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Old 03-17-03, 02:13 PM
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Arrow Door swap
I was wondering if the door (the whole thing) from a 2nd gen fit on a first gen. w/o much modifications?
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no, look at the shape of the 2nd gen door. lengths are also different.
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no, why would you want to?
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UH have you heard of a tape measure? oops better yet common sense tells you, its entirely different
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is this for real?
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are you joking lol?
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lol. you can make it fit...... with a big hammer it wont open though. and it will look like ****.
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Old 03-17-03, 10:37 PM
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HEY! What happened to my earlier reply?? I figured if he wanted to graft a heavy *** door on, he might as well use a 1972 Pontiac Trans Am door since it's the only one heavier I could think of right off the bat...
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or course it will fit, when u do it make sure to post the pics..
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No. You need to get a Type-R door, it adds at least 20 horse power per door.
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HEY THAT'S MY CAR MAN!!! Please don't post pics of my car w/o my permission next time ok??! I'm thinking of putting an RSX Type R front end on it? What do you guyz think??
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dont forget to do the integra type R body kit and the supra taillight conversion.....

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Originally posted by djmickyg
lol see it will fit.
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Maybe he meant a series 2 door?

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While your at it,make it open like a gullwing style..
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Hahaha.

That doesn't look like the typical house that would have a car parked on the lawn....
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Yeh I wonder how fast he got chased out of there..
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Originally posted by MIKE-P-28
UH have you heard of a tape measure? oops better yet common sense tells you, its entirely different
hEY , if i had a 2nd gen sitting in driveway i'd probadly get a F%&king tape measure and measure the damn thing. But I don't so I cant.
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Originally posted by JALVORD_2003_68
hEY , if i had a 2nd gen sitting in driveway i'd probadly get a F%&king tape measure and measure the damn thing. But I don't so I cant.
NEVERMIND, I actually thought you were joking, I was like say what? is he really asking this? I thought maybe somone had your username and password and was making stupid posts...
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Yeh I wonder how fast he got chased out of there..
I think thats his house .

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Originally posted by xxxHondaGuyxxx
Hahaha.

That doesn't look like the typical house that would have a car parked on the lawn....
we got 3 cars parked out the front normally.

mine (waiting for brother to move out so i get a garage)
brothers skyline (blown turbo, and been sitting for ages)
sisters hyandai exel (no comment)
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