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[Sam9129]

I have a 1992 mini she'll at the moment and I've now fallen in love with the mk1 door style, is it possible to put external hinges on the existing doors or do I need to get mk1 doors?

[alex-95]

Yep you can put mk1 hinges on the later doors with some mods. the mk1 doors are slightly different, curve at the bottom and slightly smaller IIRC.

theres a few ways it can be done:

you can buy the overly expensive fake hinges that has a separate hinges inside that opens up when the door opens.

 

Or

 

Buy a set of mk1 hinges and put strengtheners on the a-panel and door skin, If you search google "     site: theminiforum.co.uk Mk1 hinges on later doors    "  you can see how others have done it. the bottom of the door is different to mk1's round mk3+ square, so metal can be cut and added to make it look more like the mk1's.

[Sam9129]

Brilliant that's awesome! Cheers