DON'T BUY: hinge-pin Doorman 38409
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DON'T BUY: hinge-pin Doorman 38409
I'm doing a complete restore on my Hummer h3 2006. I painted the whole thing, change the fuel pump, rebuild rocker panels, new upper control arm, bearings and etc. You get the picture.
I'm basically done, I just need to put back the hood and the doors and I can't finally drive around.
Do you want to know what is the only problem I encounter? Freakin door pins from Doorman. You may ask why the door pins are such a problem. I manage to install the bushing without the mushroom effect, that's not a problem.
The problem is they don't fit in the bottom part of the hinge. Ya! they don't fit!! They are way off the spec.
It lifts the door nearly a 1/4 inch upward. There is a huge gap with the rocker panel protectors. Can't close the door, even if I could, it won't fit with the gap of the fender. (I'm not supposed to shim a fender because of door pins...common!). So on one door, I changed both pins and the door is now floating in the sky, 420 and whatnot. The other door is a 1/4 inch off at the bottom since the top pin is still an original.
The result: it cut the fresh paint on both my A-pillars and door hinge. (So I need to blend my A-pillars... 80$ paint.
The worst is that I have to remove and install the doors on my own. I don't know if you guy knows, but those doors weight a ton.
It's not a big deal if your Hummer is in a medium shape, but it's a huge deal after you invest a lot of time and money.
Save yourself, order straight from GM!
I'm basically done, I just need to put back the hood and the doors and I can't finally drive around.
Do you want to know what is the only problem I encounter? Freakin door pins from Doorman. You may ask why the door pins are such a problem. I manage to install the bushing without the mushroom effect, that's not a problem.
The problem is they don't fit in the bottom part of the hinge. Ya! they don't fit!! They are way off the spec.
It lifts the door nearly a 1/4 inch upward. There is a huge gap with the rocker panel protectors. Can't close the door, even if I could, it won't fit with the gap of the fender. (I'm not supposed to shim a fender because of door pins...common!). So on one door, I changed both pins and the door is now floating in the sky, 420 and whatnot. The other door is a 1/4 inch off at the bottom since the top pin is still an original.
The result: it cut the fresh paint on both my A-pillars and door hinge. (So I need to blend my A-pillars... 80$ paint.
The worst is that I have to remove and install the doors on my own. I don't know if you guy knows, but those doors weight a ton.
It's not a big deal if your Hummer is in a medium shape, but it's a huge deal after you invest a lot of time and money.
Save yourself, order straight from GM!
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I'm not sure what I'm looking at. Is it the top of the pin (in the pics) that is too big to fit into a hole? If so, it appears that they are a bit "mushroomed"; perhaps shave them a bit on a bench grinder to fit? Or am I completely wrong in how the pins go/are oriented? Sorry, I'll have to take a look at mine when I get home to get a better feel for what the problem is.
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