Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 10:50 pm
Well 2 weeks ago I picked up rodavo's ex Piazza and drove it straight to Concord Customs in Silverwater (Sydney) for their opinion on performing the Lambo door conversion. Concord Customs are the prefered installers for the AutoLoc hinges, which are manufactured by the Hoffman Group in the States. The boys there took a good look at the existing hinge area and said no way. Not without extensive modification to the fender and sub-frame. The problem is that there is simply not enough space between the two to squeeze the massive heavy AutoLoc hinges, which are made of about 10mm solid steel. These hinges are regarded as one of the best becsuse of their quality, strength, and durability. Oh and did I neglect to say they were massive?
Needless to say my grand plan was shot down even before it got started. When I think back to that red Japanese Piazza with the Lambo doors I'm thinking the hinges on that car could NOT have been of high quality, and would have been more prone to more wobbling around in the air. In other words those hinges would have been of poor strength. When you look closely at the pictures you will also see that the doors don't open 90deg either.
Anyway I've moved on and doing other things instead. Finishing where rodavo left off is one if those things. The car is at the mechanics getting that work done.
Needless to say my grand plan was shot down even before it got started. When I think back to that red Japanese Piazza with the Lambo doors I'm thinking the hinges on that car could NOT have been of high quality, and would have been more prone to more wobbling around in the air. In other words those hinges would have been of poor strength. When you look closely at the pictures you will also see that the doors don't open 90deg either.
Anyway I've moved on and doing other things instead. Finishing where rodavo left off is one if those things. The car is at the mechanics getting that work done.
