Suicide Doors By Brenda Williams At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Suicide doors are a way to instantly spruce up a car and make it look exotic and cool. There are a lot of things that you can do to a car, but changing up the doors puts you step ahead of most car enthusiasts.

Suicide doors get their names because they were believed to be much more dangerous then conventional doors. Back in the day, when cars with these types of doors got into crashes, they would often open and the occupants would be ejected and many times were killed.

These doors were also more apt to open up when the car was moving, especially when driven around curves. Another danger associated with the doors is that when people get out of the car, passing cars are not able to see the passengers. If a passing car hits the open door, the exiting passenger is likely to get smashed and the door knocked off of its’ hinges. As you see, suicide doors were named this because of the various dangers associated with them.

Most of these problems were with cars that were manufactured in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Today, many of these problems are non-existent. In fact, some of the world’s most expensive cars use them. However, suicide doors aren’t just for the rich. For a few thousand dollars, you can modify your own car and add them.

Suicide doors open in reverse. Wires must be extended a few feet through the power mirrors, door controls and speakers. The wiring will have to come out of the door and be routed through the car’s body. You can do this yourself or get someone who is familiar with electronics. If you don’t know anyone personally, you will want to take your vehicle to a body shop and have them modify your car for you.

Before you install your suicide doors, you will need to consider a few things. Check your warranty and see if it will still cover your car if you apply major modifications. Also, find out if our car will still pass inspection if the doors are really tricked out. Next, consider who is going to be riding in the car. Will they have problems entering or exiting the vehicle? Will you? If the answer is yes to any of the above questions, you may want to reconsider getting suicide doors.

If you decide to get your doors modified through a body shop, expect to pay between $3000 and $5,000. Most of this money will be going towards labour, as the actual parts will only costs about $700. Therefore, if you can put them on yourself or know someone else who can do it cheaply, then you may want to go this route. It will save you a good deal of money. Of course, make sure that they know what they are doing or you will be wasting both time and money. You can even purchase suicide door kits for a few hundred dollars overseas.

Suicide doors are a really cool way to trick out a car. You will definitely stand out. It can be costly if you take it to a body shop to get it done but you will want to be sure that they get it right. However, before you invest a great deal of money and time, make sure that adding suicide doors won’t cancel out your warranty and that your vehicle will still pass inspection.

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