Door hinges- have rebuilt or buy repop?

Must be some low mileage cars if the detents are alright.... 9 out of 10 hinges that come to me are wasted in the detent region.

I am surprised you haven't seen any cracks in the housings. When I first started doing this I used the bushing method until I got comebacks then realized that on a daily driver it just wont cut it; not to mention doing work for free the second time. One demon didn't even make it to paint before it cracked; a friends duster however lasted 4 years with daily driving before the bushing, not housing cracked. (They however squeaked something fierce.) Yes I did the hinges on both the same way.

Admittedly I learned this current method of how to rebuild them from an old time mopar resto guy who did a set on a '70 challenger at 200,000mi and when the car came in for it's second resto at 400,000mi the hinges were still decent. (The detent was worn out again and the do have some slop but not much)

The key to rebuilding them is to add more surface are to the contact points, thus reducing load and wear by spreading out the weight.

Also you don't have to lube them, most people just feel more comfortable when they do. {Bob Crop who also rebuilds hinges ($180 a set of lowers) hasn't lubed his on his Suberbird since 1992 and is proud of it} I have never lubed the ones on my swinger, but did on my sisters scamp and see absolutely no difference.

I am not trying to say he has to buy them from me but simply don't forget all the factors, if you are going to go through the effort of pulling the door off to fix the hinges then fix the hinges don't just do half the job and call it good. The bushing would only "fix" half the hinge, if you could call it that.

Now for the sales pitch, not only do you get a nice tight hinge with no slop but properly working detent's. You also get a media blasted hinge that is in epoxy primer so it wont rust and you can easily paint it the color of your car. (Paint stores will mix your color in a spray can for a decent price if you don't have spray equipment) The best part is they are reman right hear in Seattle WA and are cheaper with better quality then buying a new set or anyone else's reman set.

DA69RT GT Pm me I do offer single hinges with core exchange and like I said up a few posts I can provide the pins and bushings for the upper as well at a better price if you don't want it blasted and primed.