Finishing the Suicide Door Project You Never Knew About

Great ideas in this video!

U tube just decided to let me know you have returned. Nice to see you again. Shame about the previous footage I would have liked to see that, I am in need of lessons as I want to make some of that style of hinge. Nice job job as usual.

That took some grandes to do the suicide on that car . I thought i was crazy doing my 41 chevy coupe. Lol . Its too bad the footage was lost . That would of been interesting. I did like you and tried to find some on the web but ended up using the stock GM ones . Left on the right and right on the left . It took about 3 times longer than i imagined but it came out nice. Thanks for the video. Keep em coming!

MK; Thank you very much! v/r wh

Dope!

You're the first person I've seen who holds a pencil like I do haha unconventional to most that's for sure 😂

The sound effects were on point 🥹

What head dis you use for prepping the metal? I usually use like 300 grit but that looks better

Welcome back brother

I like the execution and appreciate the nostalgia! The doors on my LS430 are like glass thru and thru. You can see the execution with most LSs, but the panel either from fab or from body work makes it a hard pass for me. I learned this the hard way when using an impact on securing Toyota door handles from the inside of Toyota doors. The supports suck the metal in, creating a wave that then translates to the paint or sheet metal, not sure which in this case. Would be really nice if the execution was flawless, even older Continentals are well executed, tho the door latch mechanism is different.

This is nice! I am jealous of the one-off nature.

Man killing it brother, love to see youre vids always some dope content you post. Cant wait to see all the future projects coming out the shop!

FINALLY!!! LIFTED HATCHBACK!!!!

Geez O Peets!
Can you do that to my LS460 L, AFTER I pay someone to:
-change the control arms
-change the high pressure fuel pump
-and address all the other failings the 430 doesn’t have

Beautiful work as always!

Great video and work! Love it!

You can used some type of revit stud screw set to secure it to the door panel

One step forward an 2 back seems to be my life story.Does that count? Hmmm...maybe I should turn around,then I would be goin the right direction? : )

Maybe paint matte black with Viper or similar 2k epoxy paint and make UHMW strike/slide sacrificial wear plates?
Edit: I prefer this type of paint to powder coating because it's easy to touch up, whereas PC has to be rebaked.

Wow! you're the camera guy in the those Justin Merrill videos! On a more serious note. As a former door and liftgate engineer for a once great car company, hanging a door on a car is one of the most immense challenges any auto engineer can face.

Here from TFS! Look forward to what you're building

Glad to see new content.

One hell of a cut and buff. Musta took a week. ❤

This is great work, man. Do you have a Discord group or an email that I can reach out to you on for related questions? I'm trying to do similar work and would greatly appreciate any guidance on how to start off on my own.

I’m here with you 💪🏽

Nice. Car 🔥🔥 your fab work 10🔥🔥

Great job i wish i had the same to alter something

You heading to SEMA this year?

Holy Shit, Man Kandie!

Amazing Fabrication Build, I had 2 Subscribe 🫡 & that Music iz Smooth I need Title Please, Again Amazing Work Thnxxx 😎

Man, that's dope. I used to have one. i still love that car

.......and that is why they pay you the big bucks...... awesome work. 👍👍🍺🍺

A 3D printer would have been your best friend for this

Is it legal? Do DMV doesn't regulate this doors? Would love to get done on my car but always doubted about rules.

What was the first soundtrack you played? Sounded like just a guitar? Maybe Ottmar?

I was following that build online and thought Aristole did the conversion himself. Well done execution and completing the finishing touches.

That's a pretty big first time Fab project. Just a word of advice for someone else attempting this, "he had the basic design down. He used the proper materials for the hinge given the weight to account for the weight of the door."
With that said, the design flaw and improvement needed to be made wasn't in the striker plate, but in the actual hinge and door support. Any kind of for everything except for the increased torsion value for the hinge and I know that there was only one shot showing it and it might be different in the final, but it appears that he used a horizontal support for the door, basically creating a unsupported lever. these design flaws can be addressed in two ways, one the hinge could have a top and bottom support rail basically making a large sea channel. You can also accomplish the same thing and increasing the strength exponentially if you create a second plate no different than what he doubled up on for his original design for the hinge, and boxing the whole thing in. Second is in the supporting door frame side of the hinge itself. Thick basic swing gate door. There is no diagonal bracing. Even though you come out with the support at a given point, does not mean that that is where the load has carried. This can be accomplished by raising the point of deflection. This needs to be done with a vertical plate running as high as you can to the door sill. At the bottom of the hinge point a horizontal plate as deep as you can go inside the door cavity. Then from outside point to the sill, create a diagonal running from the bottom to the top plate. Future to terminate your triangle for the top no less than 1 inch. You can further reinforce this by stacking a series of opposing 45 degree diagonal between the two plates.
Now that you have higher fixed point to attach your bracing. Remember, your door has sheer value. From the highest point on the brace you just made, you need run your top horizontal reinforcement, this needs to run as far out on the door as possible. You can use two pieces of 1/8 inch bar. Bend the hinge side to a 90° the same depth as your top support triangle that you just got done making. The same thing will the second piece and weld diagonal cross bracing. Direct me to the inner door steel.
Now that you did all that and I know it sounds like a lot of work that you have to remember a doors only you like 50 in. You need to run a diagonal off of the bottom of the hinge, to the lowest point after the curve of the door that you can create a lower horizontal. The lower horizontal I would use 2 inch angle. On the forward most part of the inside of the door (latch side), that needs to be a vertical, tying in the top and bottom. Now for any large heavy door you need a diagonal brace. This needs to be accomplished at the farthest down point below the hinge so for this it would be after the curve of the door. This needs to extend to the highest point on the new latch side. Again this can be welded directly to the door steel.

Like you my first fabricating project was a hinge on a compound angle. Where was not a single hinge, both were a custom size swing and length... But as long as the pivot points match it doesn't matter.

Again beautiful work, on the hinge engine striker plate. I'm just pointing out the missing engineering that would remove the door bounce.

Sorry. losing everything except some IG footage? It happens. Just ask the moon landing guys.

Awesome work bro 👍👍

I owned my 2006 Lexus LS430 for about 8 years and it was absolutely the best, most reliable car I ever owned,...until I purchased my 2017 LS460. Those hinges are incredible and look amazing. Just subscribed!

Wow

Could you do my 2007 es350

Just subd bro good stuff

Can you do mine...have a ram 1500 crew cab???❤❤❤❤

😮😮😮❤❤❤❤ Nice 👌 👍

Came out Nice very Nice

Lol this is awesome

Could you build a set for an SUV with a 4" wide fender flare?

It would be the same situation but crazier lol. You'd need like a foot long hinge lol

Amen bro this channel is bad ass.

Preesh cardboard sided design too, this is all old-school low-tech as fuck.

Too many places lean on an arc-droid/send-cut-send/other CNC cutter and a damn bamboo printer that it prices these projects out of reasonable feasibility for first timers.

I mean you can even print cad to paper and do cardboard and wood templates, these guys with home automated manufacturing are ridiculous. Only something I would be mass producing justifies that sort of initial investment lol...

Do you have a video of how you made these hinges? Maybe some blueprints or drawings?

Would you be willing to do the same thing on an LS400?