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Old Dec 1, 2021 | 10:27 AM
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There is a company in Arizona that sells vertical doors AND will come to your place to install them. Has anyone used them? Good, Bad?
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Old Dec 1, 2021 | 05:07 PM
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yes I used them Excellent. It took about four hours to install in my garage. Eikon Motor Sports.
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yes I used them Excellent. It took about four hours to install in my garage. Eikon Motor Sports.
Thanks, what did it cost?
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Old Dec 1, 2021 | 05:18 PM
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$4200 with installation
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Old Dec 1, 2021 | 05:53 PM
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This is the first corvette I think they look good on.
I’ve looked at that same company .
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Old Dec 1, 2021 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by smb33076
yes I used them Excellent. It took about four hours to install in my garage. Eikon Motor Sports.
Google reviews are pretty poor. Any other installers that will also come to your house?
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I think that a actual person on this forum who used them is better than a Google review.
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Originally Posted by wysokowski
I think that a actual person on this forum who used them is better than a Google review.
Never said anything about the OP and his experience but the reviews from the last few weeks have the same theme... Ordered parts several months ago, still no install and no one answers calls. I look at all information not just 1 poster on a forum to make decisions. Your process may be different in how you evaluate data which is fine by me. I prefer options to evaluate which I why I asked if their were other companies that do this install. I like the doors.
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Vertical door in riverside California
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Vertical door in riverside California
Very nice. Looks promising. Would the best place to start asking about doing a local install a body shop? Would not really know who would be best. I live in a more rural community so we don't have these type of high end specialty shops doing cool things like this.
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For those that have done the swap, could you post pics?
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For those that have done the swap, could you post pics?

....and, if it's not too much trouble, comment on how they operate. I've seen some complaints from those who installed them saying that you actually have to push them out a bit and the push them up to get them into the upright position. Some of the people who didn't like them said it was because of the weight of the doors.
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....and, if it's not too much trouble, comment on how they operate. I've seen some complaints from those who installed them saying that you actually have to push them out a bit and the push them up to get them into the upright position. Some of the people who didn't like them said it was because of the weight of the doors.
Look it up on YouTube. You have to open the door as you normally would, then it goes up vertically. It looks so silly. The amount you have to open them horizontally I would already be out of the car.
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You only open the door a little bit then you push it up. Now if someone somehow parks next to me In a parking lot I do not have to open the door all the way in order to get in

I would only use eichon motor sports as this is all he does . Ask for Tim the owner
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Seems like I recall the NCM let someone install them onsite before a delivery recently.
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I would only use eichon motor sports as this is all he does . Ask for Tim the owner
Black Friday sale: $3,299.00. I can''t justify that kind of money for this.

https://eikonmotorsports.com/product...olet/corvette/
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