How Much Will Be Cost For Change The Hinge

Mini Technical Sections Bodywork, Paint and Detailing
1

hello there
as you can see the photo

my mini hinge panel(left side) has got serious rust.

so I would like to go to garage to change this hinge

anyone know how much will be cost???

or can I change by my self??

2

> hello there
as you can see the photo

my mini hinge panel(left side) has got serious rust.

so I would like to go to garage to change this hinge

anyone know how much will be cost???

or can I change by my self??

its not a hinge panel beacause you have mk3 internal hinges. its an ‘a’ panel
or apex panel. a non genuine panel costs about £8 or so a genuine one about £20ish relatively easy to replace if you can weld. its spot welded to the wing and the rear is folded around with a couple of spot welds.

3

whats the rust like on the panel behind there

the bit where the door hinges are

4

thanks.
may I need to go garage. lol i don’t have any welding equipment

> > hello there
as you can see the photo

my mini hinge panel(left side) has got serious rust.

so I would like to go to garage to change this hinge

anyone know how much will be cost???

or can I change by my self??

its not a hinge panel beacause you have mk3 internal hinges. its an ‘a’ panel
or apex panel. a non genuine panel costs about £8 or so a genuine one about £20ish relatively easy to replace if you can weld. its spot welded to the wing and the rear is folded around with a couple of spot welds.

5

Depends.

Do you have any practical skills? Do you know someone who has a mig welder? You may be able to buy a second hand welder for less than the cost of the repair.

If you can learn to do these things yourself, the less it will cost in the long run. Depends how brave you are really.

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> Depends.

Do you have any practical skills? Do you know someone who has a mig welder? You may be able to buy a second hand welder for less than the cost of the repair.

If you can learn to do these things yourself, the less it will cost in the long run. Depends how brave you are really.
Yes like he said you would be able to buy a Mig welder and the “a” panel and do it yourself for less than what a garage would charge to do it. And then you would have the Mig welder as well so if you come into anymore problems you would be able to try it yourself. But as people have said, you need to be willing to learn these things otherwise you won’t get anywhere.