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Converting the door latch – Keeping the Lambo door closed

Now that the door looks great on your vehicle, you'll need to convert the latch so that you can keep your door shut and locked.

At this stage, you should have the door mounted and the gas strut installed and working. The door should go up easily and smoothly (on its own or with a little help). When the door is shut everything should be aligned properly, and you should make sure that the door shuts tightly against the door seals to prevent water leakage.

Previously, your door latch probably consisted of a striker pin mounted to the vehicle and a latch in the door with a horizontal opening to accept this striker pin. Now that the door will be closing vertically, the latching system will have to be reconfigured.

Use Existing Latches:

The door should still be apart from the hinge and strut installation. So take a look at how your latch works. Would it be possible to use the existing latch with a little cutting, welding and engineering? A possible solution would be to cut the latch out of the door and engineer a way for it to mount vertically within the door. Keep in mind that you'll also have to reposition the striker pin on the vehicle.

Below is a picture of a Mitsubishi Eclipse striker pin installation:


It is a pneumatic striker. It pulls the door in against the car, and or pushes it away from the car when being opened.) If you have T-Top or a vehicle that requires the door to be pushed away from the door frame before swinging up, you can look into installing such a system. However, you can accomplish the same thing by simply mounting the hinge at an angle.

Instead of mounting it straight up and down, you can mount it angled so that the top of the hinge is angles up and away from the vehicle. This way the door will swing away from the vehicle and not straight up and down. This will allow the top of the door to clear the top of the car, and it will also keep the lower bottom corner from wedging in the doorway.








Also, since the door will be swinging down onto the striker pin, you will probably have to modify the end of the door to allow the striker pin to pass through. For example, you can cut a small groove up the middle of the end of the door up to the opening of the latch. This will allow the striker pin to pass through. (Note that this solution will NOT work with the way the striker pin is position above. For the striker position pictured above, the door latch will need to protrude from the door, or a couple inches will need to be shaved from the end of the door.)

Purchase new latches:

If you don’t want to use your existing latches, you can simply purchase a new set specifically designed for Lambo door applications. Usually, these latches are designed like the ones pictured below:

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To install them, you'll have to cut out the existing latch, taking note of exactly how it functions. Then you'll have to weld in the new latch, and you'll have to cut and weld to install the new striker pin as well. You will probably have to modify the end of the door to allow the striker pin to pass by without hitting the door, but if you've made it this far it shouldn’t be too difficult.

You can pick up a set of Lambo door latches and striker pins for $85 from: http://www.lamboshop.com/kit.htm

 

 

( Note how the circled area above has been shaved in to allow the striker pin to pass.)








To allow the striker pin to pass by, you will probably have to modify the end of the door like in the picture above. Shaving most of the end of the door, like in the picture above, will produce the best results. If you just try to cut a groove up the middle of the end of the door, then the door must swing perfectly along that axis. For example, if you cut a groove straight down the middle of the end of the door, then the door must swing perfectly up and down in order for the striker pin to pass through. If there is any flex at all in the door, the pin will scrape the door, chip the paint and maybe even get stuck from time to time. So it is definitely best to shave the entire area on the end of the door like in the picture above.

 

 

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