Tailgate hinge replacement for TJ

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dteah - 18 Jul 2004 20:01 GMT

Hi,

I know many folks have had problems with the TJ tailgate hinges. One of mine
broke recently. Can anyone suggest a replacement? After some quick searches
I have seen many stainless and chrome hinges, but I would prefer them to be
black so as to match the rest of the Jeep. Ideally they would be stainless
painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
help.

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L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III - 18 Jul 2004 20:16 GMT

May take this opportunity to convert it to a Real tailgate:
http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm
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> Hi,
>
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> painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> help.

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John Benito - 18 Jul 2004 22:20 GMT

Or not, I like the tail gate on my TJ better than the tail gate on my CJ7 (I
consider both real Jeeps). If it were me, I would look for a power coated
stainless hinge. Do a search at
http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler
they have a black power coated tailgate hinge for sale.

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> May take this opportunity to convert it to a Real tailgate:
> http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm
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> > painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> > help.

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GzrGlide - 19 Jul 2004 17:49 GMT

I replaced our TJs tailgate hinges a few months ago with a set of
black, stainless hinges (supposedly made by Kentrol) and purchased
from national4wd ( www.national4wd.com). Keep in mind tha this si a
canadian company so their prices are in cdn $ (similar to Peso), but
I'm sure there are US suppliers with them as well.

They look great and work very well.

One word of advice. When i went to remove the Torx bolts, they were
seized solid and I broke (2) torx bits. I finally gave up and simply
drilled the heads out, pulled the nut-plates out from behind the body,
removed the rest of the bolt and re-used the nutplates with the new
bolts.

http://www.missioncontrol.ca/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.cgi?board=JeepTech;action=display
;num=1085296430

Hope that helps.

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Nick N - 19 Jul 2004 20:21 GMT

Isn't kentrol just the renameing of steelhorse?
Nick

> I replaced our TJs tailgate hinges a few months ago with a set of
> black, stainless hinges (supposedly made by Kentrol) and purchased
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> removed the rest of the bolt and re-used the nutplates with the new
> bolts.

http://www.missioncontrol.ca/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.cgi?board=JeepTech;action=display
;num=1085296430

> Hope that helps.

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Matt Macchiarolo - 22 Jul 2004 15:19 GMT

That would be Smittybilt.

> Isn't kentrol just the renameing of steelhorse?
> Nick
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> > removed the rest of the bolt and re-used the nutplates with the new
> > bolts.

http://www.missioncontrol.ca/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.cgi?board=JeepTech;action=dis
play;num=1085296430

> > Hope that helps.

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dteah - 21 Jul 2004 18:57 GMT

Thanks for the advice on this.

> Hi,
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> painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> help.

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