I just took the doors of my mini and was looking at how they mount on there.
I was thinking, Suicide Doors would just be a matter of moving the hinges to the other side of the door and then probably reversing the positioning of the lock/latch/keyhole.

has anyone ever tried this before???

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Have seen it done in English Mag's , in theory it's not too difficult but you would have to do a lot of serious strengthening to the B pillar where you are going to mount the hinges . I'm not sure how easy it would be to get engineered either , talk to an engineer first and see what they'd want done to pass it .

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Would look stupid with external hinges IMO. Maybe try it with Rover internal hinges? Leave the external hinges on the front for a stealth look

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that would look sweet, and leave the lock at the front with those electrc door openers, the ones where u push the button like in smoothed hot rods!!

mega confusing

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My mate 'Kahonwes' in Canada has made a Mini with suicide doors on a crap hot convertable. Find him on the Mini Mania forum and see his pics.

Do you know what type of hinges he used?

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nah sorry mate. 'Ping' him on the MM forum.

suicide doors would be pretty cool, but what about lambo doors? there is a crowd in sydney (i think) who are making the hinges. I was going to put them on my old excel then my old commodore then my wifes hyundai trajet...well maybe not. i cant remember where i saw the link i dont think it was here

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Mini Mitch if you find that link, could you pls let me know?
Cheers
Dan

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ok i'll see what i can do.

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I originally thought about suicide doors, but after looking around at a some cars with them decided that they were more suited to New Skool Cars where as Suicide doors look better on Old Skool Cars IMHO

eitherway... here is what i think about each time

Suicide Doors
Pros:
Look Cool on Older Cars
Cons:
Need to reinforce the B-Pillar
Need to move locking mechanism to otherside of the door.
Need to get engineered

Sicissor Doors (Lambo Style)
Pros:
Mount onto the A-Pillar
Lock does not need to be moved
Less modifications thus easier to pass engineering (maybe?)
Cons:
Suicide door would look better on the mini


So yeah... its a tough decision.

I will ring VicRoads tomorrow to see what there policy is on door modifications, and then report back what i find out

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I think it would require more work for the lambo doors... Ok either way its gonna require alot of work, i have been looking for some hinges for weeks, for an internal hinge suicide door.. Its not easy when its not a big market down here.. That and there isnt much width for a hinge on the mini doors or pillars.
And with the lambo doors you would have to design a hinge to firstly pop out a little then rise upwards.. Obviously it couldnt just straight swing upwards

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Don't the kits do that? They're retro fits and all normal car doors have to move out, so I think they do.

Incidentally, the other day I saw a Bini convertible pull out of its garage, and there, side on and only just fitting with an inch either end, was a beautiful Bambina with the early suicide doors. Not for sale, but fantastic.

Hehe, It's Bambino (baby)... not Bambina... actually, it's badged Nuova 500.
My bro' has one rusting quietly in a shed.
There is a schmick yellow convertible one up the street near my place too. Cool cars. (OK so I'm biased, used to be into Fiats...)

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Id say the lambo hinge kits would pop out then up, but getting one that will fit a mini would be the hardest part..

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