I am thinkin of puttin a flipfront on a MiniVan and as you all know they have external hinges. I was just wondering if there was any strengthening needed for the a panel as I'm worried about all that weight on the A panel when it's only attached on one side...I'm worried it'll become flimsey and/or have some kind of movement in it.
Anyone know anything about this?
Flipfronts and External Hinges
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TWICEmonkey
, May 21 2006 10:23 PM
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Posted 21 May 2006 - 10:23 PM
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Posted 21 May 2006 - 11:11 PM
most "good" flips that i've seen, even on newer hinged cars, run a brace from the A-panel to the flitch panel, triangulating the area.
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 06:25 AM
The A panels on externally hinged cars are quite strong, but if you are going to use the A panels to fix the flip front in place then it would definitely be a good idea to put some reinforcing bars in the inner arch area.
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 06:09 PM
Awesome, cheers guys. I thought it'd be too risky not to add strengthening, but I thought I'd ask where it matters first
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