Well I tried to fit my new polished stainless steel ones last night. Seemingly mine are the older (let's call them slimline) version....found this on GoMoG:
At some point in time the factory changed the hinges to a "thicker" version. The causes doors of a car originally fitted with the old hinges to foul on the latch plate when the new hinges are fitted. Sadly, the Factory has confirmed that only the new hinges are available.
The difference is in the bend round the pin which gives a larger gap between the plates in the closed position. With the doors closed if the gap between the plates is about 1 mm you have old hinges, about 3 mm is new hinges. I had 1mm machined off the back of the plates on both sides 35mm back from the outside edge. In hindsight 33mm would have been enough but you have to peer very closely to see the step. This solved the problem in my case but if necessary the latch plate position can be adjusted by removing the lining behind the door. The latch plate usually has washers behind it which can be removed as required.
The holes are the same but they "push" the door back about 3mm which means the latch clashes with the body work
Will now have another look tonight but think I may have to try and polish up my old ones.....
