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Postby bpt4w » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:53 pm

maybe reverse hinge the rear boot and use it as a air brake :roll:

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Postby redwards » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:04 pm

Hrrmpf. Fine. Be like that.

Seriously though, I reckon suicide doors would be great. You'd have to attach them at the current trailing edge of the door (which I have clearly mistakenly referred to as the B pillar).

Weld in some reinforcement, find hinges that open out enough... For those who have seen a 5 in pieces, is it achievable?
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Postby Okibi » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:18 pm

Unless you want it to open up at a weird angle, you'll need one bloody strong hinge on the top or make the back of the door join more vertical.

Might just be easier to take the blue pill and imagine yourself having one.
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Postby fastfreddygassit » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:58 pm

Okibi wrote:Might just be easier to take the blue pill and imagine yourself having one.

Let it not be said that Dave has a rapier wit :mrgreen:

as for the doors...go the scissor door route

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Postby Steampunk » Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:47 pm

Just to stir up the stew some more .... 4 letters and one number:
BMW Z1 :wink:
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Postby bruce » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:13 pm

Okibi wrote:Might just be easier to take the blue pill and imagine yourself having one.


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Postby mx52nv » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:27 pm

Okibi wrote:Might just be easier to take the blue pill and imagine yourself having one.

ROFLMAO :lol: :D :mrgreen: :) :P :o

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Postby bpt4w » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:53 pm

well if you are trying to do something not done on a convertable (suicide door have been done) i would go the slide door route like on the sides of vans :) , now that would make people look and say wtf.

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Postby fastfreddygassit » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:58 pm

bpt4w wrote:well if you are trying to do something not done on a convertable (suicide door have been done) i would go the slide door route like on the sides of vans :) , now that would make people look and say wtf.

nah...if you really want the WTF effect put gullwing doors in :mrgreen:

I still think scissor doors would be ace to do. Especially if they were motorised and hooked up to a remote central locking system. How cool would that be??

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Postby Matty » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:26 am

bpt4w wrote:well not after wtf attention but the convenience of getting out of a car with out doing sparco sprint seat shuffle in a car park , have to be quite limber .


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Keep in mind that this is as wide as these doors open. I can't imagine they were installed for ease of access...

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Postby bpt4w » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:01 am

mmmm yeah have seen that they don't seem to open all the way up but apart from doing a ducks of hazard (yes i did spell it like that, suffer) every time , it can only be better to get in and out of the car in tight spaces.

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Postby Okibi » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:54 pm

Perhaps you could just get one of these?

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Postby mx52nv » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:02 pm

Stop it Okibi - you're killing me :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby bruce » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:06 pm

:lol:

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Postby bpt4w » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:48 pm

LOL good one


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