Hi,

I know many folks have had problems with the TJ tailgate hinges. One of mine
broke recently. Can anyone suggest a replacement? After some quick searches
I have seen many stainless and chrome hinges, but I would prefer them to be
black so as to match the rest of the Jeep. Ideally they would be stainless
painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
help.

 

May take this opportunity to convert it to a Real tailgate:
http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

dteah wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I know many folks have had problems with the TJ tailgate hinges. One of mine
> broke recently. Can anyone suggest a replacement? After some quick searches
> I have seen many stainless and chrome hinges, but I would prefer them to be
> black so as to match the rest of the Jeep. Ideally they would be stainless
> painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> help.

 

May take this opportunity to convert it to a Real tailgate:
http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

dteah wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I know many folks have had problems with the TJ tailgate hinges. One of mine
> broke recently. Can anyone suggest a replacement? After some quick searches
> I have seen many stainless and chrome hinges, but I would prefer them to be
> black so as to match the rest of the Jeep. Ideally they would be stainless
> painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> help.

 

May take this opportunity to convert it to a Real tailgate:
http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

dteah wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I know many folks have had problems with the TJ tailgate hinges. One of mine
> broke recently. Can anyone suggest a replacement? After some quick searches
> I have seen many stainless and chrome hinges, but I would prefer them to be
> black so as to match the rest of the Jeep. Ideally they would be stainless
> painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> help.

 

May take this opportunity to convert it to a Real tailgate:
http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

dteah wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I know many folks have had problems with the TJ tailgate hinges. One of mine
> broke recently. Can anyone suggest a replacement? After some quick searches
> I have seen many stainless and chrome hinges, but I would prefer them to be
> black so as to match the rest of the Jeep. Ideally they would be stainless
> painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> help.

 

Or not, I like the tail gate on my TJ better than the tail gate on my CJ7 (I
consider both real Jeeps). If it were me, I would look for a power coated
stainless hinge. Do a search at
http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler
they have a black power coated tailgate hinge for sale.

--
benito -
01 TJ
76 CJ

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40FACC9C.C36AC91D@***.net...
> May take this opportunity to convert it to a Real tailgate:
> http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> dteah wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know many folks have had problems with the TJ tailgate hinges. One of
mine
> > broke recently. Can anyone suggest a replacement? After some quick
searches
> > I have seen many stainless and chrome hinges, but I would prefer them to
be
> > black so as to match the rest of the Jeep. Ideally they would be
stainless
> > painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> > help.

 

Or not, I like the tail gate on my TJ better than the tail gate on my CJ7 (I
consider both real Jeeps). If it were me, I would look for a power coated
stainless hinge. Do a search at
http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler
they have a black power coated tailgate hinge for sale.

--
benito -
01 TJ
76 CJ

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40FACC9C.C36AC91D@***.net...
> May take this opportunity to convert it to a Real tailgate:
> http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> dteah wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know many folks have had problems with the TJ tailgate hinges. One of
mine
> > broke recently. Can anyone suggest a replacement? After some quick
searches
> > I have seen many stainless and chrome hinges, but I would prefer them to
be
> > black so as to match the rest of the Jeep. Ideally they would be
stainless
> > painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> > help.

 

Or not, I like the tail gate on my TJ better than the tail gate on my CJ7 (I
consider both real Jeeps). If it were me, I would look for a power coated
stainless hinge. Do a search at
http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler
they have a black power coated tailgate hinge for sale.

--
benito -
01 TJ
76 CJ

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40FACC9C.C36AC91D@***.net...
> May take this opportunity to convert it to a Real tailgate:
> http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> dteah wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know many folks have had problems with the TJ tailgate hinges. One of
mine
> > broke recently. Can anyone suggest a replacement? After some quick
searches
> > I have seen many stainless and chrome hinges, but I would prefer them to
be
> > black so as to match the rest of the Jeep. Ideally they would be
stainless
> > painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> > help.

 

Or not, I like the tail gate on my TJ better than the tail gate on my CJ7 (I
consider both real Jeeps). If it were me, I would look for a power coated
stainless hinge. Do a search at
http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler
they have a black power coated tailgate hinge for sale.

--
benito -
01 TJ
76 CJ

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40FACC9C.C36AC91D@***.net...
> May take this opportunity to convert it to a Real tailgate:
> http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> dteah wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know many folks have had problems with the TJ tailgate hinges. One of
mine
> > broke recently. Can anyone suggest a replacement? After some quick
searches
> > I have seen many stainless and chrome hinges, but I would prefer them to
be
> > black so as to match the rest of the Jeep. Ideally they would be
stainless
> > painted black. If anyone knows of such an animal I would appreciate the
> > help.

 

I replaced our TJs tailgate hinges a few months ago with a set of
black, stainless hinges (supposedly made by Kentrol) and purchased
from national4wd ( www.national4wd.com). Keep in mind tha this si a
canadian company so their prices are in cdn $ (similar to Peso), but
I'm sure there are US suppliers with them as well.

They look great and work very well.

One word of advice. When i went to remove the Torx bolts, they were
seized solid and I broke (2) torx bits. I finally gave up and simply
drilled the heads out, pulled the nut-plates out from behind the body,
removed the rest of the bolt and re-used the nutplates with the new
bolts.

http://www.missioncontrol.ca/cgi-bin...num=1085296430

Hope that helps.