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Cetane



Member Since: 27 Nov 2012
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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Galway Green
Where did you get yours from? Entreq direct?

I notice they don't list the safari door hinges.

Cheers
Cetane
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mk1collector



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England 2004 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Bonatti Grey
Safari door hinges are available from the same manufacturer but they don’t have grease nipples like the door hinges. Ray
My build thread
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html
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Zed



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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black
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Cetane



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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Galway Green
I see that offroad monkeys sell the rears with grease nips...

https://www.offroad-monkeys.de/produkte/14...re?number=
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mk1collector



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England 2004 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Bonatti Grey
Sorry just checked and they are greaseable. Ray
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http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html
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Cetane



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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Galway Green
Zed wrote:
http://defenderupgrades.co.uk/product/land-rover-defender-rear-door-hinges-aluminium/


Ahh good. Was hoping for a UK supplier.
Thanks
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ericvv



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Switzerland 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
Cetane, I bought mine from a Swiss distributor, Rauh Engineering. You can obviously shop around with the various German and other distributors which I listed, but there seems at least one in the U.K., Defender Upgrades, which may be your easiest option.

A few recommendations for the installation.
These hinges come with new shims, please use them and do not re-use your genuine hinge shims, not even new genuine JLR shims. Genuine shims are not a perfect fit for these hinges, the ones that are provided are.
If you decide to use stainless screws for fitting, I suggest you buy a dedicated set as offered as an option by the manufacturer and distributors of these hinges. I believe you have two option for these dedicated SS screws, silver or black. Reason is that you then have the correct screw lengths for these hinges.
Personally I believe in using genuine mild steel screws, and I do have plenty of spares available (from Dan at Duckworthparts) for when needed (never needed one thanks to my Weicon paste, more about that later). When my dealer installed my new hinges, I gave them my supply of spares, and after the job was done I heard from their body shop that in a few cases the correct genuine mild steel screws were a bit too short for these new hinges. They used longer versions from my spares, and shortened them a bit as required. As I did not do it myself, I don’t know which ones were too short. It may be a bit trial and error, and you might have to order a few new longer genuine screws (from Dan) if you go this route.

This here applies to both SS and new genuine mild steel screws. The hinges come with a sachet of a yellow transparent anticorrosion grease. That grease is supposed to go where the screw head meets the hinge. Do that.
In my case that was done by my dealer, and they also used my pot of Weicon anti-seize metal free high tech assembly paste (ASW 450). The new screws were all well dipped into that pot. In my opinion this is the best non (=never) hardening anti corrosion paste. Available in U.K. from Amazon.

These hinges come lightly pregreased, but for greasing afterward, I checked with the manufacturer, and any lithium based grease will be fine.

I believe these hinges are also paintable in your Def colour, at least my dealers body shop asked if I wanted them painted Santorini black. We decided no need, as the standard satin black finish melts in very well with my SVX stickering.

Above just some hints after my experience. Bonne chance at the ultimate hinges solution. Thumbs Up
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
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ericvv



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Switzerland 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
Cetane wrote:
I see that offroad monkeys sell the rears with grease nips...

https://www.offroad-monkeys.de/produkte/14...re?number=


Interesting, must be a brand new product. My safari door hinges still are perfect as new, but good to know this option exists now too for when needed...(or just wanted Cool ) There we go again... Rolling Eyes Laughing
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw
Post #710920 5th Jun 2018 3:44pm
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Cetane



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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Galway Green
Thank you for taking time out to write such a comprehensive reply.

I think (like you) I will be leaving them black. There are enough black bits on my 110 so that it should look ok. Just booked it in for its paintwork so both excited and apprehensive. (re the cost)

Grease wise I'm probably just going to use Redline CV2. I use it on my UJ's and already have a gun for it.

Re hinge bolts, thanks for the heads up. Ill be able to figure it out when they turn up by measuring them relative to the originals. Hopefully I've found a supplier than can do black stainless bolts. Had limited success previously with black bolts.

Cheers again
Cetane
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ericvv



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Switzerland 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
Browsing thru this months LRO issue I noticed that Brendan has seen the light about these hinges. Thumbs Up
Excellent product.
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw


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leeds



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Well after drinking home made schnapps mid morning with Fabian of Offroad Monkeys at Bad Kissingen last year 4x4overlander has been stocking the Offroad Monkeys gear.

Offroad Monkeys gear is made in Germany and dare I say it to the normal high standards of German engineering. Can be found here

We will be drinking some more of the Offroad Monkeys schnapps in a couple of weeks time. That is along with Waeco Potz beer, Vision X Jupiler beer, Bushman Czech beer, Peters Gansbrau.



Brendan
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NinetyTD4



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Wales 2012 Defender 90 Other SW Keswick Green
Thanks all for sharing your wiz(ardish)dom! Now that the second pair of hinges were announcing they want to part with me, I took a look at the aluminium hinges and the car is right now in the shop to get all doors fitted with them. They really look nice and I appreciate the nipples Wink.

*update* Got the car back from the shop and am impressed. Doors feel much better, guidance is superb and it looks good with black hinges on the Keswick. I am happy. Never forget: cars have owner, Landrover have field service personnel.
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ericvv



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Switzerland 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
You will like them. I just pumped some fresh grease in mine last weekend. Once or twice per year is plenty. Very easy job with that grease gun model I have for this. Most time goes into wiping the excess grease off the hinges and nipples with kitchen paper. After several years all still in as new condition.
Eric


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 You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw
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