power hatch on a 4th gen?
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power hatch on a 4th gen? like on the 3rd gens. would there be a concievable way of doing this? I kinda miss not having to slam the hatch like my old 3rd gen. I know there were always probs with the motors going out, ect. Would it be expensive to do this?
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Re: power hatch on a 4th gen? To give you an idea, I paid $450 for a new hatch motor for my '89 Formula 350 back in 1998 when I still had that car. I HATED that power motor. I'd much rather not have had it.
Can't say that I've seen anyone try and convert a 4th gen to power hatch yet. Probably cause most of us that had third gens never want to deal with that again! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
Can't say that I've seen anyone try and convert a 4th gen to power hatch yet. Probably cause most of us that had third gens never want to deal with that again! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
Re: power hatch on a 4th gen? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by steele:
<strong> I've never seen or heard of this. What exactly does it do? Close itself? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Instead of slamming the hatch down, you would just lower it down first by hand and when the hatch touched the lock it would gradually draw the hatch all the way down. Kinda like how a screen door works in your house. I remember this on my sisters 89' GTA and thought it was the coolest thing.
<strong> I've never seen or heard of this. What exactly does it do? Close itself? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Instead of slamming the hatch down, you would just lower it down first by hand and when the hatch touched the lock it would gradually draw the hatch all the way down. Kinda like how a screen door works in your house. I remember this on my sisters 89' GTA and thought it was the coolest thing.
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Re: power hatch on a 4th gen? I just never had a problem with mine on my '89 formula. After getting used to not having to slam the hatch it sometimes feels weird slamming it on my '98. Or maybe i just feel weird cause i tell people not to slam the doors but then i go and slam the hatch.....
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Re: power hatch on a 4th gen? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by RPM WS6:
<strong> To give you an idea, I paid $450 for a new hatch motor for my '89 Formula 350 back in 1998 when I still had that car. I HATED that power motor. I'd much rather not have had it.
Can't say that I've seen anyone try and convert a 4th gen to power hatch yet. Probably cause most of us that had third gens never want to deal with that again! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">HELL YES to that.....I had the same problem with my '90 Camaro RS. Too much complexity and cost compared to the useless "benefit" it provided. Compounding my problem was that my Alpine security system was wired to the courtesy light circuit, and when the &8%#@! hatch would start cycling up and down on its own, it would trigger my alarm.
A very stupid, useless feature.
<strong> To give you an idea, I paid $450 for a new hatch motor for my '89 Formula 350 back in 1998 when I still had that car. I HATED that power motor. I'd much rather not have had it.
Can't say that I've seen anyone try and convert a 4th gen to power hatch yet. Probably cause most of us that had third gens never want to deal with that again! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">HELL YES to that.....I had the same problem with my '90 Camaro RS. Too much complexity and cost compared to the useless "benefit" it provided. Compounding my problem was that my Alpine security system was wired to the courtesy light circuit, and when the &8%#@! hatch would start cycling up and down on its own, it would trigger my alarm.
A very stupid, useless feature.
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Re: power hatch on a 4th gen? I had a '86 TA with a 305 in it <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> . It was a nice car for the time though. Anyway, I hated that power hatch. It was nothing but problems.
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Re: power hatch on a 4th gen? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Cool28:
<strong> I dont know I had a 92 rs with that and nvr had a problem with it. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You were lucky <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
<strong> I dont know I had a 92 rs with that and nvr had a problem with it. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You were lucky <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Re: power hatch on a 4th gen? i had a 91 and 92 RS both with the power hatch, i was just telling my GF the other night that i wished my 02Z had the power hatch. oh yea i never had any problems with the hatch in the 4 years i had both cars.
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Re: power hatch on a 4th gen? all i had to do was tell people not to slam the trunk just like i all tell people not to close the dorr by the windows, becides how many other people did you let touch your car? anyway i just have aproblem slamming the trunk of a $25+ thousand dollar car.
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Re: power hatch on a 4th gen? I'm thinking that the problems begin with these things when someone other than yourself tries to shut the hatch by slamming it.
And then, when it still won't completely close, they try to force it down.
The plastic gears and housing certainly didn't make the assembly resistant to that kind of treatment, either...
And then, when it still won't completely close, they try to force it down.
The plastic gears and housing certainly didn't make the assembly resistant to that kind of treatment, either...
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Re: power hatch on a 4th gen? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 2QuikTA:
<strong> like on the 3rd gens. would there be a concievable way of doing this? I kinda miss not having to slam the hatch like my old 3rd gen. I know there were always probs with the motors going out, ect. Would it be expensive to do this? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's pretty wide. You'd have to cut up the trunk and fabricate a cover for it. Just for fun I had a friend at a wrecker lay out the assembly for this so I could look at doing this to my '94 Z28. Way too much trouble.
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<strong> like on the 3rd gens. would there be a concievable way of doing this? I kinda miss not having to slam the hatch like my old 3rd gen. I know there were always probs with the motors going out, ect. Would it be expensive to do this? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's pretty wide. You'd have to cut up the trunk and fabricate a cover for it. Just for fun I had a friend at a wrecker lay out the assembly for this so I could look at doing this to my '94 Z28. Way too much trouble.
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