Tranzaman00

Well I know most have seen this done on other cars but I figured I'd share mine. i hadn't seen it done on a white one yet so here it is for those who are thinking about doing it. I like it, i was a little undecided at first but then i found one on ebay for 45 bucks shipped and said what the hell. Let me know what you think. Good or bad.

hpjunky98

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looks great

Tranzaman00

Thanks man, I think I might keave it the way it is. I was debating on polishing it to match the wheels. Right know the wheels are real dirty so it looks ok LOL.

Tranzaman00

what about painting or anodizing it black to match the rest of my accents. There are several black accents on my car including a black bird on the hood.

y2k_ta

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I'm not a fan of the billet gas door myself. To each his own though....

STRETCH'S T/A

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looks good man, wonder how it would look on a silver t/a?

BigSmallBlck2GZ

any of the sponsers sell that????

Schwindj

I have never liked the plain billet gas door but I think that your idea of matching the black on the rest of the car would look badass.
James

BrandonSS

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It looks OK. But why would you want the gas door to stand out? Isnt the object to make the lines blend more? I think black would just look more out of place than the polished...

Silver02TA

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i'm sorry, but that looks TERRIBLE. looks decent on the Eclipse, the Bullitt Mustang, and trucks I suppose... not not on a T/A.

Those exhaust tips sticking half of a foot from behind the bumper are just as bad though

Tranzaman00

Yeah, I realize from previous threads people have made on others cars that it's about a 50/50 vote on the door. With your color car it is to bad you don't like it. I would have never hesitated doing it if I had a silver or pewter T/A.

As far as the exhaust tips go, when you are standing behind the car the tips sit flush with the furthest point of the bumper. It was checked with a level.
I would like them to be tucked in just a little more though. I think the pic from the side just made it look that way. However I would have to buy new tips for this to be done. they are 4'' inside roll tips and are 20'' long, when I had a new muffler put in and we tried to save the tips that is as far back as I could get them.

Thanks for yours and evryone elses comments, I definately didn't expect everyone to like them. I also didn't expect for someone to point out other things they hated about my car that was off topic. Oh well, anyway from the pic in your sig your car looks good, real clean looking.

XTINCT Z

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I don't think it looks too bad, but again, it's YOUR car, you do what you want to it. Surprised no one has throw the "RICE" comment out there yet

Tranzaman00

Yeah I'm sure some non educated idiot will throw that in there eventually, when in all reality this was started way back in the day on what we call classic cars today. But in effect since the only billet door that fits our cars comes off of an eclipse someone could call it rice.

The Professor

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dude, i think it looks awesome. i've been wanting to get one for my silver ss but from what i've seen most people use the eclipse one and it's just a tad off. yours looks perfectly flush. what ebay seller did you get it from? i don't suppose our quarter panels have the same curvature on them. i won't get one unless it's flush.

Tranzaman00

They pretty much have the same curvature, at least the fuel door does. How ever it still takes a little grinding and finagleing to get it right. It is the fuel door from an eclipse of course. the guy I got it from only had one. I do believe there are aftermarket makes of the fuel door for the eclipse rather than buy an oem mitsu. one.
Thanks for the compliment.

The Professor

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did it require cutting? how 'bout a quick write up?

Tranzaman00

Well first you have to remove the existing fuel door which is held on by rivets so you have to drill those out. once that is out of the way I placed the billet one in the reccessed area and and grinded and trimmed and bent back a little of the body metal behind the black plastic fuel bibb. so of course you have to remove that too. Once you have it to were it fits flush you might have one or two areas where you can drill a hole in the body metal behind the bibb where some of the bolt holes might be able to bite. for all the other bolt holes that circle the fuel door you have to use washers to sandwich in between the body metal and nuts. thats really about it. all in all once you have the old door off you will see what areas need trimming, grinding etc... and it's just a matter of fabbing something up to make it fit. Everything will be coverd up and hidden once the bibb and door go back on.

Tranzaman00

No, try ebay. It is a fuel door option for the mitsu. eclipse I beleive 2000-2005

JerseyLS1TA

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It's you car so you can do whatever you want, but my opinion is that is just doesn't look right.

Tranzaman00

Yeah, not evryone likes them of course. I will admit it took a little while for it to grow on me. thanks for the honesty.