Dilirious

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Installed my cf hatch at local body shop.

They transfered the glass perfectly. And the install was perfect.

One problem that everyone has had with cf hatch was the strut was to powerful and need to use a lower one which i am going to get tomorrow at Napa Auto Parts.

The main thing now is the interior paneling of the car. The body shop said that they did not want to drill the holes because they did not want to be liable if they messed up but the reason for that is that the holes that the panels go into are squares and not the typical circles for anyone who has taken panelings off cars.

I have taken a look at other carbonfiber hatch installs and there only problem mainly was the struts making a gap.

So anyone have any info in how there body shop did it or what they did?

-Jeremy

Rsquared_TC

bump i have same problem..no interior

which shocks did u order?

Dilirious

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hmm these are the ones were said to be the right choice for it be flush.

here is the link of the guys talking about it https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=200869

The number for the shocks are 819-5590

Link to it http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPage...al+Gas+Charged

tCtCtC

watching....

hawgs74

All of the holes for the clips need to be drilled out -- very time consuming but well worth it

Dilirious

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ya i know that but they won't do it because they are square and don't have the tool to do it. but does anyone know how you can actually make square holes

hawgs74

Ill call my body guy and see what he used.

Dilirious

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thanks, just wondering when you take a look at it now is it a firm install?

manjambles

the easiest tool you could use would be a dremal and just cut squares. i still dont have my interior on and its been a year. i had the strong strut issue but i decided i can do without them

hawgs74

My body guy said he just used a drill bit -- kept shaping till he got the shape he wanted. He also had to use 4 little screws but i would rather have that than no plastics.

Dilirious

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One last thing hawgs did you also change out your struts because they were too strong. Just bought the ones that those guys recommended on the other topic. my car is at the shop and they are putting on panels and seeing what they can do to put the upper ones back on.

davedavetC

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yea my body shop drillled and then used some screws, but its better then no plastic

Dilirious

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when they drilled the hole was it just too keep the plastic together or was it drilled into the cf to keep it on?

tCtCtC

idea- what if you cut off the clips on the back and just screwed it in like the pic above? just w/ a couple more screws to be sure its secure?

dodaddy

my seibon hatch had pre-drilled holes and they all lined up

davedavetC

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andrew you dont wanna do that. then you will have screws all over the place.

the panels clip to one anoter, just take a drill and make some holes for the clips to go into the hatch, time consuming yes, difficult no.

Dilirious

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Yo dave those screws that they put in was that just to keep the panels together or was it screwed into the panels into the hatch so that they are a firm fit.

tCtCtC

i see. ill do this sometime...

toeveryhour

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well, the body shop that originally drilled holes for my panels messed up on abasically ALL of them, so they just glued the panels. they were easy to take off which was weird. but anyways, that's all i have to do with my panels (put them back on)... though i am kinda getting used to/liking the gut look. lol

Dilirious

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Ok well just found out they did the same design that was done on hawgs and dave. only thing now is how hard in future is it going to be for me when i get the ftbl was going to do it all at onces but a whole bunch of other things came up and wasn't able to purchase it. can't wait to see it tomorrow haha