Series 3 door hinges--warning

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ciderman

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Hi
As one of my land Rovers was becoming like a clowns' car with the Doors flapping wildly about on the worcestershire highways, I decided to treat myself to a pair of new ones.
So among a largish order I added a set of hinges, and waited.
They arrived promptly, 'cos the firm is pretty good at that, and I eagerly fingered the newly machined hinges imagining the improvement they would make...
Except they DIDN'T.
They had more play than the ones I was replacing!
I rang up one of their lovely sales people, who to console me said "oh a lot of them are like that, people are always complaining"
I am not cross with the sale people, just the sodding ethos of a Company which KNOWINGLY sends out poor quality stock.
One hinge had Seven (7) manufacturing defects.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
 
I read something recently about some sort of recall regarding replacement hinges. There was a trader at Billing and Peterborough with hundreds of OEM hinges for sale, they were all metallic Orange.
 
Just fitted some to my series 3 from the blue box company. Only took me about 4 hours with a file and emery cloth to make them look ok. A marginal improvement in final fit was not really worth the effort. Am i alone in thinking that i would not mind paying more for better quality and fit parts that fit and last a reasonable time?
 
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