Subject	I think there is more to it than the just the latch
Posted by	pallen on October 16, 2006 at 4:40 PM
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In Reply To	FRP doors revisited: chassis rigidity posted by scubasteve (waiting for parts) on October 16, 2006 at 03:23 PM
Message	The door fits into the shape of the opening and could be adding some rigidity along those surfaces as well. All the latch has to do is keep it in position. Also, if you want to make a claim that is contrary to conventional wisdom, you are the one that must supply the proof. If I showed up and said 2+2 actually equals 5, no one would be convinced even if I produced a math book that did not explicitly say that 2+2 = 4. _________________________________________
Follow Ups	FRP doors revisited: chassis rigidity - scubasteve (waiting for parts) 15:23:10 10/16/06 You took that article out of context. You're still wrong. (n/m) - Kenny 15:29:39 10/16/06 i already said until someone posts a link proving otherwise - scubasteve (waiting for parts) 15:48:15 10/16/06 The only reason you aren't getting totally reamed on... - Kenny 16:01:49 10/16/06 reamed? - scubasteve (waiting for parts) 16:33:08 10/16/06 Re: reamed? - Kenny 16:41:18 10/16/06 come play with a convertible on jackstands (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 15:37:51 10/16/06 answer me this then - scubasteve (waiting for parts) 15:45:35 10/16/06 ...or your hinges are sagging. (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 16:29:58 10/16/06 does the same thing on someone else's 50k mile z (n/m) - scubasteve (waiting for parts) 16:41:47 10/16/06 Age of car is more important than mileage (n/m) - CaliguyPurdue 16:51:34 10/16/06 What if its 15 years old - John B. 21:45:40 10/16/06 Doors affect rigidity... - OrlandoTT 16:06:59 10/16/06 97.6% of all statistics are made up on the spot. (n/m) - jmoore010 17:34:40 10/16/06 lol, nice (n/m) - myzislow 17:43:03 10/16/06 LMAO (n/m) - jmw23712 20:20:14 10/16/06 Thats great and all until you're t-boned. - CaliguyPurdue 16:08:11 10/16/06 the only person talking about crash safety is you - scubasteve (waiting for parts) 16:16:06 10/16/06 They are related. - Kenny 16:29:42 10/16/06 Well you wont have to think about torsional rigidity when - CaliguyPurdue 16:42:48 10/16/06 Didn't seem to help that Marine & his girlfriend any. - 92fairladyz (Yokosuka, Japan) 21:02:34 10/16/06 Just a comment. - Malukalu99 16:24:14 10/16/06 To interlock the door & strenthen the mounting point for the - YugoBernie (NoVA) 16:31:34 10/16/06 Dude - put plastic doors on your car. Clearly you want to. - YugoBernie (NoVA) 16:32:26 10/16/06 no i dont want to. - scubasteve (waiting for parts) 16:38:18 10/16/06 FRP doors revisited: chassis rigidity - 94BlackFairladyZ 16:38:08 10/16/06 I think there is more to it than the just the latch - pallen 16:40:56 10/16/06 what surfaces? - scubasteve (waiting for parts) 16:44:26 10/16/06 Probably the rubber bumper right in the middle of the door - Dustin 20:09:05 10/16/06 Static indeterminacy FTMFW!!! (n/m) - CaliguyPurdue 16:55:53 10/16/06 ^^^ look it up. (n/m) - CaliguyPurdue 17:34:56 10/16/06 You need to revisit the Scientific Method. - boileralum 17:28:12 10/16/06 Exactly, the anti-Eistein approach is rather - WildBillZx 17:59:55 10/16/06 exactly... - tyler@boostpro.net 21:25:37 10/16/06 put your car on 3 jackstands and see if the doors close - The-FActor 18:53:23 10/16/06 do this ghetto test and then tell us what you find out. - ni[X]it 19:05:14 10/16/06 ^^^^^This is what you should do Steve.^^^^^^ (n/m) - Musashi Sword 19:26:42 10/16/06 wow (n/m) - Spee 19:26:10 10/16/06 The door's upper latch is only there because 90-93 z's had - Sleepe 21:51:13 10/16/06 I don't know - but you took the screen name i wanted - bankruptedz 22:04:56 10/16/06 The latch does more than keep the door closed, it also - WildBillZx 02:04:39 10/17/06
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