Best Approach to Prevent Hinge Rust

[vh5150]

How are you all preventing door hinge rust? I am trying to get ready for our brutal Chicago winters lathered in street & road salt.

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[Free2roam]

I've often thought about getting them done in LineX

 

[Munkey Boy]

This Chicago staple tastes like burnt Band-Aids and kerosene. It's readily available. These are all helpful in some way. Therefore, this will help. logics, neat. Think of it this way, it's like bringing a gun to a knife fight, except that the gun is attached to a very angry midget wearing a Toews 19 jersey and the Blackhawks just lost to Boston. And Portillo's is closed. And he drank his last Old Style.

Yeah, this won't help at all, but I do miss the finer points of Chicago. Cheers!

 

[Chris262]

Wash the salt off regularly in the winter

 

[jsalbre]

This Chicago staple tastes like burnt Band-Aids and kerosene. It's readily available. These are all helpful in some way. Therefore, this will help. logics, neat. Think of it this way, it's like bringing a gun to a knife fight, except that the gun is attached to a very angry midget wearing a Toews 19 jersey and the Blackhawks just lost to Boston. And Portillo's is closed. And he drank his last Old Style.

Yeah, this won't help at all, but I do miss the finer points of Chicago. Cheers!

Don’t disrespect burnt band-aids by comparing them to Malört.

 

[Chris262]

Don’t disrespect burnt band-aids by comparing them to Malört.

Malort is vile ?

 

[brianinca]

The door hinges are aluminum.

How are you all preventing door hinge rust? I am trying to get ready for our brutal Chicago winters lathered in street & road salt.

 

[vh5150]

The door hinges are aluminum.

Thanks, is this a recent change? I’ve read a bunch on the door hinges being a problem in the past with the Wranglers, which is the reason I ask.

 

[brianinca]

Besides the weight savings on the doors, I would think the engineers saw an opportunity to address the rust issues on the JL/JT project.

Thanks, is this a recent change? I’ve read a bunch on the door hinges being a problem in the past with the Wranglers, which is the reason I ask.

 

[Kevin_D]

The door hinges are aluminum.

Aluminum won’t rust, but it will oxidize. Instead of brown it’s white.

Kevin

 

[jsalbre]

Thanks, is this a recent change? I’ve read a bunch on the door hinges being a problem in the past with the Wranglers, which is the reason I ask.

The entire door (and tailgate) on JTs and JLs are aluminum. Also the hood on everything except Mojaves.

 

[Mac]

Paint will probably bubble up around the hinges my ‘14 JKU did I do not believe they have changed anything to prevent it from happening on the JL or JT. If you look on the Wrangler forums it is still a problem.

 

[Speedy_12139]

This setup right here...
Delrin bushings, and stainless door guides.

 

[Mac]

This setup right here...
Delrin bushings, and stainless door guides.

I don’t think that will help the issue, the paint bubbles up around the edge of the hinge where it meets the door.

 

[Speedy_12139]

I don’t think that will help the issue, the paint bubbles up around the edge of the hinge where it meets the door.

OHHHHHH! My apologies then. Yeah, that's galvanic corrosion, (google that for more info) not much you can do about it aside from maybe putting in a super tin rubber "gasket" between the hinge and the door.

Pretty sure its warrantied for a few years regarding rust/paint defects as such..... Super common issue plenty of JL owners have already had fixed (according to the FB groups im apart of)

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