Location: Northwestern Sydney
Registered: August 2002
Re: Scissor Doors for MR2 SW20
Sun, 12 October 2003 22:59
Not really a new idea
They are fairly common in the U.S, the hinges them selves are about $1700-2500 dollars U.S for a pair but you still need to open the door out then lift it into the upright postion. and most on the ones on the u.s site look really dodgy (strength wise) I'm looking in to building a pair from scratch but thats way off in the future and only if every man and his dog doesn't get a set first.
There are a few people the do them in aus but they use the u.s parts so I'd look at a finished product first before jumping right in, on a daily driver they may be more of a pain in the arse than their worth.
I've got a vid of one opening if someone can host it, you can see how much effort goes into opening it.
There is also an engineering side of this which will need to be looked into before starting as the u.s parts I doubt would be passed by any engineers.
If you've got the knowhow you'd be better to try to build your own based on what you've seen.
Sun, 12 October 2003 22:59
