If you wish to mod, or even butcher, your car, cool. Go for it. It's your car. I have nothing against you modifying your car. The issue isn't OEM specifics and resale value. The issue is one of engineering and design and whether or not this is practical and feasible.
What I do believe, however, is that you're not going to be able to implement a scissor-door design that would be at the same level of quality as the NSX has without spending gobs of money.
For example, just look at the cut lines of a NSX door. The curvature of the leading edge would preclude the door from simply pivoting straight up. I suppose someone could design a linkage where the door first moved out a few inches and then moved upward, but that would be very complex. Or, I suppose you could alter the shape of the doors and fenders but that's pretty radical too.
Not to mention latches, gasket seals (as mentioned earlier), etc. But what if you were willing to alter the shape of the doors and fenders? Could you do it? Is it doable? Sure, if you wanted to spend the money, anything is possible. To do the engineering, prototypes, etc, I wouldn't be surprised if it cost $25K to do correctly.
I don't think there's too many people willing to spend that kind of money however. I don't think it's possible to pick up a $1,500 bolt on kit that would look or function properly.
-Jim
PS: Hey Juice... Lighten up there guy. There's no need for name calling or vulgarity. This is an open forum and someone simply asked for an opinion. No one "slandered" anyone.
[This message has been edited by Jimbo (edited 19 January 2003).]
What I do believe, however, is that you're not going to be able to implement a scissor-door design that would be at the same level of quality as the NSX has without spending gobs of money.
For example, just look at the cut lines of a NSX door. The curvature of the leading edge would preclude the door from simply pivoting straight up. I suppose someone could design a linkage where the door first moved out a few inches and then moved upward, but that would be very complex. Or, I suppose you could alter the shape of the doors and fenders but that's pretty radical too.
Not to mention latches, gasket seals (as mentioned earlier), etc. But what if you were willing to alter the shape of the doors and fenders? Could you do it? Is it doable? Sure, if you wanted to spend the money, anything is possible. To do the engineering, prototypes, etc, I wouldn't be surprised if it cost $25K to do correctly.
I don't think there's too many people willing to spend that kind of money however. I don't think it's possible to pick up a $1,500 bolt on kit that would look or function properly.
-Jim
PS: Hey Juice... Lighten up there guy. There's no need for name calling or vulgarity. This is an open forum and someone simply asked for an opinion. No one "slandered" anyone.
[This message has been edited by Jimbo (edited 19 January 2003).]
