170-Degree Concealed Hinge for Full Overlay Doors With Maximum Swing

The Grass Nexis hinge opens a full overlay door to 170 degrees, a near-flat swing that clears the cabinet completely. It installs with pre-mounted dowels on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, and the self-close spring pulls the door shut once you release it within the closing range.

Key Features

• 170-degree opening angle swings the door nearly flat for unobstructed access to the full cabinet interior.
• Full overlay straight arm positions the door to cover nearly the entire cabinet side, leaving only a narrow reveal.
• Dowel mounting presses pre-mounted dowels into bored holes in the door for a screw-free cup installation.
• Self-close spring draws the door shut automatically once released close to the cabinet.
• Face-frame and frameless compatibility makes this hinge at home on either cabinet construction when paired with the appropriate Grass base plate.

Where 170 Degrees Makes the Difference

Most concealed hinges open to 110 degrees, which covers everyday use. The Nexis 170-degree hinge is the answer when that is not enough. Appliance garages, corner cabinets with adjacent walls, pantry pullouts, and entertainment centers with doors that need to fold back and stay out of the way are all situations where a near-flat swing removes the door from the work entirely. When a door at 110 degrees still blocks access or collides with a fixture, this hinge solves it without a door modification. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door with the Grass 42mm bore pattern, and the arm connects to a Grass base plate on the cabinet, sold separately and required to complete the installation.

Steel Build in a Nickel Finish

The hinge body is steel with a nickel finish. The self-close spring is a mechanical feature built into the arm, so the door returns on its own once left within a few degrees of closed. This is not a soft-close hinge: the door closes under spring tension without a damper to cushion the final contact. For wide-angle applications where the spring close is the right behavior, and quiet damped closing is a separate priority, a soft-close adapter can be added as an accessory. Note that integrated soft-close is not available in the 170-degree configuration across this hinge range.

Who Reaches for This Hinge

Cabinet shops fitting specialty storage pieces, designers specifying entertainment walls or full-access pantry cabinets, and contractors who run into clearance constraints on kitchen layouts will find this hinge solves a specific problem that a standard-angle hinge cannot. The dowel cup installation suits CNC-equipped shops where dowel holes are already part of the boring routine. For retrofits or job-site installs without a CNC, the screw-on cup version of the Nexis in this same 170-degree configuration is the practical alternative. This hinge fits standard doors in the 16 to 22mm range. Doors outside that window require a different hinge.

Common Questions

Near-Flat Access, Every Time the Door Opens

Specify this hinge when the design requires a door that gets completely out of the way, on either cabinet construction, with a reliable self-close return.