#1
On the left is the hinge as the instructions suggest right side up.
On the right is the hinge upside down.
Upside down looks better for door height, and the hinge only supplies
about 2.5" of swing-out, so it makes sense to mount it upside down and
to try get the door over the fender, if you are doing scissor doors.
For butterfly doors, right side up is better because the door tucks in
next to the fender.
(4/21/03)
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#2
The installation of the hinges involves a lot of trial and error,
as well as cutting the mounting plates to size.
I wanted to have
a good idea how it was going to work before I cut the mounts, and
spent a lot of time welding trial fits. So instead I spent a lot of
time just looking at the problem.
(5/4/03)
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#3
This mock (cardboard) door front helped a lot in the planning stage.
(5/4/03)
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#4
Now i've decided to try to do Butterfly Doors because they
look better. Here is the
Saleen S7.
(5/7/03)
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#5
The
Evoluzione II
butterfly door hinge is visible from outside the car, so it has
this banana piece of body work attached to the hinge. my mounting
of the hinge has it visible from the interior of the car, so i'll have
to move the rubber door seal and also accomidate it in my custom dash.
(12/26/03)
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#6
Again, cardboard helped plan before welding.
(5/11/03)
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#7
Here's an early attempt at mounting the hinges. The door did not
clear the fender, so i had to swap the hinge around and use the
base on the car as originally intended.
(7/26/03)
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#8
I spent a few months working on scissor doors thinking the springs
would be easier to configure, but they werent so i came back to
butterfly doors and here is the
hinge mounted on the car before cleaning it up.
(11/1/03)
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#9
The hinge mounted on the door before cleaning it up.
(11/1/03)
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