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Originally Posted by PHAT TONY
I'm a 24+ year experienced journeyman bodyman, inter-provincial red seal certified with regular tech update education. I've installed panels more than once or twice lol. For the last few years I've been involved in some pretty major restos and have never repaired a new vehicle with the same poor quality junk that makes up the restoration industry.
You can buy a door for a 2009 dodge truck (for example), fit it in no time, sand and paint ready out of the box. Buy a door for a 1966 Chevelle (for example), it doesn't fit and the stamping quality and substrate finish looks like a fat kid jumping on a water bed, oh yeah, and it's 500 bucks!
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who makes a aftermarket 2009 dodge truck door? What I posted was not directed at you. I am happy you have such good luck
Its funny when you go buy a part from a dealer here in the states you get an aftermarket (as opposed to a production line) part. it does not come with the corrosion protection like factory just the edpm like most parts. it will have a stamp on it thats correct but it is not the factory assembly line part.
I wish all aftermarket crash parts fit as good as you say. look at the top of a gmc truck fender at the windshield post on a aftermarket fender. Yeah it fits but its not the same. customers don't notice it. Many of them fit great, but I would not say they all do. where do you buy yours from? we buy from a lot of companies. just curious.
i guess all these companies that say they make the dies here in america and send them to taiwan to stamp must be the problem. if i had the money to build the tooling I would have them made here. their are still a lot of companies here that have the equipment to stamp the parts. maybe we should start a 67-72 fund to stamp our own
