for that matter, a bike horn on the door...what does anyone else care?
Your car, your money, your call...doesn't get any easier than that
I've installed 4 sets of Lambo doors at my shop, and let me just advise you that if your car is a daily driver, they are a complete PITA. Yeah, they look cool, and draw attention, but the door doesn't open nearly as wide as it needs to if you are heavy, and more often than not, the bottom edge of the door is in the way for you to get in smoothly.
We have done 2 Lincoln Navigators, 1 2 door Chevy Tahoe, and 1 2005 Chrysler 300M. They do what they are designed to do, and aren't a cheap kit, Around $1600 for just the kit, then the fenders have to be cut to allow room for the new hinge arm, and on a Navigator that required pretty much removing the entire nose and door, and those are a BOLT-ON kit. Not to mention the fact that you have to cut and lenthen your door wire harness. On the Tahoe and Chrysler, it was not a bolt on, we had to take an existing kit and custom fit it to our application.
The biggest problem I see with these kits, is that they are going to be in constant need of adjustment. You see, they are made of thick steel, but the points where the stops and guides are, are a metal-on-metal contact, meaning to metal surfaces are rubbing against each other, causing little bits of wear each time movement is made. Over time, this will wear out the hinge, requiring a new one. As the parts/stops/guides wear, the door will begin to drop in the rear, making it a major hassle to close the door. Also note, that most of the shocks have a 6 month warranty, but should the shock fail in that period of time, you must send the old shock back, before they will ship a new one. This leads to a 2 week downtime as the hinges cannot be used without the shock. That is IF the shocks are in stock, as 2 times when we ordered hinges, they were out of shocks. Then comes the fun part, you have to remove your fenders to get the shocks off.
If the shocks are out of warranty, one of the major vert. door companies wants $120 PER shock, and I have seen one set fail in less than 6 months.
The doors also wave like kites in the wind when they're open and in the air, I'm sure thats not too good for the hinge system.
So needless to say, yes I think they look cool, but no I wouldn't put them on my car even though I could for free, because they are too much aggrivation for a daily driver and I don't think they will be very good in the long run, and possibly hazardous.
There, hows that? I've installed them, I've used them, I've seen them on quite a few vehicles, I've given all the honest info anyone could possibly want.
We have done 2 Lincoln Navigators, 1 2 door Chevy Tahoe, and 1 2005 Chrysler 300M. They do what they are designed to do, and aren't a cheap kit, Around $1600 for just the kit, then the fenders have to be cut to allow room for the new hinge arm, and on a Navigator that required pretty much removing the entire nose and door, and those are a BOLT-ON kit. Not to mention the fact that you have to cut and lenthen your door wire harness. On the Tahoe and Chrysler, it was not a bolt on, we had to take an existing kit and custom fit it to our application.
The biggest problem I see with these kits, is that they are going to be in constant need of adjustment. You see, they are made of thick steel, but the points where the stops and guides are, are a metal-on-metal contact, meaning to metal surfaces are rubbing against each other, causing little bits of wear each time movement is made. Over time, this will wear out the hinge, requiring a new one. As the parts/stops/guides wear, the door will begin to drop in the rear, making it a major hassle to close the door. Also note, that most of the shocks have a 6 month warranty, but should the shock fail in that period of time, you must send the old shock back, before they will ship a new one. This leads to a 2 week downtime as the hinges cannot be used without the shock. That is IF the shocks are in stock, as 2 times when we ordered hinges, they were out of shocks. Then comes the fun part, you have to remove your fenders to get the shocks off.
If the shocks are out of warranty, one of the major vert. door companies wants $120 PER shock, and I have seen one set fail in less than 6 months.
The doors also wave like kites in the wind when they're open and in the air, I'm sure thats not too good for the hinge system.
So needless to say, yes I think they look cool, but no I wouldn't put them on my car even though I could for free, because they are too much aggrivation for a daily driver and I don't think they will be very good in the long run, and possibly hazardous.
There, hows that? I've installed them, I've used them, I've seen them on quite a few vehicles, I've given all the honest info anyone could possibly want.
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vertical doors are very functional....now how about suicide doors?
http://www.carexcess.com/vdc/
^they make them for 240's. it depends on where you go to see how much they cost. Like decah.net says their own is a VDC NOT a hinge lol.
and about the rice thing...yeah it's time to stop hatin an let ppl do what they want, it's not like we can stop them.... are we the anti-rice police?. if so, then my job'd never be done over here in the Bahamas, and you know what? I kinda like "rice" NEONS are FRESH, as long as they don't get carried away INSIDE the car...they might like the glow yinno?
personally, I want Vertical doors. I'll strap myself in, leave em open and watch all the lil kids mouths drop
edit: The doors open out THEN up....and if you watch the 350Z video there's an obviously indian cameraman who says "opan it agin" (I'm proud of my fake indian accent I sound like apu)
http://www.carexcess.com/vdc/
^they make them for 240's. it depends on where you go to see how much they cost. Like decah.net says their own is a VDC NOT a hinge lol.
and about the rice thing...yeah it's time to stop hatin an let ppl do what they want, it's not like we can stop them.... are we the anti-rice police?
. if so, then my job'd never be done over here in the Bahamas, and you know what? I kinda like "rice" NEONS are FRESH, as long as they don't get carried away INSIDE the car...they might like the glow yinno?personally, I want Vertical doors. I'll strap myself in, leave em open and watch all the lil kids mouths drop
edit: The doors open out THEN up....and if you watch the 350Z video there's an obviously indian cameraman who says "opan it agin" (I'm proud of my fake indian accent I sound like apu
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