Gday guys and Gals,
I recently discovered a broken hinge pin on a front door. I didn't do enough research and just bought replacement pins from Rare Spares expecting what I got from them to be correct for the car. What they sent me (pins only) wasn't the right quality of tensile steel replacement I expected and now I'm out another $100 to get what I need (the $100 kit does includes the pins and replacement loops). .
So, a word of caution to all, do your research. .
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Secondly, thanks a lot Rare Spares, if your going to sell a replacement part make sure its the right one and not a piece of imitation crap that isn't appropriate for the job.
LJ door hinge replacements
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minor miss steak
, Nov 07 2019 06:24 AM
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Posted 07 November 2019 - 06:24 AM
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Posted 07 November 2019 - 07:09 AM
Hi Ned,
I wonder if it is possible to get some made, mine are a bit bent in the green car as well so might need to know this for future reference.
RS sell a lot of parts that don't fit, found that out during my SS resto...
cheers,
Liz 
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Posted 07 November 2019 - 01:06 PM
If your prepared to pay for it you can get anything made up, whether its worth it or not. The $100 kit is all you need for a single door so I guess all told its not to bad, I think I paid around $40 for just the crap pins at RS (I like that abreviation, well done, lol)Hi Ned,
I wonder if it is possible to get some made, mine are a bit bent in the green car as well so might need to know this for future reference.
RS sell a lot of parts that don't fit, found that out during my SS resto...
cheers,
Liz
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Posted 08 November 2019 - 03:40 PM
Someone on EBay was reproducing the hinge pins.They were very good quality and fitted well. That's what I used.
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Posted 10 November 2019 - 06:25 PM
Why not try some of the guys wrecking them & re zinc the pins again & put them in with some anti seize !
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Posted 13 November 2019 - 09:20 AM
Someone on EBay was reproducing the hinge pins.They were very good quality and fitted well. That's what I used.
Yep, thats where I got the second set from. As to finding a second hand set....I needed to replace the loops(bushes) as well so pretty much stuck with having to deal with the ebay dude.
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