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Surprise, surprise but after 400,000ks the front door hinges in my GQ are shot.

Has anybody used the after market hinges?

Are they any good?

Do they fit? (some of the cheap aftermarket stuff doesnt quite fit)

Has anybody had anything to do with this seller?:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NISSAN-PATROL-GQ ... 4001r18601


If anybody has a better option, please suggest.

I seem to remember that you could get rebuild kits for the hinges but the search revealed nothing.

MK.

A decent engineering place could refurbish your old ones.

toaddog wrote:A decent engineering place could refurbish your old ones.

Not for 75 bucks for 4

yeah, they fit properly. I bought some about 3 months ago from a different seller but they look exactly the same.

fitted no problems.

same here, its alot easier fitting with 2 ppl though

i also bought some off a different seller, they are fine. prick to fit by yourself though.

If your last OEM set lasted 400,000 why would you buy cheap shit that may last 4000klms instead of another set of OEM ones?

bogged wrote:If your last OEM set lasted 400,000 why would you buy cheap shit that may last 4000klms instead of another set of OEM ones?

do you know they will only last 4000k or is this another of your wild assumptions bogged

bogged wrote:If your last OEM set lasted 400,000 why would you buy cheap shit that may last 4000klms instead of another set of OEM ones?

Yeah you are right Bogged but it doesnt hurt to scope all your options first.

I need to do the rear barn door as wll as with the weight of the spare on it, it has dropped too. I will have to get those genuine.

the aftermarket hinges wont last to long, they are crap.

but by all means, buy and test them yourself. If you are not planning on keepin the car long they are a good option.

Jes

jessie928 wrote:the aftermarket hinges wont last to long, they are crap.

but by all means, buy and test them yourself. If you are not planning on keepin the car long they are a good option.

Jes

What happens to them? Why are they crap?

If I was selling the car I would not bother at all.

mkpatrol wrote:

jessie928 wrote:the aftermarket hinges wont last to long, they are crap.

but by all means, buy and test them yourself. If you are not planning on keepin the car long they are a good option.

Jes

What happens to them? Why are they crap?

If I was selling the car I would not bother at all.

they wear quickly and start sagging.

i think the steel/bush/pin's on them are made from shit steel.

Jes

I have had mine for quite a while and no problems.....

dont_follow_me wrote:I have had mine for quite a while and no problems.....

there is of course the possibility that they are improving the gear, or different suppliers, etc.

so yeah.

Jes

$179 for a pair of genuine ones & they are in stock.

While these ones are cheap the genuine ones are not a bad price.

you can quite easily refurbish your old, nissan sell bushes for the hinges and are reasnoably cheap you need to file the mushroom of the pin down tap out the rods install the bushes then reinstall and mushroom over again. they arent an mq part number but a part off a late model navara

yeah the ebay ones are crap , the bushes are way too soft and crumble easily

chrispie123 wrote:you can quite easily refurbish your old, nissan sell bushes for the hinges and are reasnoably cheap you need to file the mushroom of the pin down tap out the rods install the bushes then reinstall and mushroom over again. they arent an mq part number but a part off a late model navara

I see you have been into Symes also. I have the bushes. But am going to try the ebay hinges first. If they fail I will fit the bushes to the gen hinges.

It would not seem too difficult a job to replace the standard Nissan plastic bushes with custom phosphor bronze ones which would last a lot longer.

David_S wrote:It would not seem too difficult a job to replace the standard Nissan plastic bushes with custom phosphor bronze ones which would last a lot longer.

This what Nissan sold me. I think they have a Navara p/n. I will try and remember to check the Nissan part number.

turps wrote:

David_S wrote:It would not seem too difficult a job to replace the standard Nissan plastic bushes with custom phosphor bronze ones which would last a lot longer.

This what Nissan sold me. I think they have a Navara p/n. I will try and remember to check the Nissan part number.

That would be great, I would rather rebuild them, that will be cheaper again & not so much waste as the rest of the hinge is fine with no cracks or bends.