Disappearing car door

12-01-2007 | 08:42 AM

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Disappearing car door

Has anyone seen this yet? Could be cool but I'm not sure if it would work on our 8's.
www.disappearing-car-door.com

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12-01-2007 | 01:36 PM

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they'd have to weld our two doors shut, i think its possible but it would be expensive!

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12-03-2007 | 10:16 AM

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There is a thread on this in General Discussion

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/door-who-doing-mod-132171/

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12-03-2007 | 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MissyK

wouldnt this impose safety problems?

Same to be said about shaved door handles and lambo hinges. Anything done to your door are suppose to be illegal.

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12-03-2007 | 07:18 PM

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Honestly though, I replayed that video a few times. Its really cool.

Seems way expensive though

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12-03-2007 | 08:04 PM

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It's def something different...! You don't see that everyday....

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12-03-2007 | 08:21 PM

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if all cars had these, then no more door dings!

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12-05-2007 | 05:58 PM

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my doors would bottom out LOL

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12-06-2007 | 05:40 PM

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I don't think a stock 8 would have enough ground clearance for those. I don't think any of those cars were unibody. A lot more dead space under them. The BMW Z1 had something similar.. roll down doors.

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12-06-2007 | 06:08 PM

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Realize people that the RX8 is unique with its doors, why anyone would want to change them is really beyond me. I mean lambo doors are something cool for the 8. But realize in itself the 8's doors are unique

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12-13-2007 | 04:18 PM

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I read somewhere that this company proposed their disappearing door thing to lincoln for the Mark VII but was denied due to design flaws and so i guess theyre trying to sell it themselves now

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12-13-2007 | 04:22 PM

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i personally think the Dihedral Synchro-Helix Door Actuation aka "Koenigsegg doors" are by far the coolest doors. A company actually sells this but they call it "R.A.P.T.O.R. doors."