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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: LowlifeDubber on 16 February 2011, 15:57

Title: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: LowlifeDubber on 16 February 2011, 15:57: Im going to be changing the doors on the Golf ready for its respray soon.As the hinges/pins have dropped on my current ones im going to get some new hinges.
However my hinges dont seem to look like normal mk3 affairs.In Etka for my year of car,they seem to have some grub screws on the centre of the hinge,mine dont.
Will all others just bolt on?Or did the hinges have a different pcd the later the car got?

Im guessing they will be a pain to change as they have torx bits that are bound to be seized solid. :angry:

Heres what mine look like now(crappy pic)
(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4087/18122009177.jpg)
(http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/7972/18122009182.jpg)
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7526/18122009181.jpg)
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4489/18122009178.jpg)

This is what ETKA says.
(http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6027/94547979.png)

Also is there anyway of adjusting my type of hinge to stop the sag while i get my doors on.

Cheers
Title: Re: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: tshirt2k on 16 February 2011, 16:25: You can adjust them up using a wheel bolt between the bottom hinge and gently closing the door. It bends the hinge slightly to get you at the right position.
Title: Re: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: LowlifeDubber on 16 February 2011, 16:29: The pins are very worn on mine so it will more than likely bugger it completely. :grin:
Title: Re: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: tshirt2k on 16 February 2011, 16:32: Can always try it if they are being replaced anyway. Nothing to loose.
Title: Re: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: Wayne on 16 February 2011, 16:34: I believe you replace just the pins.
Title: Re: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: Bellend on 16 February 2011, 17:23: Quote from: Wayne on 16 February 2011, 16:34
I believe you replace just the pins.

Tap them out upwards and replace IIRC.
Title: Re: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: LowlifeDubber on 16 February 2011, 17:30: I will see if i can get some from vw then.Just a pain that they are different to others tbh :angry:
Title: Re: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: Wayne on 16 February 2011, 21:15: Quote from: LowlifeDubber on 16 February 2011, 17:30
I will see if i can get some from vw then.Just a pain that they are different to others tbh :angry:

From memory they look the same as my 1996.
Title: Re: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: LowlifeDubber on 16 February 2011, 21:30: Ah ok,so its not some random hinge some muppet has grafted on,off a 1982 Trabant then :grin:
Title: Re: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: Wayne on 16 February 2011, 21:31: Quote from: LowlifeDubber on 16 February 2011, 21:30
Ah ok,so its not some random hinge some muppet has grafted on,off a 1982 Trabant then :grin:

Would not think so, is it the same on both sides.
Title: Re: Door hinge replacement.
Post by: LowlifeDubber on 16 February 2011, 21:43: Yeah,they look factory tbh,its just they look different to other mk3s ive seen.I will ring vw up and see if they do full hinge arrangements.If not i will machine some up at work out of stainless.