1998 drivers door hinge replacement
steamplant
08-03-2007, 01:48 AM
Anyone ever do a door hinge replacement? Any suggestions, I need to do this job soon.
QuestOverload
08-05-2007, 12:26 PM
Anyone ever do a door hinge replacement? Any suggestions, I need to do this job soon.
Yep, I've done 3 or 4, but instead of paying the $95ea that Nissan demands for hinges, I decided to try and track down whatever I needed to rebuild them. It took quite a bit of looking for the right materials and quite a few odd tools to do it, but it works great. I may be willing to do it for you if you're interested, just send me a PM.
As for the job itself, the biggest catch is that these doors are heavy and unwieldy. I built a door stand out of 2x4s to help with that and it wasn't too horrible of a job otherwise; even the door alignment went fairly well in comparison to say a 66 Mustang or 86 Suburban (19 thousand different directions in which to adjust those!)
HTH
Yep, I've done 3 or 4, but instead of paying the $95ea that Nissan demands for hinges, I decided to try and track down whatever I needed to rebuild them. It took quite a bit of looking for the right materials and quite a few odd tools to do it, but it works great. I may be willing to do it for you if you're interested, just send me a PM.
As for the job itself, the biggest catch is that these doors are heavy and unwieldy. I built a door stand out of 2x4s to help with that and it wasn't too horrible of a job otherwise; even the door alignment went fairly well in comparison to say a 66 Mustang or 86 Suburban (19 thousand different directions in which to adjust those!)
HTH
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