[INTERIOR] Rear bin hinge fix with pics
Are your rear bin lids loose because your plastic hinges are broken? Fix, em, its easy. First, pull your entire bin assembly (either 4 or 6 screws around the frame perimeter, depending on your year). After you get the bins out, flip your door so you can get to the backside. Remove the screws so you can pull the back panel off. After you get the panel off, you will see half of your hinge. Match your hinge up to the other half at the top of the bin compartment itself. Now take one of the "super" duct tapes (I used black Gorilla tape) and run along the compartment top from the backside. Stick your half hinge off the lid to this tape, being sure you get it tight to the broken edge. Press tape firmly so it bonds. Repeat for outer side. You are basically sandwiching the hinge on both sides with the tape, and in essence the tape is becoming the "hinge". Trim the mounting holes back out of the taped area so you can get screws thru, reinstall your lid, be sure it opens and closes properly, and then put the entire assembly back in the car.....you are done....and your bins will function once again, and you dont see the tape except at the extreme top. Step by step pics follow.....
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I'm impressed, looks like a good idea.
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Just go to a hardware store and buy the long but thin hingers for a permanent fix
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Originally Posted by ray green
(Post 10939621)
I'm impressed, looks like a good idea.
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Originally Posted by WackyRicer
(Post 10939681)
Just go to a hardware store and buy the long but thin hingers for a permanent fix
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Or you could do it the right way and use actual hinge material, preferably a heavier-duty version of the original.
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Originally Posted by cosmicbang
(Post 10939873)
Or you could do it the right way and use actual hinge material, preferably a heavier-duty version of the original.
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It was almost 30 years ago, but I think I mounted it behind the bin structure. It did work, the repair was undetectable, and lasted for many years. I couldn't find a small enough piano hinge in the proper color, geometry, and material.
A hardware-store or generic piano hinge will not look or function exactly right. However after I had already arranged to have the hinge material manufactured, I found a company that could make the correct piano hinge. |
Originally Posted by cosmicbang
(Post 10939928)
It was almost 30 years ago, but I think I mounted it behind the bin structure. It did work, the repair was undetectable, and lasted for many years. I couldn't find a small enough piano hinge in the proper color, geometry, and material. A hardware-store or generic piano hinge will not look or function exactly right. However after I had already arranged to have the hinge material manufactured, I found a company that could make the correct piano hinge, but it was no longer necessary.
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To be honest, I used black duct tape at least 5 years ago on just the outside edge as a temporary fix. Still holding strong, and you don't see it when you open the bin lid.
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Originally Posted by Sgt Fox
(Post 10940034)
To be honest, I used black duct tape at least 5 years ago on just the outside edge as a temporary fix. Still holding strong, and you don't see it when you open the bin lid.
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Good idea, for when my hinges do finally break! I may have one of only 50 cars left that doesn't have the hinges broken.
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I did the exact same thing 2 years ago with gorilla tape, and it's still holding strong. I don't open my bins very much, but it works great, and you don't notice that it's taped.
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I actually conceived of this idea about ten years ago, when I first thought about my bins and read all that piano hinge crap.
However, I did not actually do it and I didn't take pictures so the rest of us could see how it works. Very nice Barron! This post needs to head to the archive. https://i1161.photobucket.com/albums...6758223095.jpg |
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