I had so much trouble with my hinges popping off and bending (lil bastards)
that I almost considered just using pins. I ended up buying new hinges (used ones) and I don't even have all the retaining clips for the mounts yet. i just had the car painted and the damage repair that the bad hinge created. I'll be damned if I let that happen again now.
As you can see the damage was pretty bad and looks much better now.
http://www.geocities.com/vzif/restor...estobugnew.htm
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http://www.geocities.com/vzif/restor.../restobug2.htm
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I may just remove the springs completely just to avoid the slipping pressure problem. Just dunno what to do really..maybe custom fab something?