Subject	The door's upper latch is only there because 90-93 z's had
Posted by	Sleepe on October 16, 2006 at 9:51 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 seatbelts mounted to the doors due to US regulations. In order to provide a modicum of ridgidity on the z the upper latch would have to somehow lock itself as the lower lock does. The doors are not important structural components.
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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