Jeep Wrangler Door Hinge Corrosion
From my reading i m guessing this is residue dripping from the galvanic corrosion on my door hinges.
Jeep wrangler door hinge corrosion. Most of your time will be spent getting the doors on straight which can be a tedious and sometimes frustrating process. A flaw in the way that the aluminum is anodized causes oxidation under the paint even with the absence of air and water. Hi i recently picked up a 2008 jeep rubicon in nice shape. Cosmetically the only real issue are white stains that appear to have dripped down under all of the door hinges.
Tj wrangler technical forum. I took it to get it fixed the company told me to complain to chrysler and my jeep dealership. Jk wrangler technical forum. If you re a jeeper than you know the frustration that can come with taking off your doors for the summer.
Each one of the hinges that we have for sale is machined with precision and finished to withstand weathering well. They should fix it. After research i found the hinges to be aluminum and the doors steel with no paint in between. Door hinge nuts buried into the hinge help.
The panel itself is. With these two metals touching the hinges were acting as a sacrificial anode. Replacing door hinge pin not whole hinge. So my the door hinges on my 2012 jk unlimited rubicon had bubbling paint which was corrosion under the paint.
Attaching the doors requires a torx screwdriver but no other tools. I have a 4 door 2010 jeep wrangler had the same issue my back drivers door hinges paint started coming off. If you own a jeep jk built in 2007 or later be on the lookout for bubbling paint on the outside hinge of your door. If it s a new to you jeep then those hinges are mostly like rusted up and the doors are going to be a huge pain in the rear to remove.
Tj wrangler technical forum. Lower door hinge on windshield hinge bracket for mirror. Stock jeep wrangler hinges are dull to look at but you can swap the with chrome silver black red or even stainless steel hinges to really change up the look and function of the hinges on your jeep wrangler.