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Old 04-14-2010, 11:47 AM   #1
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ok so i want to have a working hood on my wrangler. i was thinking of sanding off the plastic fake ones and replacing them with real metal ones.
any body know a place were i can get some hingers that look almost edzactly alike?
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Old 04-14-2010, 12:23 PM   #2
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Hey


you should look at the garden railroad shops
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Old 04-14-2010, 03:49 PM   #3
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have you looked to see about the jewlery box hinges, that might work
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if you have the know how...you could possibly make your own hinges. and then use small rivets to rivet them to the body
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Old 04-15-2010, 03:46 PM   #5
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if you have the know how...you could possibly make your own hinges. and then use small rivets to rivet them to the body
i dont think thats gona happen... lol

ill chack the jewlerys store and see but im gona check out that site kreison said
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Old 04-16-2010, 12:04 PM   #6
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Tankzone has a few, they don't really match the Jeep hood hinges but if you don't have any luck anywhere else (beside fabing some to look exact).

http://www.henglongtanks.co.uk/cart/16_general.htm

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Old 04-17-2010, 10:09 PM   #7
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Try RC plane aileron/elevator hinges or doll house hinges
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Old 04-17-2010, 10:23 PM   #8
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i used dubro hinges available at most any hobby store. just trim them to the shape and paint them

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