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My mission is to replace the door hinges on both left and right doors in my R32, problem is, it looks kinda difficult and I cant find any info around on a procedure.

By having a look around the doors I can see there are 4 bolts to a hinge, 2 which are easy to get at and 2 that arnt.

They are also held in place by some kind of silicon to the door and some other harder stuff held to the chassis.

By havin a quick suss on the mission I can only see 1 easy way to change them

1. pull door card off door

2. wind window down

3. pull wiring out

4. release thingo between hinges that helps the door to swing

5. with a mate helping support the door and with a jack underneath supporting the weight of the door remove 4 bolts that hold both hinges to the door and remove door

6. now we have easy access to the bolts holding the hinges to the chassis

7. remove hinges and clean up where they mount to

8. putting new ones in is a reversal of the above steps.

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BUT what is the special stuff thats used between the hinge and the chassis?

I have silicon to use on the part between the door and the hinge so could I use the same stuff between the hinge and the chassis?

I dont know the correct way to do this, this is just an idea I came up with.

If anyone has an idea or have done this before id love the info, I was looking at attempting this either today or tomorrow.

Cheers Rohin

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Yeah both doors are sagging, the passenger one is the worst, i cant open it without lifting the door up otherwise it catches on my sideskirt and wont open. its already cracked it lol not happy

How hard it it to take the fender off?

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to unsag the doors.....

raise car onto a jack.

place chassis stand under the door.

slowly and carefully let the car down a cm or 2.

close door without having to lift it.

Sorry to revive a old thread just wanted to know if this actually works? ^^^

Correct me if i am wrong but won't this leave dents on the bottom of the door?

Thanks

Dom :P

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I reckon reviving an old thread is a billion times better than asking a question without researching an existing answer first :)

You do have to be a little careful, in particular don't drop the car too far of course. If you are worried about dents on the door you should put a rag or similar on top of the chassis stand....but in the end the hinge bends before the door will ;)

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that silicon stuff i think is used to prevent rusting between bracket and the body i used seam sealer when i replaced mine and removed my fenders to access the two other bolts

^^^do this . . . .i have gotten two new hinges from nissan which i havnt fitted yet but it looks easier to do with the guards off and with a few wooden wedges under the bottom edge of the door (in the closed position) it wont lose alignment

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