Door hinges

[mogg]

Anyone had their 600LT door hinges replaced ?

If so, how long did you have to wait for the replacements ?


Thanks.

[mOrtt]

Both replaced in November. Only took a few days as they had stock. Seems that a lot of people have been waiting weeks/months for new hinges this year though!

[Sarnie]

mogg said:

If so, how long did you have to wait for the replacements ?


Thanks.

4 months.

[Crazy4557]

Took just a few days earlier this year.

[Fast Eddie]

I know this appear to be a foolish question but what happens to the hinges that they need replacing?

I have never replaced a set of car door hinges in my life

[davek_964]

They crack.

While there is clearly a quality issue, I'm not sure that a comparison with conventional doors is really comparing apples with apples.

[mogg]

I've been assured unreservedly that the doors will absolutely not fall off (cue Michael Caine re "You're only supposed to....etc etc). Plus I've owned multiple TVR's so am used to this kind of scenario

[drcarrera]

They may not fall off but there is the risk of the alignment getting out of kilter and the door catching on the bodywork and causing damage. So be careful when you open and close the doors!

[mogg]

drcarrera said:

They may not fall off but there is the risk of the alignment getting out of kilter and the door catching on the bodywork and causing damage. So be careful when you open and close the doors!

Good point. Will do !

[drcarrera]

Bizarrely, since I posted yesterday I've been told one of mine needs replacing!

[Grey_Area]

I fail to see why an enterprising independent hasn’t 3D scanned these, then machined from billet.
Once you done the prototype, should be easy.

I did also ask Thornycroft why there wasn’t a drill hole to stop crack, grind out and weld option being pursued

[David W.]

I’ve suggested this in the past be bizarrely it isn’t the done thing on a super car even if it was finished properly and sprayed up so nobody would know. Its only a door hinge not a camshaft is my view

[samoht]

Grey_Area said:

I fail to see why an enterprising independent hasn’t 3D scanned these, then machined from billet.
Once you done the prototype, should be easy.

I did also ask Thornycroft why there wasn’t a drill hole to stop crack, grind out and weld option being pursued

I may be wrong, but as I understand it
- new hinges from McLaren are an updated design that won't fail again
- the official new hinges aren't that expensive, quite a bit of the cost is in the labour of disassembling the front of the car to change them, which wouldn't be reduced by a 3rd party solution

so there perhaps isn't a huge scope to provide either a better or a cheaper solution than fitting the official updated hinges.

[drcarrera]

samoht said:

I may be wrong, but as I understand it
- new hinges from McLaren are an updated design that won't fail again
- the official new hinges aren't that expensive, quite a bit of the cost is in the labour of disassembling the front of the car to change them, which wouldn't be reduced by a 3rd party solution

so there perhaps isn't a huge scope to provide either a better or a cheaper solution than fitting the official updated hinges.

I've been quoted £2.3K to replace one hinge! I think the part is just over £1K, and there's 4 1/2 hours labour on top. It is a new design of hinge (from the GT, I think) so should last .

[NRG1976]

drcarrera said:

I've been quoted £2.3K to replace one hinge! I think the part is just over £1K, and there's 4 1/2 hours labour on top. It is a new design of hinge (from the GT, I think) so should last .

Ouch! Is it covered under warranty?

[samoht]

While the McLaren warranty operates on the Schrodinger principle, I think in most cases the answer has been "no, the hinge is bodywork so not covered".

drcarrera said:

I've been quoted £2.3K to replace one hinge! I think the part is just over £1K, and there's 4 1/2 hours labour on top. It is a new design of hinge (from the GT, I think) so should last .

So if the hinge is £1100 that's £1200 in labour cost, for 4.5 hours that works out at over £250 per hour ? Or are there other costs involved?

If so, I'd be talking to V Engineering as I think 4.5 hrs would be under £500 labour with them.

[Sarnie]

Mince was replaced FOC under warranty.........

[Gibbo205]

Done under manufacture warranty on my 600 LT, been waiting about two months due to parts, car goes in next week.

Replacements are updated GT version and supposedly no McLaren GT’s have suffered cracked door hinges yet.

[Mwn11]

Sarnie said:

Mince was replaced FOC under warranty.........

Standard warranty or extended?

[justin220]

Fast Eddie said:

I know this appear to be a foolish question but what happens to the hinges that they need replacing?

I have never replaced a set of car door hinges in my life

For me, door hinges should have been a recall for all cars. They don't fail on conventional doors so they shouldn't be failing on Mac doors either.