HI, HAS ANYONE FITTED LAMBO DOORS TO A FIERO FINALE ??

I just put some on a Fino project that I started about 2 months ago

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HIi, who was the supplier of the lambo hinges, were they bolted on or welded, any pics ?

There was a Finale under construction at Fierofest (Richland WA) that as I recall had Lambo doors. I do not remember which year, but it was probably between 2008 and 2010. Here is a link to the Fierofest website. You might drop them an email to see if they might have some info on the car.

http://www.nwfierofest.com/

Good luck
Jim

I've worked on building a Fino, I don't see any difference between a stock application except for the different panels?

I bought a set of bolt on Lambo hinges from a member here. Very well engineered and well made. Here is a link that I used.
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/078049.html

First off, there is a big difference between the stock Fiero door skins and the Fino/Finale. Looking at the door profile or thickness, it's got to be at least 1 inch thicker than the stock skin. This also means that the fender is an inch wider than stock. All of this changes how the pivoting mass of the door reacts. The pivot point is the same, there is just more "door" outside of the pivot point that moves.

I started by installing the Lambo hinges on my stock '86 GT. I got everything aligned correctly and the door working the way it should and was very happy with it.



Then I stripped off all of the stock panels and started on the Fino body. Since the door skins are an inch thicker than stock, they hit the front fenders when they swing open. I can correct this by aligning the front clip so the door/fender gap is bigger. The second problem is that the front fenders are also wider so when the doors swing up there is no room at all between the door metal shell and the fiberglass fender. The door opens but it will rub off the paint. I plan on fixing this by cutting and welding the door shell.



I know close up pictures may help, but it's cold, dark and raining right now. Maybe tomorrow

Jay

Here's a couple of pics a customer sent me.





Archie

Here are some pictures showing the issues that I talked about the other day

Thickness of a Fino/Finale door panel




Here is the gap between the door and front fender as it is now


This shows how close the door shell (metal) is to the fender when the door is in the full up position. The blue tape is where I am thinking about making the cut and re-welding.




None of these issues are a deal breaker for me. Just part of the build process. The hardest part of the doors is done by using the bolt on Lambo hinges. The rest is just the adjustment and alignment step of the build.

If it was 100% bolt on easy, everybody would have Lambo doors and a Finale body.

Jay

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