what do you consider decent? whats your budget, lambo doors installed correctly isnt really a "bolt on" task, the whole front end of your car will more than likely have to come off and then trimmed flared, and re-adjusted to fit properly, not to mention the doors have to come off, and prolly be reinforced. Its a tad more complicated that it seems if you want it to work properly and look nice. - Mike

 

Ebay kits won't ever send you a new shock when your shocks blow & they will. I had a JT Auto Styles kit for about a month and 3 days before a car show the driver side shock blew on me.

How you can tell the shock blew is like this;; It was raining out & I went to open the door, I didn't even lift the door up. The kit is the one that you push out then up, its good for every day users.
Any how when I done so I heard a PPPPSSSSTTT! Then tons of smoke, I thought I fucked something up with in the car, needless to say the door was not moving it was lower then what it should so it was hard to move, the door was for sure not use able.

3 days before a show, I next day'ed the shock to JT they then next dayed it back to me I had it 4 hours before the show. You lift the door up having someone prop it for ya and you squeeze your hands back in the fender & you clap it back in.

My kit is a bolt on, I forgot who on the thread stated you may want to add more then the standard bolts. Reason behind that is because as for my self the fender will become fucked up because there is only a few bolts holding up a very heavy door. I have a Celica & the door is surely not light by any means.
My fender became such a mess, took the body shop a day to fix each fender. When the doors are up the wind blows your doors an makes 'em sway due to the lack of support on the kit. You can't do anything about it other then buying a autolock or auto loc lambo kit that is a weld on kit. Only one I can honestly tell you that is worth your money.

But back to subject why Ebay kits suck, the metal / way its made can make it or break it. Your best bet is to keep your stock hindges near by after a few weeks if you make it that far you'll end up putting stock hinges because you may fight the lift of having to struggle lifting the kit up every day but when you have someone who isn't as or near strong enough to fight with the doors you'll find your self having to always open the door.

WD40 will be your friend for a few weeks. But you'll find your self kicking your self in the ass for buying a 299.99 Ebay kit, here are decent kits, price is up, but you pay for what you get bud.

eBay Motors: 2 Nitrogen Gas Shocks Fit Vertical Lambo Door Kit W/END (item 250269089441 end time Jul-15-08 17:00:00 PDT) <--- That you'll need to get, I am looking into the bigger size shock to toy around with how easy it is to lift the door. I'll let you know when I've tried it, gotta' call JT Auto Styles up in the next month.

http://www.customautotrim.com/bodyki...oors_index.htm
I've seen this kit before in person, smooth up & down, just don't go up as high but it goes out wider for the every day kind of guy. I rate this kit a 8.

http://www.customautotrim.com/bodyki...ex_autoloc.htm
Never seen or tried this kit to this date, I've only ever heard good things, guys who have Vertical doors say if they had the cash they would buy this kit. Leaving me to think this has to be a better kit. They also make Motorized Upgrade Lambo Conversion Kit for the door kit too. That will avoid the hassle to lift the door every now & then. I would think the shock would blow sooner but if you have a LIFETIME WARRANTY it won't matter.

 

By the way, I been on other forums that I've seen guys pay up to 1,200 to install the kit.

Go to local shops they'll hit you with 75 or more a hour & its a two man job plus they'll milk the hours.

I paid 100 for mine to be installed, I also knew the guy, its just a pain in the ass to do the install, the fender cutting, the time to take your fenders off / front bumper fully off or just enough for the fenders to come off.
Some times you'll have to take each wire in the door an make the wires longer in that case that adds more time in the install leading you to be paying more. You paid 299.99 or less, give or take a little. Even if you did pay more your still looking at a good amount for the install... You can do it your self but I'm not sure if your kit is able to be adjusted but if it is don't mess with it if you don't know what your doing. Take it from someone who's seen the installs, google / youtube some install videos. You'll see how much work it takes to make a kit actually work the way it should. Install it your self & you'll find your self having more issues then what it is really worth, make my words.

 

well i definately understand that, ive just gotten some pretty whack quotes. thanks for the tips though. that'll help a lot

 

i can do it sometime next week . hopefully its the right kit they sent you. but hit me up ill do it for a decent price. let me know how much are they quoting you and ill see if i can do better.

 

5 dollars

 

Let the pro's install it, there is a reason they are pro's.

 

i use to work at a shop down south called madmods when i was younger (which im goin back to nexxt week) and we charge a pretty good penny to do stuff but even 1200 is way steep just to install them if they are bolt on ones but if you gotta weld them and cut then that sounds about right. but im pretty sure you shouldnt have to for the eclipse ones it should be "bolt right on" (obviously its a little more work then that but ifs its a good kit it shouldnt be anything major)... but ive only done the decah kits so im not positive about those ebay kits.

 

I seen a few of the decah kits, not very fond of 'em.

But still your fender needs to be cut, I know Justin spent about 9 hours on my kit, it wasn't working right. Either one door was up to high then causing something to not work right. At one point an time my locks wouldn't lock from the alarm we messed up a wire. Then we had a door sticking to the fender, it was a mess. But expect worse if you don't let the proper people deal with it. The JT Auto Styles kit is a peice of shit when installing but decent after you spend 9 hours installing. Your Ebay kit is going to be worse which will lead to paying more for the job. I think you may wanna ask Jap Works to install your kit, I'll post the link tmrw but the guys name is Brandon I'll let you know your needing a good price, they're good guys, good work, all around good shop.

 

I quoted 450.00...just so you all know.