Weekend Accomplishments

[Shane5425]

saturday -- flip floped trunk lid 90Percent done
Blew up a clutch on friends eclipse
Sunday -- Finished Flip- Flop lid , looks awesome


WENT TO METTALICA CONCERT!!!!
Just got back, IT WAS F*CKING AWESOME!!! YEAH!!!!!


just thought id let yall know..

[Matthew]

lucky you with the concert. what do you mean about flip flop lid?

[Shane5425]

hard to explain about lid, when you open it , it folds back down like it is closed, but is in the open possition.. ill get pics tommorow if i get my car back from mazda tommorow..

[Matthew]

i think i know what yo mean...like it is in the closed position but up

[SIBalla23]

How long it take you for the install? Also how much drilling did you have to do? And where did you get the kit from? I'm curious because I plan on buying the flip flop kit soon and plan on doing it myself. Also interested in seeing pics too.

[Shane5425]

costed me 6 dollars for parts at lowes.. ill get pics and try to right up a small how to to do it.. dont order the kit off the net, you can buy hinges at lowes that arebetter and stronger.. and once this is done it is not reversable unless you get a new lid because the holes with the nuts welded in place have to be drilled out to give clearace for the heads of the new bolts to hold the bracket..

took 5 hours to do, with one person helping, and in that time i also did a oilchange on GF car and help a lil bit on my friends eclipse..

[Shane5425]

i think i know what yo mean...like it is in the closed position but up
exactly...

[SIBalla23]

Yea, can't wait for the pics, curious to see the outcome. The how to will also be good, can't wait for that as well. Thanks for the quick reply.

[Shane5425]

i got some ok pics, not great cause its dark.. the detailed pics will have to wait till this weekend, by the time i get home from work its dark..

anyways, here is what it looks like under a lighted porch..

[SIBalla23]

Yo, it looks sick, luv it. What parts you buy at store for this if you didn't get the kit offline? Yea, plz get them pics up when you get a chance this weekend. I can't wait to see it with daytime pics.

[Protege52003]

looks nice......different!

[sam1]

that does look nice. one question, does it still close and seal good, or does the part near the window stick up a little. when i did that to mine, it stuck up a little and rattled like a mofo. plus it was a bitch to close, you had to tilt it up, then down, then slam it shut, so i just went back to stock. although, i wish it wouldve closed better, cuz i really like the way it looks.

[Shane5425]

well, i was gonna post a how to on how to do this, but with the problem i am runnin into , i dont want anyone havin.. i cant get the back end of the trunk to lower down to be flush , and the latches keep unbolting... hinges work flawless

the next thing i will try is to lower the arms themselves with spacers to see if it will work , but i doubt it will.. if i could get the latches to stay it wouldnt be noticeable, so i am gonna try to rivet the latches on .. i put one rivet , then noticed i ran out and that is the only thing holding it in right now ..

ill update one what happens tommorow..

[Shane5425]

ok, rivets fixed the problem, ill get pics at lunch..

[Shane5425]

pics are on this thread.. http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1365527#post1365527