Take those off of there right now and give them to a civic owner, fast!!!!
vertical doors...
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From: Prescott Valley AZ
vertical doors...
GT Foctory Diablo hinges to be specific. The shop I went to refused to install due to some legal jumbo about the little bit of grinding and welding necessary to mount the hinges to the frame. Has anyone else run across this situation? I'm in Phoenix if anyone knows of a good custom body shop! 
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Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by DTSNGIT
Plus WCC sells only the verticaldoors.com brand unless they recently changed and these are the best but do require door/fender edge modifications but do bolt on.
Mike
Mike
HOWEVER, they BOTH suck all around, because they have problems hitting the door striker upon closing.
Sure, they look great, but it all depends if it's worth it to you for the pain and embarassment when you go to close your door and you hear the banging of metal against fiberglass when you miss.
This is my car:
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by vectorz
I think the GTFactory kit is better than verticaldoors.com (I have verticaldoors.com) because their hinges don't sway when in open position.
HOWEVER, they BOTH suck all around, because they have problems hitting the door striker upon closing.
Sure, they look great, but it all depends if it's worth it to you for the pain and embarassment when you go to close your door and you hear the banging of metal against fiberglass when you miss.
This is my car:
HOWEVER, they BOTH suck all around, because they have problems hitting the door striker upon closing.
Sure, they look great, but it all depends if it's worth it to you for the pain and embarassment when you go to close your door and you hear the banging of metal against fiberglass when you miss.
This is my car:
and a lovely car it is
Le Mans Master
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From: Allentown PA & Elk Twp NJ HPDE Addict
Originally Posted by Yello95
Edumacate me please..why in the hell would anyone want doors to open like that? :
parked with the doors open...or...narrow parking spots.
Melting Slicks
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Oh, one more word of advice. If any reason (besides that the quality sucks) that you should stay away from the 'www.verticaldoors.com' kit, do it because their customer service is really bad.
My kit didn't come w/ the wiring loom (harness cover) and when I asked them why it didn't they simply said "because when we have them in stock we do and when we don't we won't". The attitude was such that they had my money so they didn't want to bother with me any further. I tried escalating it all the way up to the owner, but he would ignore me as if I was a hobo on the street (that just paid ~$2500 for his product).
So with that in mind, I hope it helps make your decision easier. If you *do* decide to go w/ a kit, don't make it the verticaldoors.com kit.
My kit didn't come w/ the wiring loom (harness cover) and when I asked them why it didn't they simply said "because when we have them in stock we do and when we don't we won't". The attitude was such that they had my money so they didn't want to bother with me any further. I tried escalating it all the way up to the owner, but he would ignore me as if I was a hobo on the street (that just paid ~$2500 for his product).
So with that in mind, I hope it helps make your decision easier. If you *do* decide to go w/ a kit, don't make it the verticaldoors.com kit.
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Originally Posted by vertc51116
the GT Factory kit is bolt on they forgot to put and shave your fenders and doors and repaint them and They work like $***. sorry just venting
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Careful how?
Originally Posted by KnightRider02
There shouldnt be any welding to the frame. I bought mine from West Coast Corvette and there was a little fender trimming but the hinges bolted right up. Just be careful with this kit.
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Originally Posted by vectorz
I think the GTFactory kit is better than verticaldoors.com (I have verticaldoors.com) because their hinges don't sway when in open position.
HOWEVER, they BOTH suck all around, because they have problems hitting the door striker upon closing.
Sure, they look great, but it all depends if it's worth it to you for the pain and embarassment when you go to close your door and you hear the banging of metal against fiberglass when you miss.
This is my car:
HOWEVER, they BOTH suck all around, because they have problems hitting the door striker upon closing.
Sure, they look great, but it all depends if it's worth it to you for the pain and embarassment when you go to close your door and you hear the banging of metal against fiberglass when you miss.
This is my car:
I need one..
Racer
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From: TX
Originally Posted by Scott007
Mr. Vectorz,, where did you get your conversion headlight components?
I need one..
I need one..