Don't Buy Hood Hinges from GMParts Direct!!

[aboyer]

I thought I was doing the right thing buy purchasing hood hinges from a GM dealer. After spending $115.00 in parts/shipping, I prep & painted the hinges and installed on the truck.

Then I spent about 1 hour adjusting the alignment of the hood. When I had everything perfect, I looked over and the driver side hinge had bent on the spring side. The spring dropped to the ground. Ok, I thought, one bad one in the bunch. I decided not to mess with it until next weekend. Then on the following weekend. I popped my hood, to find that the other hing had bent on the reinforced hinge part.

These parts are pure crap. In addition to the cheap parts, trying to warranty out parts thought GM parts direct is about none existance. They tell you to go to your local GM dealer. But when I did this, the GM dealer didn't want anything to do with these, as they didn't sell these parts. I might have saved a couple bucks to begin with, but I made up for it in the end.

I am writing this so other will not purchase hood hinges from GMparts direct or possible GM. It appears to me that GM is purchasing these from some cheap import company or something.

I hope someone else can learn from this one.

Thanks for letting me vent!!

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