Alright heres the deal ... first off, I would NEVER be doing this to my own car because I dont really like lambo doors on the eclipse. Anyhow, my buddy with a GSX wants to do some lambos and doesnt wanna pay for $1,000 for them which is obvious because nobody wants to pay that much money for 2 hinges and $50 gas shocks from a VW Jetta's trunk. My question is, does anyone or has anyone built these hinges themselves and how do you do it. This is was we were going to do but i dunno if its gonna work ... fab up some brackets for the fender and bolt it down, make a piece that comes off that bracket and bolts on to a bracket bolted down on the door and then connect the two brackets with a somewhat loose bolt so it will push up. Now our prob is that if we did it this way, the door wont open out a lil bit first to push it up. We will use the gas shocks from a VW Jetta's trunk to hold up the door since they are small and pretty damn sturdy. Any idea's of how to make these or anything.

This has been discussed before. Someone was making them then had some tragedy happen in their life. It's not something you can do easily for yourself.

ya i know its been discussed before and i read about 3 thousand different posts on it but no one has picstures or anything. there are some people out there that have this done but wont take up close pictures of the hinges or anything, wtf!!!! somebody out there has to know how to make these. we are going to try some stuff and see what we can do ... we are trying on a totalled eclipse in his backyard to experience on. anybody have any info or pics or anything!?

$1000 is complete rip off ... anyone who pays that is an IDIOT.

but anyway if your successful at making them PLEASE DOCUMENT all steps involved and take LOTS of pictures.

i will use them on the "install guides" of my eclipse site and give you credit.... plus i wouldnt mind doing them myself

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heres the deal .... we worked 7 hours all night fabricating shit and heres what we have done ... we have the hinges made and welded and they actually work so far! the only problem we are having is when closing the door, it wont line up with the hinge to completely shut which is casuing leaking from water. we are going to work on it more later tonight and hopefully we can have something made up by monday of next week. our other prob is that the VW jetta trunk shocks we have wont support the door in the air for more than like 2 minutes and then it slowly starts to make its way down. the good thing is that we made these hinges so you dont have to roll your fenders or anything ... bolt it on and extend your wiring harness and go lambo style! i will have updates soon. i will take pics and everythiny once complete ... we are planning on selling these hinges and some gas shocks when we find some that will work on ebay or custom orders for cheap! maybe a price range of $200-300 just because the shocks aren't really cheap and neither is the materials needed to make the hinges. let me know if anyone is intrested and maybe by monday we will FINALLY have a TRUE BOLT ON lambo door kit for us!

just so you know (I did the lambo hinges,etc.. already) had it on my car done, took it off to make production parts and got too busy, but the shock you need needs to have a force of 600-700 pounds of pressure
trust me, try mcmaster.com look for shocks, its about 70 bucks a piece. Ive got the part number at home, I ll search for it.

these doors are HEAVY.
oh and my tip to help you figure out the hinge design is (swivel bearings)

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could you email me some pictures of your hinges so we can maybe figure out why our hinges are letting the door shut properly. thanks.

lol, everyone is suddenly a fabricator. yea, so you made some half assed hinges. well they leak water and don't keep the doors up. wow, that's nice.

maybe that is because the company that makes these NICE hinges actually spent some time doing research and development, compared to 7 hours of "fabricating" and used QUALITY parts and not shocks off of a VW jetta which obviously didn't work for you. Good job, let's call you Jesse James from now on considering your beautiful fabrication and welding skills.

Oh, and Jamez. I paid over 1000 for lambo door hinges from the original company. However, that does not make me an idiot. But then again, I don't consider myself a fabricator either, which is why I didn't just make my own from some shocks off a 89 Civic Hatchback or something.

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WELL I GUESS IM AN IDIOT!!! i payed 1400 for hinges from decah that are made so well they cant be copied and they dont leak and they line up with the hinge..when your door falls off you will look like the IDIOT!! U GET WHAT U PAY FOR!!

you guys are dumbasses aparantley. this is the same metal that decah uses to make their hinges that we are experiencing with. tell you what, you take some metal and go out to an eclipse and try and make them without ever seeing and set and let me know how you do. i am not calling myself a fabricator at all either numb nuts. the doors dont line up because our brackets are a bit too long and is causing the door to come real close to quarter panel. it will get fixed dont worry about that. and my doors wont be falling off since we are using a wrecked eclipse to experiment on! you guys should listen more before you run your mouths. why do people have to come on to this site and talk shit??????? this is supposed to be a site to HELP others and share info. alot of people dont have the money to spend on this stuff thats why i am trying to make some to help out people morons! also again, ya decah took alot of time into getting their hinges right, i spent a total of 7 hours so far, do u think they are gonna be exact, im sure if i spend the time that decah has, i will get it for sure. actually, the hinges will be done by monday and i post a shitload of pics so you guys and eat your hearts out of how you spent 4 times as much as i did my hinges that do the same thing. we just ordered 6 sets of shocks from decah as well 10 minutes ago so we will have the same shocks as you fucks do. now, lets keep this a NICE, respected forum please. be nice to everyone instead of shoving rods in your asses.

I don't wanna start an argument here, but you can't figure out how to get the vinyl wrap off your door panels, I suggest you not get too crazy with lambo door hinges that can be a danger to your safety.