The mid-engine Corvette C8 appears more like an exotic vehicle than any of the Vettes that have preceded it. While car enthusiasts will certainly know a Corvette C8 when they see one, we wouldn’t be surprised if some less informed folks mistake the C8 for a Lamborghini or a Ferrari.
For those owners who want to lean into the exotic look of the Corvette C8 even more – and perhaps fool even more people into thinking the car is a Lamborghini – there is aftermarket company Vertical Doors Inc. The latter has released its new Lamborghini door kit for the Corvette C8, which gives the mid-engine sports car a pair of look-at-me scissor doors similar to supercars like the Lamborghini Aventador.
This $2,899 kit includes two gas shocks, two vertical door hinges and all necessary hardware to properly install them on the Corvette C8. The kits are not yet in production, with Vertical Doors Inc. only taking pre-orders at this time, but the finished product should begin to ship shortly.
If Corvette C8 owners don’t want to install the hinges themselves or find their own shop to install the kit after purchasing, they can also hire Eikōn Motorsports in Scottsdale, Arizona to install them. The entire kit including installation will cost $4,300. Vertical Doors Inc. is based in Lake Elsinore, California, located just south of Los Angeles.
This kit is also entirely reversible, so anyone who may regret converting their regular Corvette doors into Lamborghini-style scissor doors can simply throw the old hinges back on to return the vehicle back to normal.
This scissor door kit is definitely not a cheap modification, but for some people, it’s hard to place a monetary value on impressing their friends and neighbors. While most people would rather spend $4,300 on engine or suspension upgrades to improve the Corvette C8’s performance, there are always those who place value on style over function.
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Comments
I’m curious how this works because it looks to me as though the windows would have to be lowered at least a bit to clear the roof panel and A-pillar.
Most open out and then up. Retro kits are pretty half a$$.
I hadn’t thought about it popping out first, thanks. I see this is reversible but I cannot believe some of the things C8 owners are doing to their cars. I think it’s nice the way it is from the factory but to each his own.
Excellent question. I’m wondering myself, despite my pre-order. AF
I’m curious how many people can both afford to drive a Corvette, and yet also want to do cheesy things to it?
I guess there must be a few.
Plenty as there has been many a ruined Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini at three times the cost.
Makes perfect sense as it improves getting in and out of the C8 Corvette as well as reducing chances of damaging the door by banging it against a high curb or another car.
I guess if you don’t mind looking like douche while getting out of what used to be a nice car.
Where do I send Content that is too long for this Comment section? AF
by Alex Ford – May 12, 2020 –
C8, C8 – My Date With My Vette Will Just Have to Wait
If you want your C8 you’ll just have to wait
All the magazines say its really great
You can build one on line that’s for sure
But you’ll wait in line for what seems like years
I want it; I want it; I want it.
Do you want it; do you want it; I guess I heard you say that you want it.
My friends have Porsche and Lamborghini,
And guys I film have Ferrari’s and AMG’s,
But I don’t care ’cause I want a C8
When I drive my Tuner seems I;m always late
In 2020 BGAP close its gate; seems a virus showed up like Watergate;
Now all I can do is drink some beers, there’s no stick shift but its got 8 gears
And now I’m lonely without the key; there’s no C8 coming to me.
Conti’s still dreamin’ ’cause he’s not driving; Mikes got his but they are out of c7’s;
Bowling Green start again please; I want a piece of Heaven;
The drive’s stil in back but so’s the motor,
Gimme that Vette cause I ain’t no floater,
When my lunch is done, I need my Corvette
Cause I’m ready for action and I’ll take your bet
I don’t need no jewelry for me to have bling
and the Mustang Cobra is no longer the King.
Let me take my two seats out o’ the booth;
Zero to 60 will tell the truth.
On a beautiful day I can run in the tens
But its oh so sad how this saga ends,
Here we are in social lockdown
No Vettes being made with the line shut down;
I gotta have this car, I gotta have one,
With 8 DC Speeds she can really run.
6.2 Liters and we’ll be havin’ fun
The cash in my pocket is burning a hole
and the PDR shows I struck a mean blow;
Please, please God take the virus away
for comin’ soon will be the day
I’ll be on the track and racing for the cup
and on the turns I will pass ’em cause my 8 hooks up.
Brink of Speed shows me what its like;
And Speed Phenom drives while I just hike;
TJ’s mods are so very cool
But when I get my 8 I’ll take’m to school;
My drivin’ shoes are on but it’s just not great.
Cause to get my Vette I’ll just have to wait
I’ll just have to wait; I’ll just have to wait; I’ll just have to wait.
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A poem by Alex Ford during the 2020 Quarentine at Home. The Stay at Home Orders and the Social Distancing during the Pandemic of the Covid-19 virus, fnally spurred my, “creative,” side. I’m not altogether sure where this will all go but for the sake of everyone in the world, reaching out some how to do something that gets their internal fires going, while at the same time I hope that the world’s combined ingenuity can get to the bottom of the truth about the origin and the cause while at the same time I’m hoping for a vaccine or cure or better yet, prevention. It is my fondest hope that we all learn something from all of this.
Alex Ford (I realize that this isn’t great poetry, but it is only supposed to be for a bit of amusement and a change of pace. I’ve never been a poet of any kind, although a couple of times in my life I’ve written lifestyle poems or, “period of life,” poems and 50 years ago or more my stuff was something like the type of stuff one reads above.)
Alex Ford
Can I share this?
Oh, good grief. I had assumed this stupid, ‘Lambo Doors’ nonsense had run it’s course, but no; here it is again, and afflicting the new Corvette, of all things.
smh………………………
Next will be factory spinner rims, and a under-the-car color-changing light kit.
Thank you, John. Yes John. I copyrighted it just for my own protection. I only ask for attribution or credit. Anyone else who’d like to use it is welcome as long as they attribute my name as the person who wrote it. Direct permission from [email protected]. Alex Ford