Tips how to make door-wings in the car

The vast majority of production cars equipped with standard doors. This so-called OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer - OEM, or simply standard parts). Hinges on the left handle on the right, the door swings open from right to left, while moving the car. All automakers have recognized such an option is the most practical and acceptable in terms of both production and safety. But this man is never enough. And where is the Ponte?Where fetish? Where peculiarity and individuality? And then began to emerge with new ideas, and automakers began to offer the public an exclusive.

Doors wings

Best known example of guillotine type door, or door-shears (scissor), which became a kind of calling card car Lam borghini. In this concept the doors open directly upwards. Pivot point is usually located in the upper corner of the door, near the A-frame. Raises the door a special shock absorber. There were construction, which rose up the whole hood Interior: doors, roof and windshield of the car. As an example, a homemade car Alexander Kulygina "Pangolin". Also can not remember the interesting work germanskogo Road studios Isdera, empowering their car doors, which are also open vertically, but each with its half a windshield.
Another interesting option of opening doors to many memorable in the film "Back to the Future", in which Marty MakFlay driving Delorean. But in 1954 the company Mercedes-Benz showed his famous car 300 SL, nicknamed Gullwing (gull wing). Indeed, if you look at the car in front, its open doors resemble a wingspan of sea gulls in the interim time of his wings. Incidentally, the above-mentioned Isdera also applies in its projects such Constructive reception. In this design the hinges are located on the roof, which requires strengthening it.It also uses shock absorbers to keep the doors open. A similar approach to the construction of doors can be commonly found in vehicles with station wagon or a hatchback rear door. Alternatively, the door opening is associated with the world of insects. Compressor V8 McLaren Mercedes SLR, but its outstanding performance, the design stands out the door "butterfly wings" (although, in my opinion, a dragonfly - a more accurate analogue). "Wings of a butterfly" style represent himself midway between the guillotine Lamborghini and "gull wing". The difference is that the fulcrum of these doors allows them to turn around as the front desk. Actually the door and fastened either at one point (at the bottom of the front desk), or in addition, has yet another mount on the rack itself, as in the case of McLaren Mercedes SLR.

Tuning

It would be strange if no one suggested to use such a simple and at the same time very bright way to change the exterior of the car. Such well-known tuning studio, as Fab, Hamann, Kleeman, in a number of its projects have used the ideology of the mechanism of lifting the door, applied to the McLaren Mercedes SLR. Not every machine can be fitted with such a device without significant integration into design. In any case this is not a labor. Although the mechanism in itself is quite simple, but in the case of fastening the door at two points (ie, still at the front desk), he turns more and sufficiently strong and stable. But thanks to greater universality considerable popularity received by other devices. There are several different design options that allow to alter almost any car, giving him the door-scissors. And remaking not only two-door coupe, but also quite ordinary sedans, generalists, and even SUVs like Hummer. They are united by one thing - they are made on technology Doors, scissors, ie, one way or another emulate the style of Lamborghini. And the very names of these kits is very expressive: Lambo Door Kit, Diablo Doors, etc. Like many other ways of tuning, these sets are very popular in the United States. Here one can mention such names as Decah VDC (Vertical Door Conversion), Import Precision VLS (Vertical Lift System), GTFactory, AutoLock, Extreme Doors. But there are European manufacturers of such systems. LSD (Lambo Style Door) - Germanic evolved version of the kit Decah, Eurotek LSD - Belgium, Lambotek - United Kingdom. All of these kits may vary in their design, but the principle is all the same. There is an outer loop with several degrees of freedom. That is the door first should open slightly, and only then throw back to the top. Done so because, unlike its ancestor Lamborghini, ordinary urban vehicles are not designed to directly vertical door opening. The design of the front rack, frame windows, lock the node, and so forth is simply impossible to make such an option. But almost all of these installation kits provide the complete safety of the door. With it, as a rule, no work was performed. Saved and the locking part. Therefore it can only cover classical way. But something will have to redo. Consider the process of such tuning the example of the kit type LSD. The set consists of a loop knot, shock absorbers, which will raise and hold the door open state itself, an extension cord wiring (not always included) and the installation guide (if you set your own). Installation begins by removing the front fenders. Quite often, for this has to take home the optics and even the front bumper. Also removed the catch of the door opening. Samuel fix it in a doorway in his usual position.Often this is done using very strong adhesive tape. When the door was locked, removed the door hinges and fastening of the wing. Wiring that runs to the door, quite often need to lengthen, because the new trajectory of opening the door needs a longer wiring. Then begins the preliminary mounting new loop nodes. Ideally, if a set of loops is designed for a specific vehicle, it must clearly stand in position fixing doors and body and recorded with standard bolts. Now is the norm. The first kits were made on such machines as, for example, Honda Civic, and only then arranging them for all machines individually. And now you can often find a phrase that the Civic gets a set without problems, but for the other car will have trouble. And if such a universal set, then it usually is a special adapter on the door (so it does not change), but already it is welded to the new loop. The same is true for fixing hinges on the body, but more often, or her new boarding drill holes, or it simply welded. Options are different, all individually. First securing loop, fitted and secured damper lift doors. Then starts fitting and alignment of the door in the doorway. Checks how it opens, does not touch it for body parts. For a rough adjustment of the mounting holes on the hinges made slotted. For fine adjustment in kits often include a special adjustment bolts. When everything is set, fixing bolts consistently and gradually (to exclude care settings) are tightened, and then often capture the spot-welded to prevent spontaneous otvorachivanie and embellish these places to avoid corrosion. Then the door again to check the smooth opening. But much more goes to the wing.He had to cut the inner wall, located in the door recess. This requires a new mechanism of opening. Cut edges tend to bend into the wing. All the above procedure is repeated with the other door. Then all going back. Not too slim hole, which appeared in the new door hinges, sometimes ennobling special plastic overlay, leaving only the necessary gap for the smooth working mechanism. All the work, depending on the machine and kit may vary from 6 hours and more. True, there are devices that could be put in a couple of hours, and, according to the companies themselves, they do not require any alterations in general - only the replacement of staff on new hinges. No sverlezhki, welding, and especially cutting iron. As I said, the choice is very wide.

Questions

The main question asked by many - security. The fact that the construction of loop-door-lock - a key element of the security framework of the car. New hinges, whatever's super they may retain the stability of this site is not 100%. Points of support and latching changed. That is not the fact that they are not wedged in a frontal collision. But, on the other hand, crash tests with vehicles equipped with such devices, no one has ever held (at least to me, such incidents are unknown). And the material used to produce such parts, which is stronger than the factory hinges. Therefore have to leave this question without a definitive answer. Even the Lamborghini in the open state such doors slightly swayed. Tuning kits are no exception. And here it is important to choose a kit under his door. The abundance of speakers and motors make it very difficult. The loop should be sufficiently strong and durable. For example, suites like LSD to me personally appeared too tracery, while the device GTFactory even appear to be very massive. Apparently, this factor and influenced the fact that it is the latter sets can be purchased and installed in Russia. An important question - to return to the past. If we use sets of «direct bolt on», ie, removed the old hinges, put on new, no welding, etc., then return the old mechanism is not so difficult. Moreover, the regular lock, sealing and so remain. In another case it is necessary to restore the surface, change the wing, etc. The same can be said about the possibility of self-remaking his car. Of course this all costs money and considerable.