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Originally Posted by John Titor
I gave an honest look to see what you meant, but I can't find much of anything.
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If you have lambo doors, usually you need to weld the mechanism to the chassis.
See how the driver's side door deforms? If it was an aftermarket door
hinge the chances of it not deforming and pushing directly into the passenger cabin is very real.
You can cone dodge all you want but I have personal experience when it comes to cone dodging (since 2000 or so). I have been at a parking lot event where someone's throttle got stuck wide open, slide about 100 yards wide of the course, and hopped an island in the middle of the parking lot and hit the light pole at around 30MPH.
The car was destroyed and to make matters worse, he stitch welded his chassis and the entire thing was destroyed from a minor impact. And, a friend of mine escaped injury when the spring that shot out from the front suspension missed him by about 5 feet. He was about 300 yards away taking photos...
So, what I've said to you is an insult and waste of time. Keep thinking that and you can be thankful if you ever get into a situation where the lack of some mods would save your life.
Side note: this is why TUV standards in Germany require the use of TUV certified suspension top hats, so the car has predictable crash characteristics on the road.
-alex