Hinge for CF decklid

[SilverBullet]

Got a CF decklid from Remmele quite some time back, but no hinge to fit to body, what do you guys do? I have a cut out metal decklid frame from from a donor decklid, thought of grafting it to the CF decklid. Any other suggestions?

[Steve C]

Hi

Does the new deck lid have provision for a hinge as in the stock looking frame?

I recently fitted hinges to a deck lid for my new car, luckily I bought new hinges years ago from a VW dealer, but you can use old hinges, they just need a bit of work to clean them up is all.

Steve

[SilverBullet]

No hinge at all, just the decklid without the frame. May just use a quick release to remove decklid but I'm after the normal way of opening the lid.

[Gerrelt]

I bought a glasfiber rear decklid secondhand. It allready had the inner frame from a normal metal decklid glassed in:

http://www.gerrelt.nl/polyester/achterklep%20achterkant2.jpg

A guy that dealt a lot with glassfiber parts told me not to use the rear decklid spring anymore. The spring is to strong for the lighter rear decklid.

I hammered out the hinge pins, and replaced them with the hinge pins of a normal house door hinge. These were just a little bit smaller in diameter, so they would slide in quite nicely.

http://www.gerrelt.nl/polyester/achterklep_scharnier.jpg

Now I can remove the rear decklid in seconds, and replace it without having to adjust the decklid again.

The result:

http://www.gerrelt.nl/polyester/achterklep_matzwart_klein.jpg

Maybe I will have it painted in the car's color someday...

[Steve C]

Hi

Beetle dipsticks make good pins for the hinges.

Steve

[SilverBullet]

I'm after what Gerralt has done but thought of cutting off from the outter part of the metal frame, just using the frame from the hinge area to other hinge area. I got the pins from CSP.

[Joel]

6mm or 1/4" R clips work well too ;)

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd191/boostedbug/Subaru%20conversion/100_0602.jpg~original