amd door hinges

[darkside]

Anyone ever used the amd door hinges?

[fy469rtse]

be careful,
closely check mounting measurements against your old , i had to re work mine,
reports of early sets  Trouble with a capital T for the ill informed or with limited skills ,
the only reason i didnt return mine was  because of the freight and distance

[darkside]

Did they work fine after you got them lined up?

[ODZKing]

Had mine rebuilt
http://www.smsmopar.com/DH-B-BODY.html

[Indygenerallee]

Yep, just have your stock ones rebuilt. That's what I had done, There was a guy over on FBBO that did mine, Sandblasted, epoxy primed and rebuilt with new hardware. Believe it was around $120.00 for all four.

[green69rt]

I used the AMD hinges on my car and while they work ok they just don't look right.  Pic attached.

[fy469rtse]

Like mitch answered , yes they work good , I just don't look at mine because there not the same, function great but it bugs me they couldn't get them right , you can re pin and bush your old ones, I only bought the the re pros because springs were also broken on mine

[AKcharger]

It's pretty easy to do them yourself, I did my '70 and '72 hinges, no big deal.

[NHCharger]

I just rebuilt mine on my 68. The pins had quite a bit a wear so I filled in the spots with my mig welder.
Bill- It's hard to concentrate on reading your replies, I have no idea why 

[darkside]

Had mine rebuilt
http://www.smsmopar.com/DH-B-BODY.html

they want $245 to rebuild them.lol

[brianbob]

I would suggest rebuilding the ones you have.  I ordered a left and right set from AMD.  I couldn't get my gaps set correct on the passenger side with the AMD.  Fortunately my factory passenger side hinges weren't too bad and I ended up reusing them instead of the AMD.  I ended up using the driver side AMD and had acceptable gaps after drilling out the holes on the hinges a little.  The AMD hinge just doesn't have a quality feel when opening and closing the door like the factory ones do (IMO).   

[tan top]

would get the originals rebuilt !  

factory part is a factory part , repop is  reproduction
only use a repop stuff when absolutely necessary  
some things you can get away with door & hood hinges would not give my self the extra work    
nothing like the genuine part

[timmycharger]

Awesome, I bought AMD hinges, they have been bolted to the car for almost a year, and have been painted when I did the jambs, trunk, engine compartment.  Im bolting on the doors/fenders this spring, looks like Ill have some challenges ahead of me.

Thinking AMD would be the worry free solution, I sold my original set on Ebay just last month. I tried re pinning them but my doors still sagged when the car was running so I figured they were junk. I suppose I could have used the MIG welder but didnt want the hassle at the time..  yaaaay me! 

[fy469rtse]

Timmy charger, think it was to early sets only, helped a friend put he's on and no issues , two years since I bought mine, but just keep it in mind when you start to reassemble , easy fix , just have to slot a couple of holes for more adjustment .

[timmycharger]

Timmy charger, think it was to early sets only, helped a friend put he's on and no issues , two years since I bought mine, but just keep it in mind when you start to reassemble , easy fix , just have to slot a couple of holes for more adjustment .

Thank you, that is good to know 

[71charger_fan]

I put an AMD lower driver's door hinge in my '71 and it's fine. The bottom of the door doesn't move in and out on the highway any more which I count as a victory.

[ottawamerc]

I bought a set from SMS at moparfest this past summer, they look factory original although I haven't  tried to install them yet It's kind of a job I'm not looking forward too. My originals have been re pinned but the springs and roll pins are all gone and those big barn doors are like a mouse trap on my kids fingers

Scott

[ottawamerc]

Ok so I finnaly got around to installing them and YES just like many of you have said the lower passenger side was wayy off, like a 1/4" I had to make a shim that corrected the bend then mount it to the A post.

My recommendation to anyone doing this in the future is get your originals rebuilt even if it's $250 still cheaper than buying crap ones from AMD or SMS where I got mine ( I think they get them from AMD too)

Scott

[Daytona R/T SE]

My AMD hood hinges are garbage.

[myk]

My AMD hood hinges are garbage.

How so?  I was just considering picking up a set...

[ODZKing]

I got my 73 hinges from SMS.  No problems.
http://www.smsmopar.com/DH-B-BODY.html