Gullwing doors

"Don't be Gullible"

Gull wing doors have been around from the very early days of the motor car.

Mercedes produced a stunning car with gull wing doors as pictured above.

The gull wing doors really hit the public eye when the Back to the Future films featured a Delorean with a gull wing door.

Gull wing doors are so named because they move like the wings of a bird. The hinges are mounted in the roof and the doors lift upwards.

Gull wing doors have been around for years but still look absolutely stunning.

Where a lambo door will lift vertically upwards a gull wing door will swing out. The amount it needs to swing out by is determined by how far over on the roof the hinge is located.

Conversions to Gull Wing doors on cars is certainly possible and we have seen a few stunning examples around but there is a lot of work involved.

The roof is key to a cars structural rigidity so making cuts in it for a gull wing door will require strengthening. You should strengthen the chassis and reinforce this, as they do when building a cabriolet version of a car.

Delorean Gull wing doors

As the roof now has to bear the load of the doors it will need a reinforcing seam to be welded into place. This will create a suitable mounting point and will also help to retain some of the roofs original structural integrity.

Door alignment can be a pain although with a minor adjustment you can still use the standard door catches if the final angle of close is similar to that of a conventional door.

The gull wing doors need to be counter sprung and if done right can be lifted and closed with the pressure of a finger.

If you want to discuss car styling modifications further or any other aspects of car modification please join our friendly forum.

Please Check out my YouTube channel, we're regularly adding new content...

PLAY VIDEOClick to accept YouTube Cookies & Play.

PLEASE HELP: I NEED YOUR DONATIONS TO COVER THE COSTS OF RUNNING THIS SITE AND KEEP IT RUNNING. I do not charge you to access this website and it saves most TorqueCars readers $100's each year - but we are NON PROFIT and not even covering our costs. To keep us running PLEASE Donate here

This article is flagged for an update, so please pass on specific tips below that I can include. All articles, and content was written by me, Waynne Smith TorqueCars founder. Some outlines are just too general so I appreciate your feedback and suggestions. This entry was filed under Body & Exterior, Styling. You can leave a response below or join our forum to discuss this article and car modification in detail with our members.

If you liked this page please share it with your friends, drop a link to it in your favourite forum or use the bookmarking options to save it to your social media profile.

Feedback - What do You Think?

Please use our forums if you wish to ask a tuning question, and please note we do not sell parts or services, we are just an online magazine.

Help us improve, leave a suggestion or tip

Your Constructive comments on this article, I really want to improve this article with your help and suggestions.


Please watch this video and subscribe to my YouTube channel.



Member Benefits

Join our forum today and benefit from over 300,000 posts on tuning styling and friendly car banter.

You will also have full access to the modifed car gallery, project car updates and exclusive member only areas.

(All car owners of all ages and from all countries are welcome).