Mirage lower doors

[Nidrahynnad]

Still working on the doors. Have the lower doors hinged, latches, and gas springs. Some photos of the progress.
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[Sulley]

Keep the updates coming, looks good! BTW nice garage floor!

[Jerry]

What is a good source for the lower door hinge? Gas spring? latch? Have a part name or number?

I have the original hinge but a new chrome one with no slop would be the way to go...

(Boating supplies sometimes work.)

[Nidrahynnad]

I made the lower hinges out of steel strap bent into a long channel with the end tabs acting as a pivot for the door with small bolts through the tab on the door like the originals.
I purchased the gas springs from a company that has hundreds of them, specify open and closed length and weight/load capability. I will look through my records to see where and what numbers I ordered. I used smaller ones on my upper doors too. My doors may be a bit heavier than stock because they came with trim panels to match the seats.

The latches are crude but effective spring-pin gate latches from Harbor Freight as I recall. You pull the pin out and turn it 90 degrees to lock it in the open position, it springs shut when you turn it back 90 degrees.

[Nidrahynnad]

Found the info on the gas springs
http://www.allegiscorp.com/products
The ones I used for the lower door are ACP-6820
The ones for the upper door are ACP-6220
They also sell the pivots in a variety of mountings depending on your application.

[Jerry]

Very helpfull, thanks.
I am trying Lexus rx300 rear gas springs for the rear hatch 2003.
To open the hatch on the Mirage rear. It's looks like they are too strong so far.