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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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Has anyone ever thought of this?

I was thinking if you had T-tops and welded them to your door so they opened with it like the Ford GT40 it would look awesome.
Old Jul 7, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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couple problems with that.
1) you could not take them off
2) i dont think you could weld it in a manner to make it so it would be rigid enough
Old Jul 7, 2009 | 05:07 PM
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But then how would you take them out? or are you one of the 99% of the peopel who bought a t-top car because it had t-tops and never takes them out?
Old Jul 7, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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::blinks:: Weld them to what? The window glass?
Old Jul 7, 2009 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Brangeta
::blinks:: Weld them to what? The window glass?

Thinking the same.....
Old Jul 7, 2009 | 07:15 PM
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Wouldn't the shape of the t-top not allow the door to open as it pivots? lol
Old Jul 7, 2009 | 11:19 PM
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you would look stupid when you bump your head trying to get out of your car. You would also need to create a door frame to weld the t top to. There's just glass now.
Old Jul 7, 2009 | 11:26 PM
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it's just not gonna happen
Old Jul 8, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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It would be cool if you could still take them off. But there is no f ing way it would happen, no way. Nice idea tho
Old Jul 8, 2009 | 09:50 AM
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That's on my list of things to do after I install my flux capacitor.
Old Jul 8, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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Rofl, after thinking about it after posting I was like "ZOMG, i'm gonna get flamed. But I was thinking it could be done if you made a frame for the door and t-top you could still remove them, I'll have to draft the layout to explain it better.
Old Jul 9, 2009 | 02:02 AM
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It's going to be impossible, which is the problem. The t-tops can't come out diagonally, which means the doors would have to shoot out perpendicular to the car like a Transformers toy for the t-tops to not contact the A-frame or B-frame.
Old Jul 9, 2009 | 03:37 AM
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Create some gullwing doors for it...that'd work better
Old Jul 10, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Rebelphotog96
Create some gullwing doors for it...that'd work better
Yeah but the tops don't come off

so that idea is really dumb, I'm gonna have to go with the 1st one welding my t-tops to the glass

It's just so brilliant it can't be topped That's right after I put liquid Nitrogen in my tires to help with fuel economy, as it won't lose ANY pressure with temperature changes

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