do they make one for our cars?

 

you can adapt a 3rd gen eclipse fuel door to fit our cars.

edit: heres a link: you can get it in billet too. this ones just one of the plastic painted ones.

 

you can get one HERE

 

I like mine...

 

looks good!

What's involved in installing one of these? How much modding/sheet metal drilling is needed? does it fit flush?

 

this post touches on what's involved:

http://www.camarov6.com/cgi-bin/ulti...c;f=5;t=008523

 

getting conflicting part # on door... is it for 2005 part # aecodydx02 ?

 

No I believe its like a early ninties door..get the metal one not the plastic one..Ive got my instructions i'll try and post them tomorrow

 

i think they stick out wayy to much an ruin the flow of the panels

 

so its a 90's door not 2000 to 2005?

 

any 3rd gen eclipse fuel door will fit. its just whether you want the plastic one or the billet one.

i dont know if they're year specific. i do know that my girlfriend's 01 eclipse gt came with a plastic one. they might have come on any year as an option.

try asking the guys at www.club3g.com

 

My instructions...the door isnt buillet its aluminium fits smooth aginst the body of the car..it pops right in....

Its fairly straight forward

You'll need some washers that are ~1/4 - 3/8 in OD...and that fit the bolts that came with the new fuel door.... you'll use them to sandwich your new door and the car body together....

You'll find it easier too if you remove your rear tire and wheel and loosen up the black body panel inside your wheel well...it just has some plastic screw keepers

1. Open your fuel stock door...you'll see some pop rivets that circle your door...get a drill that’s just barely larger than the size of the center of the pop rivers... and drill them out..

2. Pull the door off

3. If your going to re-use your plastic overfill catch thingie you’ll have to mod it by notching it where the screws on the new fuel door will pass thru it and notch it or drill out holes for them to pass thru... if your not going to re-use then proceed on to step 4.

4. Press the new fuel door against the outside of the cars body…. and at the same time place the bolts that came with the fuel door thru the holes on the fuel door...and thru or around the catch cup if you used it… they will not need to go thru the body of your car. in fact I don’t think they even come close..

Anyway...use the nut and washer to "sandwich" the body of the car between the washers and the fuel door. Don’t over tighten so that you can make minor adjustments for fit as you go.

5. Do the same for all bolts on the cover put everything back.. then check the fit and tighten everything down

6. Have a beer...your done

This took me about 35 minutes..its very straight forward....If you do a neat job at drilling out the stock fuel door you can very easily roll-back your mod to stock...

 

it look like it sits in just a bit, or is that an optical illusion

 

How about a side shot so we can look at the contours.

Looks great btw the guys! I'm thinking about doing this mod.

 

it sits exactly flush..it looks totally stock..Ill see if i can get one up ( a shot) tomorrow

 

 

Thanks D-Run...

 

 

heres mine, but i got it painted to match.

 

Why would you want your gas cap to stand out? It looks a lot better painted.