Brit Part Front Door hinges

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jamescronin

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I've just picked up 'new' set of front doors for a well known dealers in Cannock and got a very good deal on them - mainly because on of them was already painted day glow green but got returned as the wrong door was supplied - I'd love to know who it was that actually has their defender that colour!

Anyway along with the doors i picked up a new hinge set - I got the britpart kit as I thought that even they could not get these wrong!

Anyway the supplied bolts don't seem to be long enough to go all the way through the new doors to allow the nuts to fit! - they are the newer 'stronger' TD5 style hinges

Am I missing something here? Or are they just too short?

I'd love to know as its all due to go to the paint shop on Saturday

James
 
No even the long ones only sti k out the inside of the tubes welded in the doors of the bolts by 1-2mm. The doors are genuine LR ones so I cant see that they would have made the doors the wrong thickness. However the tubes do stick out quite a bit so I may well just grind them down a few mm to get thenuts on
 
If they're the countersunk Hex key bolts then mine were the same, they're NOT Landy size, they're standard CSK bolts, so the countersunk needs grinding down slightly then they slide into the recess quite nicely.
 
I thought I had the same problem until I realised that I had put the wrong screws in the wrong holes. D'oh. Also when I'd sorted that, because I'd put plenty of paint on the hinges the heads would go far enough into the recess. Gentle tap from a brummie screwdriver and problem solved.

 
Cheers - typi that brit part would just pick some sh*t bolts off the shelf and stick them in a box. After doing a little grinding to the door they seem to just about fit - but if the door does fall and anybody finds it on theside of thr A12 I would much aappreciate having it back!
 
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