anyone do the vertical door conversion on your MINI? if so how much did it cost...verticaldoors.com lambodoors.com some offer kits, and some offer instructions....looks cool, anyone do it?

 

heres one i saw online.. pretty cool

 

And for what purpose would you do this
Charles

 

cool factor :smile:

 

to add weight to your car and make it go slower and use more gas .... jk, i wouldnt do it but i do think it looks cool

 

more like rice factor

please don't do this to your car, it's not cool at all.

 

I already worry about the windows doing thier little jump,don't need that

 

I didn't think rice at first but you may be right. I first thought of Lamborgini. My 11 year old son wants me to do this to my car. I does look cool at a car show, but my will car will never have them. the reverse hinged bonnet reminds me of an old Jag.

 

The bonnet opening that way would be down right dumb

 

Looking at the pict. Jonauto posted, would be a pain in the butt getting in & out of that MINI. As had been said, would just add weight, window probably wouldn't seal. OK, so much for the cool factor. What's the cost to look cool when you get out of the car? I thought a MINI looked cool already!
Charles

 

full show only

 

There's a red MINI owner on CarDomain.com that has the lambo doors set up as well as a wack of other mods. You can search the pages there to find more pics of one. I'm just too lazy to search it out for ya. As for the price, I've seen kits and companies advertising it in the back of auto mags. Import Tuner is one that comes to mind. I wouldn't expect it to be cheap. Actuators, hinges and all that jazz can add up pretty quick. Everyone has their owns tastes. Do what YOU like. It wouldn't be my first choice in mods to do next, but I wouldn't tear it out if say some shows like Overhaulin, Pimp My Ride, or Tuner Transformation put them in for me. I wouldn't mind them at all.
Cheers,

 

I dunno, Keep you from dinign your doors.. plus I've already had to fixed a broken door due to wind catching it and it over extending.. trust me that is a crunching sound that will rip your heart apart.. I'd liek to try adn get in/out of one if it were easier than it might be worth in a practical matter.. as far as it lok I dunno, It's different, adn not in a way to gouge my eyes out kind of way which is better than I can say for a lot of riced out cars

found it here
http://www.topgear.com/content/fun_s...arbages/12/02/

 

Yup. That's the one I saw on CarDomain.com.

 

Here are 2 pics from the Reservoir Dogs Run II MINI meet back in March of this year ...

Normally I am not for these riced out MINI's, but this was sweet. The owner did not do the run with us, and his car is obviously mostly for show. The paint job alone was $15K

 

15K?? He got ripped off to hell and back.

Just an FYI some people do Drive there cars daily and show there car. While we wouldn't do this mod, I know people that have, and it makes the car really stand out in a crowd. Also the mini doors are good to do this too because there is not a frame surrounding the windows, so you can roll down the windows and just have the doors up... it's looks clean, and will get you points.

 

I had a Triumph Spitfire that had a bonnet that opened from the rear like that. It just made getting to everything really difficult.

 

I could use something like that....with my MCS and G35 coupe, the garage
width is kinda on the narrow side even though its a 2.5 car garage....

 

I've never really thought about doing the Lamborgini doors, but I like the idea of moving the hinges from the front of the door to the back so I'd have suicide doors.

No real reason to do it, I just think it would be something different.

 

I have an article about the blue Cooper with lambo doors. That thing has been modified to no end! the frame was stretched 7 inches, it is a Cooper, not a Cooper S, they added a turbo package to it that boosted it to 280 hp, and then added the lambo doors. It also has a huge stereo system in it. The article comented that the door mod was roughly 2500 US Dollars.

Hope that helps

 

http://www.autofashion.co.uk/bmw_mini.htm

These are the folks I am considering using. Looks like a top quality job on the design, not some cheap universal kit modified to fit the MINI. Pretty reasonable to, 950lbs sterling ($1800.00 US) I'll check back when I'm done w/pics

 

Its a good price...but installation looks to be a pain....lots of grinding, which means lots of hours to pay for labor if you arent doing it yourself...do you think it seems possible to do yourself?

 

i AM GOING TO WELD MY DOORS CLOSED AND DO A HOOD SLIDE LIKE BO AND LU DUKE

 

OH YEE HAAAA
Sorry couldn`t resist

 

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