Looks like I have the updated hinges, anyone have steps to install them.
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Looks like I have the updated hinges, anyone have steps to install them.
Can you show pics of the updated hinges? I have working hinges on mine but they are a couple of years old. I can send pics if needed.
Henry
Build 1: Mk3 Roadster #5125. Sold 11/08/2014. Build 2: Mk4 Roadster #7750. Sold 04/10/2017. Build Thread
Build 3: Mk4 Roadster 20th Anniversary #8674. Sold 09/07/2020. Build Thread and Video. Build 4: Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe #59. Gen 3 Coyote. Legal 03/04/2020. Build Thread and Video
Build 5: 35 Hot Rod Truck #138. LS3 and 4L65E auto. Rcvd 01/05/2021. Legal 04/20/2023. Build Thread. Sold 11/9/2023.
My hinges are identical to Paul’s photo above. Gen 3 Coupe-R #170.
Logan's Gen 3 Coupe-R Build
Ordered 4/23/19 | Delivered 6/29/19 | First Start 8/1/20 | First Drive 9/20/20
Any chance there's confusion here because of the picture in the build manual? The nose hinge picture in the manual appears to be an older Gen 1 or Gen 2 version. It's not the same as the hinges provided with my kit and pictured above. Quite a few pictures in the build manual aren't Gen 3 unfortunately, so kind of have to watch that. Several are even Roadster pictures. The words and descriptions are mostly OK though. I followed the instructions in the manual for mounting the nose hinges and it was OK. Other than the fact that the angle didn't match the nose. I added a wedge to each.
Build 1: Mk3 Roadster #5125. Sold 11/08/2014. Build 2: Mk4 Roadster #7750. Sold 04/10/2017. Build Thread
Build 3: Mk4 Roadster 20th Anniversary #8674. Sold 09/07/2020. Build Thread and Video. Build 4: Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe #59. Gen 3 Coyote. Legal 03/04/2020. Build Thread and Video
Build 5: 35 Hot Rod Truck #138. LS3 and 4L65E auto. Rcvd 01/05/2021. Legal 04/20/2023. Build Thread. Sold 11/9/2023.
Yes that's what I meant, the manuals don't match so trying to figure how this setup bolts in. Lager bolt on bottom and maybe the flat 3 holed piece for the fog light mounts ?
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The hood hinge has two bolts into the fog light bucket, and one into the bottom part of the body. That three-hole piece is for the hood latches. Not the hinges. Check the manual in the "Nose Latch" section about 2/3 of the way through in the body section. Shows how they're used.
Build 1: Mk3 Roadster #5125. Sold 11/08/2014. Build 2: Mk4 Roadster #7750. Sold 04/10/2017. Build Thread
Build 3: Mk4 Roadster 20th Anniversary #8674. Sold 09/07/2020. Build Thread and Video. Build 4: Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe #59. Gen 3 Coyote. Legal 03/04/2020. Build Thread and Video
Build 5: 35 Hot Rod Truck #138. LS3 and 4L65E auto. Rcvd 01/05/2021. Legal 04/20/2023. Build Thread. Sold 11/9/2023.
Regardless of the hinge type used this is what I did to get it lined up successfully:
1. attach hinges to frame
2. set nose on car without the radiator aluminum installed
3. use blocks to hold the front of the nose so it lines up best side to side and level to the gap with the side panels of the main body.
4. make sure it is far enough back that the gap around the windshield is correct or covers the gap
5. use tape along the edge to mark for trimming to fit the gap around the windshield
6. adjust the brackets as close as you can get to the fog light buckets and mark the holes
7. remove the hood and drill the mount holes slightly larger than you need
8. mount the brackets to the hood and reinstall on the car. (easier to line up and bolt on than the bucket side)
9. check marks from step 5 and adjust as necessary
10. trim for final fit along windshield
11. fit radiator aluminum
It's never too early to start beefing up your obituary.
Thanks guys, got the hinges in but the bottom of the nose hits radiator aluminum, wish I had the foresight not to install like xlr8or said, but to lat. So do I just trim the aluminum ?
Yes. The radiator aluminum needs to be trimmed back to the 3/4-inch frame in that area. When you clear that, then you'll need to trim the body to clear the radiator in order for the nose to open all the way. Even more if you have the A/C condenser mounted. I know it's gotten really long, but have you looked at my build thread? Link in my sig line. I talk about (and show) what I found doing mine and how I resolved. Including this.
Build 1: Mk3 Roadster #5125. Sold 11/08/2014. Build 2: Mk4 Roadster #7750. Sold 04/10/2017. Build Thread
Build 3: Mk4 Roadster 20th Anniversary #8674. Sold 09/07/2020. Build Thread and Video. Build 4: Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe #59. Gen 3 Coyote. Legal 03/04/2020. Build Thread and Video
Build 5: 35 Hot Rod Truck #138. LS3 and 4L65E auto. Rcvd 01/05/2021. Legal 04/20/2023. Build Thread. Sold 11/9/2023.
Build 1: Mk3 Roadster #5125. Sold 11/08/2014. Build 2: Mk4 Roadster #7750. Sold 04/10/2017. Build Thread
Build 3: Mk4 Roadster 20th Anniversary #8674. Sold 09/07/2020. Build Thread and Video. Build 4: Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe #59. Gen 3 Coyote. Legal 03/04/2020. Build Thread and Video
Build 5: 35 Hot Rod Truck #138. LS3 and 4L65E auto. Rcvd 01/05/2021. Legal 04/20/2023. Build Thread. Sold 11/9/2023.
You will need to trim the lower section of the nose all the way to the back edge of the hinges. I even cut about 1/2 inch off one hinge to try to get the hood to open more, even with that the hood does not open as far as I would like. Something to work on later.
David W
Mkll 4874 built in 2004
Gen 3 coupe #16 registered 2018 painted 2019
All great advice, thanks fellas, appreciate it
Once it's all sorted split a piece of 3/8" fuel line and cut to the length of the exposed strut rod. You can pop those on to keep the hood from accidentally closing..... Learned that one the hard way and cracked the hood.
It's never too early to start beefing up your obituary.
this looks like setting front end will be difficult process