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Topic subjectUrgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
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88386, Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by happy, Aug-26-05 06:13 PM
Well igot the vertical door kit on my car right now which is a 98 gsx and i got everything lined up pretty good ( final adjustments when=hen fenders go on) Now the problem I'm having is i know you have to roll/cut inner fender cause hinge hits it as it goes up in the air. But when i put the fender on it seems to be hitting up front by the tire where the strut comes out a bit! its pushing the fender away from the car about a 1 1/2" so what should i do?? I'm going to post a pic of what i see some one else has done , but i think this looks stupid, cause u could see the tip of the shock sticking out.

I had a few problems with my kit ( i don't even know if it were made for a eclipse lol) but i have it all working good except up to this part, So me and my boss were thinking of cutting back the shock mounting point enough to make it flush then it would be able to squeeze by the lip of the fender and would look alot neater and cleaner and not have a big hole in the front of my fender. SO what do you guys think i need this done tomorrow so i can have it all back together for a car show on Sunday!! What did anyone else do in this case????
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196364
88387, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by CarbonFiberRST, Aug-26-05 08:18 PM
Sell them. They're dumb.
88392, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by happy, Aug-27-05 12:32 AM
Thanks for that great reply of urs ass pirate!
88393, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by madhatter210, Aug-27-05 02:40 AM
I don't have any experience with lambo doors, especially ones that might not even be for the right car but......

A good rule of thumb when aligning body panels is to start with what you know is 99% right to begin with for instance your fender. Sometimes they are a little tweaked and use of a flatbar or similar help to guide it where it needs to be.Start at the top and "work" the fender down if you need to. It sounds like your trying to adjust the fender to meet the door?

Consider your fender the reference point, what ever you do next to it has to conform to the fenders original mounting points. If you have to tweak the fender a little (rolling the edge, or cutting a little off the backside, ect ect) then that is cool as long as its mounting points are intact. I've read alot of the lambo install posts here and there and have seen alot of pics, yet they all seem to go on with very little work to the edge of the fender or none at all.
Show us the pics of whats happening
88396, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by djtrickee, Aug-27-05 05:15 AM
Originally posted by happy
Thanks for that great reply of urs ass pirate!


We've got a winner here!!!
88397, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by turbo8u, Aug-27-05 06:20 AM
Originally posted by djtrickee
Originally posted by happy Thanks for that great reply of urs ass pirate!
We've got a winner here!!!


damnit dj, why dont you just SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY

you always have something to say, and its never positive or in any way intelligent, so please....for the sake of maturity, SHUT UP.
88398, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by djtrickee, Aug-27-05 06:24 AM
Originally posted by turbo8u
Originally posted by djtrickee
Originally posted by happy Thanks for that great reply of urs ass pirate!
We've got a winner here!!!
damnit dj, why dont you just SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY you always have something to say, and its never positive or in any way intelligent, so please....for the sake of maturity, SHUT UP.


Nope.


Originally posted by turbo8u
for the sake of maturity


This, coming from you, really cracks me up. Thanks for the laugh, I was having a bad day at work till I read that. :thumbsup
88400, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by happy, Aug-27-05 07:27 AM
pics are at top in the dsm tuners thread !!
88401, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by Collente, Aug-27-05 07:51 AM
Link?

I'm going to be doing this soon also and am curious


Nick
97RS
88402, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by djtrickee, Aug-27-05 08:10 AM
Originally posted by Collente
Link? I'm going to be doing this soon also and am curious Nick 97RS


He posted a link in the 1st thread, but it doesnt work for me. :shrug
88403, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by madhatter210, Aug-27-05 08:15 AM
yeah the link above doesn't work, this one does though.........

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195971


The only thing I can say is whats holding the fender out? Its kind of hard to follow what the issue is, but I think if your bound up on something your going to have to make the modifications needed to clear the issue.Maybe a pic from the hinge side would be more helpfull(like behind the fender from the hinge side)

lol wheres eclipse169'r2gnt'r when you need him
88406, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by 420a-Tnthewerks, Aug-27-05 08:30 AM
His car runs low 12's, he can have lambo doors if he so pleases ;-).
88419, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by Star Turbo Talon, Aug-27-05 06:16 PM
It is well know that the Lambo doors require you to cut a small area in the fender jamb towards the top due the the hinge when i fully extends. I have seen this portion cut out on every writeup i have seen so far. Start cutting or sell them.


Terry
88420, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by happy, Aug-27-05 07:12 PM
Ok yes i know i have to cut that portion of the inner lip away where the hinge hits and goes up and down cause it rubs along it! thats not a big deal the big deal is in front you will see in the pic on the thread i posted that where the bottom of the strut mounts is hitting the front of the fender. SO i guess we will have to cut it of and move it back a bit so it will clear when we push the fender on! We cant think of any other ways! I really dont like the idea of cutting a big notch in the front of my fender to let this go by! This is my troubles and i wanted to see if anyone else ever ran into this problem!
88422, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by eclipse982nrRST, Aug-28-05 03:19 AM
Originally posted by 420a-Tnthewerks
His car runs low 12's, he can have lambo doors if he so pleases ;-).


Who are we talking about here?

When you close the door down and shut it, does the end of the hinge hit inside of your inner fender on the plastic or where exactly are you talking about where it hits? Take a pic of it exactly where it hits for us.
88433, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by 420a-Tnthewerks, Aug-28-05 05:24 PM
Originally posted by eclipse982nrRST
Originally posted by 420a-Tnthewerks His car runs low 12's, he can have lambo doors if he so pleases ;-).
Who are we talking about here?


Happy, his GSX runs 12's.
88421, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by turbo8u, Aug-28-05 02:40 AM
seriously though dj, shut the fuck up if you dont have anything good to say.
88424, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by djtrickee, Aug-28-05 08:15 AM
Originally posted by turbo8u
seriously though dj, shut the fuck up if you dont have anything good to say.


Nope. Have a good day.
88434, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by Ducking_Fumbass, Aug-28-05 05:31 PM
Well, we can all shut the fuck up... Eclipse98HingeTunerRST has come to save the day. ;)
88436, RE: Urgent Lambo door hinge hitting fender?????
Posted by djtrickee, Aug-28-05 06:43 PM
Originally posted by Ducking_Fumbass
Well, we can all shut the fuck up... Eclipse98HingeTunerRST has come to save the day. ;)


This is true. The god(good gawd!!) of hinges shall answer all further questions in this thread.