door hinges f/ '81 C3
 

Need upper and lower driver side door hinges f/ my '81 'Vette. Looked in Mid America Motors and they want $139.00 a piece f/ them plus a $40.00 core charge. Does anyone know of any other parts place that has them any cheaper? Thanks in advance f/ any input.

What is the reason for the need for the hinges? Is the door sagging or out of alignment? Reason I ask is I thought I needed new hinges on my 76 until I saw the prices and decided to replace the pins and bushings instead since I could lift the door upward when it was open and saw the play in the inner and outer hinge plates. Replacing the pins and bushings cured everything for a fraction of the cost and I did the job myself.

I wish it was the bushing and pin. I backed out of the driveway w/ the driver door open and caught the fence. It pushed the door backward and cracked both hinges. Yea, what a mishap. The car is quite flawless, and now I have freakin' 2 cracks at the end of the door along w/ a small piece about a half inch square out of the rear of the front fender. I need to go get intouch with my buddy who has a shop and take care of it there. Made me sick when it happened.
Thanks f/ the reply.
I think I'll take the hinges off, put them in a vice, get them in right positon to weld them up. Won't be hard, as they're not twisted at all, just the small crack in each.

I haven't ever worked on a car body, but I have done a lot of welding. If you can get the hinges in a vice like you said, I would put a little bit of heat to them, get the aligned the way you want them, weld it up very nicely and grind it down flush.

Repaint, reattach, and then spend all of that money you would have spent on something else.