I have a customer wanting me to modify his door panels to keep them from hitting where the vents are(lambo style doors). Ive searched, but only see pics of the GT carbon and fiberglass door panels. They dont seem to fit very good, and Ive read some negative things about them. So Im wondering if anyone has any custom door panel pics. Also would like to know what people are doing about the vents. It looks simple enough to modify but would like to see what other people have done before jumping right in. Thanks!

 

Not mine, this is all I have

 

That panel isnt modified for lambo doors is it?

 

Is there anyone that can give me some pics? I would like to see what other people w/ lambo doors have done to keep the panel from hitting, and if they were able to keep the side vents. Im doing this for Mcduck, and with all the things he's done for the 350 community (Z-Dayz, etc.) I would like to do the best job I can for him. Please help you guys. Its a possibility that if I can make this work, and fit and funtion like OEM that I can start doing these for you other lambo door guys. What Ive seen that other people have done looks like it belongs in a civic not our Z's. Again, PLEASE HELP!

 

NAZAR is selling very nice quality door panels that fit over the factory speakers. I ordered some and they are very good quality and the price is unbeatable. Here is the link, check it out!

https://my350z.com/forum/audio-and-video/177125-wicked-cas-limited-time-special-unfinished-pods-only-3.html

 

Maybe I didnt make it clear. When you have Lambo doors the door panel hits at the top unless you open the door a little. No matter how careful you are yourself, or someone else will forget, and smack, there goes your nice door panel. To fix this you need to remove the top of the door panel. That includes your side air vent,door handle, were the dash vents feed the door vent, and the top were the tweeter pod, and the door panel meet. I can do this no problem. I just would like to see what other people have done to see if they have a better idea than I do. He really wants to keep the side vents, and thats the part Im having trouble w/ because it looks like to me the whole part were the dash and door meet would have to go, and thats what feeds the door vents. Hope this clears up any confusion. Thanks for trying to help anyway. If you want to see some real door panels check out buzzardmountains install. Its under "my install by the chad west". I did those for him.

 

Interesting. Your "real door panels" in that thread appear to be quite similar to Nazars that he was making over a year ago.

In any event, in addition to fabricating several "bolt on" parts for the Z (ie Under the Strutbar sub box, speaker pods for the door, etc), Nazar and Justin of www.wickedcas.com have also done quite a bit of work rebuilding THE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL. Unfortunately they don't want to deal with the hassle of people complaining when they need some minor adjustments by whomever installs them, so they just make them for their own installs in their shop.

That said, he may be willing to share what he has learned through his research and may even be able to provide pictures. You may want to give him a call (603-642-4222), maybe tell him you appreciate what HE has done for the 350Z community, and see if he can give you his thoughts. BTW, I do believe that Nazar saw your center console with the iPod holder and thought you did a nice job on it. He's pretty good about complementing other people's efforts when he sees something that obviously takes quite a bit of work.

The pictures below are one set of door panels that he did (I think his first set). I do not know if these door panels had the modification required to clear the A Pillar, but I do know that the person who now owns this car had lambo doors installed on it a few months ago.

 

Those are nice. I thought you were talking about the bs speaker pods Ive seen people w/ on here. My beef, Thanks for the pics.

 

I beg to differ on the "bs speaker pods" but that's IMO. A suggestion to solve your problem off the door panels not clearing...I have heard some people are using a door striker that will make contact the door jamb before the panels do. Something to consider??

 

My brother owns the black 350z with the fiberglass doorpanels above. He recently put lambo doors on which seem to work fairly well. The fiberglass does not hit anything when the door goes up. Just make sure you dont get a universal kit for your doors. My brother has the vertical doors inc kit. Email him at gt3nc@yahoo.com if you have any questions about them.
Thanks

 

Im not slamming all speaker pods on here, but most Ive seen look cheap. Mcduck had mentioned the door striker, but he said that it damages the paint on the A-pillar. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

Chad,

I am not sure what you mean by "bs doorpods" But I know you are not talking about our pods. I need to clarify that for others that may be reading. Specially after looking at your pods you made and seeing the resemblance to ours. As far as I know no one else is making pods, Unless you know someting I don't.

As for your Door clearance you will need the GT factory door panels (which I have a pair if you need them), However they WILL NOT save the Vent ducts on the door, You will have to cover those up... We have a car at the shop with these doors on (carbon fiber version) and the GT Factory lambo doors. I must say it is a pain in the butt to operate the doors and it comes very close to hitting the door near the vent area.

I have seen many cars with the "Vertical Doors" Kit, Which will clear the factory door, and our Pods as well as our Full Fiberglass replacement doors.
Vertical doors open out before they lift up. Also making it a lot more comfortable to get in and out.

We purchased the GT Factory door panels for a project and after receiving them It was obvious we could not use them, thay were not to our standards, So we started from scratch and made our own door panels.

Anyways good luck with your install. If you need help feel free to call. 603-642-4222

Nazar

 

Then why not cover the striker with a plastic or better yet rubber "cap" to protect the paint.

 

If you want great door pods or any fiberglass work Nazar is the one to talk to.

 

Nazar, by no way am I talking about your pods. It seems you do great work. One of my cust. (jason) ordered pods from you, and they worked great. So to everyone NAZARS STUFF IS TOP NOTCH!!!
I thank you for your suggestions. Im at work so Ill post more later. Thanks

 

WOW, this is going to be long.

I want to start off by saying I'm shocked at the comments/accusations by Nazar and Anyone2u.

I know being a vendor and a premier member get you certain privledges, but making false accusations or implying copying a product is LAME to say the least. Especially what I've learned in the Audio world. You don't make those kind of accusations, NOT COOL.

I don't see anywhere that Chad said, "Nazar's door speaker pods are b.s."

So let me give you two a little history lesson.

I came to Chad with pics of two audio systems. One was nitrouz and the other was nissan_fanatic. His first comment to me was, I'll do a top notch install, but I'm not copying/replicating someones work. I wanted a sub install like nitrouz and door pods like nissan_fanatic's.

Here are Brandon's/nissan_fanatic's door pods:



Here is the link to his thread:

https://my350z.com/forum/audio-builds/84807-finally-done-jl10w7-xbox-in-the-dash-and-much-more.html

He asked me to give him some time and we would brainstorm some ideas, but that he was not copying someone else's work. Well Brandon lives about 45 minutes from me, and since we couldn't coordinate a time when I could check out his pods, we decided to see each others rides at ZdayZ last year. I saw the pods in person and fell in love, told Chad I had to have them just like that. We talked about things we liked and didn't like about the install. Mostly likes, though.

Chad's one comment about Brandon's/nissan_fanatic door pods were that they looked "stuck on, like pancakes". I hadn't seen any others, I thought they looked great. I still do, but nonetheless.

So a few weeks pass while we're rounding up all the equipment. We totally changed what we were doing with the sub and the issue of door pods came up. He told me that I would have to trust him. He briefly talked about what he wanted to do, but said I would have to trust him. Me being a visual person, it was hard to understand exactly what he wanted to do. I decided that I'd have to do just that, trust him.

He made the initial fiberglass mold that would become the back piece. He called me on the phone and asked that I come up to the shop. We spent about two hours going back and forth, in and out of the car, while he fabricated the wood skeleton. He wanted the angle/direction of the pods to be PERFECT.

I came back to the shop after he got the fleece installed on the structure and still wasn't sure what the final product was going to look like.

Needless to say the finished product is phenomenal.


I'd like to say also that for the life of me, I can't see the resemblance to your pods and the ones Chad did for me. So for you to imply otherwise is rediculous.

Oh and if Chad is busy copying "your pods", why in the hell would he be sending you business. Look up in your records, but his customer Jason he mentioned, bought some door pods, focals, and a 10w6 that I KNOW of. Maybe even more things. Jason didn't want to pay the cost of the custom pods so Chad told him about YOURS. And since Chad wasn't a dealer for JL and Focal, Jason bought those things from you. So I guess Chad's stealing your ideas but sending you business. So look it up in your records, his name is Jason Thomas, he doesn't come here much, he stays over at tech mostly. I've got his cell and I can get him to come over here and verify everything I just wrote.

BTW, looking at the date of Brandon's/nissan_fanatic's thread and factoring in the install time he mentions, then looking at your thread dates, maybe his shop in Winston could accuse you of copying their work, since--->Maybe we know something you don't, TOOL

Also, I keep in regular contact with Brandon. He's since sold his Z and bought an IS300. I can have have him verify everything I just wrote as well.

Now would you care to back up your accusations??????????

BTW, mods this is all IMO. I haven't consulted with Chad about any of this. This is how I feel, and I alone, about this situation. I'm the one responsible for calling out one of your precious vendors.

I've lost a lot of respect.

 

Any chance on selling some panals? My GT ones SUCK

 

Also you know this won't be the first case of pwnage in one of Chad's/Encore thread. Post #54-#81

zand02max, gets pwned pretty bad.

https://my350z.com/forum/audio-builds/22697-encores-system.html

Just another case of Chad showing a step by step of his install to help others while people try to call him out.


Taking the high road sucks.



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Back on earth where we are not all trying to "own" each other...


Nazar,

I'm also interested if you are going to produce these and sell them.. Let us know.

Andrew

 

Encore,
Just to chime in. I (like PumpedVA) have the GT factory kit and their replacement door panels. While looking awesome, IMHO, they fit really poorly. These panels keep the stock vent, even though there is not longer any means of getting air to them..... and will clear the A-Pillar. I had mine installed and positioned to provide about 2 mm of clearance, but when you are in a hurry or someone else opens the door they have indeed swiped the paint. I have never seen ANY damage on the CF door panel, but have noticed some scratches on the paint of the pillar. In order to prevent this in the future, I applied some ClearBra to the pillars and they have done a good job in stopping any further scratching.

I am confused as to the requirement to install a 'stop' as the GT factory has one and that is what is tuned to prevent the door from hitting the A-Pillar. This can be dialed in with a couple of hex screws on the GT factory kit. Maybe is it different with the kit you are working with. Not sure.

I guess to close, I have seen a couple of the Vertical Door kits with mashed up door panels (around the vent area) but I have not seen a GT factory kit with this problem. But overall I have not personally seen anyone with modified door panels that have completely removed the vent/bump.

Good luck and when you get something worked out. (Contacting Nazar sounds like a good idea to me, as I think he might have approached this subject in the past and might have some good ideas for you to look into) I know the Z community would love to see your work and any new ideas you have on how to solve this annoying problem for many.

Regards,
B
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