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Old 07-12-2007, 09:13 AM
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Disappearing Door Kit

Think we can get a kit for the HHR doors?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=160135007203
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Old 07-12-2007, 09:23 AM
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Now that is slicker than you know what. :twothumbs
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Old 07-12-2007, 09:30 AM
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That's sick as hell, dude! Nice find.
I just don't like the interior of the disappearing door - no armrest..
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Old 07-12-2007, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by betterof2evils4
That's sick as hell, dude! Nice find.
I just don't like the interior of the disappearing door - no armrest..
It was just a concept car. I imagine they would have fleshed out the interior a little better had it actually gone to production.
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Old 07-12-2007, 09:50 AM
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Now that's pretty neat.

But do you loose ground clearance?
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Old 07-12-2007, 10:26 AM
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Maybe I am just a pessimist but I can see a whole host of problems with that design.

Loss of trunk space, Overly Complex, if you look in the trunk it is like a Rube Goldberg just to open the door. Snow or mud in the tracks causing the door to bind or stop, Opening the door in rain would cause the inside of the door to get wet if water were to fall off the bottom of the car or even worse mud and road grime falling on to the inside of the door. Granted it wouldn't get on the part you could see since that folds out of the way but it wold gum up the works inside the door panel. Not to mention what would happen in an accident if you lost power? Would you be trapped inside or is there a manual release?

That said it is a neat idea.
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Old 07-12-2007, 01:17 PM
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not very useful where i live here in Canada during winter
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Old 12-02-2007, 10:48 AM
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Alternative to Lamborghini Doors?

Is this an actuall product, or is this one hell of an mock-advert?

http://www.disappearing-car-door.com/
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Old 12-02-2007, 11:15 AM
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Is this an actuall product, or is this one hell of an mock-advert?

http://www.disappearing-car-door.com/
those same lincoln mark's were a concept car that ford did a few years ago, i saw them at the auto show in st louis, i guess they are using the same cars? or they did those the same way
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Old 12-02-2007, 12:11 PM
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The real deal. They would never work well here in the northeast unless you took the car off the road and stored it for the winter. They just wouldn't cut it in the snow.
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