ok there was a few threads thrown around about how much a pain in the butt it is to suicide the rear doors on the hhr. im having mine shaved and welded i was wondering if its poss. to suicide the front ones? if so is auto loc decent and whts up with this bear claw latches u need to buy lil help here

 

Not sure but check with Godfather Customs. They sell the kits for suicide doors and gullwing doors. Check out here ride(i think they sold it).
http://www.truckinweb.com/features/0...hhr/index.html

 

Their HHR did not have suicide doors.

 

nope, just lambo and gull wings as far as i know.

 

i think it would look better with the rears suicided

kindof like the lincoln

 

that's how in my mind doors should be if they are going to be suicide, seems like it would be hard for people in the front and back to get in and out though if you were in a parking spot, etc. Kind of like my dad's truck has the 4 doors, but the 2 smaller ones that open up suicide style for the extended cab. PITA if you want to put stuff in the back...

 

Suicide doors for the rear doors is very expensive. The rear post that they would be mounted to has to be re-inforced to hold the door. The gov. makes them make that part of the vehicle a crush zone so it will fold in a wreck. I was quoted about $5,000.00. It would really look cool.
It might be a lot cheaper to have the front doors done instead of the rear. Either way it would be cool.

See ya down the road 2 Vegas
Bud-Harvey

 

Just curious How can that be a crush zone if it has to support door latch that also acts as the "mount" for the door reinforcement beam in the door?

 

thats just what I was told. If you want to hang your door there without any major mods, go for it. The crush zone panel that I'm talking about is the post that the rear door latches to, not the center post.

See ya down the road 2 Vegas
Bud-Harvey