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reproduction door panels
hi, Im changing over parts of my interior to black so its not all blue. anyways I have a 1971 and looking for black door panels. I did a search but all of the threads were saying that fitment was bad and people didnt like the plastic backing. I was wondering if the new repro door panels still suck. I was thinking about getting plain steel and painting them black. or getting completed 69 or 70-71 panels. Thanks
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Re: reproduction door panels
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Re: reproduction door panels
I saw this at SEMA this year. The vendor was OER and it's a proper injection molded part. It wasn't the same type of plastic as OE as far as I could tell and was probably something like ABS. This panel was painted and likely being a non olefin type plastic would take paint very well. They only have them as the base panel and not the scrolled deluxe panel. It was a very good looking piece. I can't speak for fitment but by appearance I'm guessing it'll be a good fit.
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Re: reproduction door panels
I was thinking he was talking this style because of the plastic reference. Are the earlier repops on plastic? Scary. I actually had a late 71 that was definitely not a 72 with this style panel. It didn't have the screw holes the 72's have to keep them from popping off when the door is slammed.
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Re: reproduction door panels
I have a 70, and was in the same boat. Buy new or repair old. What I did, "just to be a little different", was repair a set of deluxe panels from a 68 CST. The bottoms were starting to rust out, but the vinyl is in very good shape, so I carefully peeled it back rebuilt the bottom edge, and painted the metal with rust inhibitor. Then I painted the vinyl to match my interior. Not show winner quality, but look pretty good. I also repaired my originals back to "pretty good". I thought about doing this with the metal panels too, but couldn't find two good ones to use.
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Re: reproduction door panels
Is it only the 72 repro that's junk or all 67-72 panels. I'm looking to change my 71 blue panel to a 69 black panel. I don't like the fake wood strip along the top of the 71. I was looking a classic industries and thought about getting the complete 69 panel. Or just new steel panel with new black vinyl and rewraping it myself.
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Re: reproduction door panels
The more I read about the problems with repop parts, the more I just scratch my head. Why don't they make them right?
Another thought: I have a base model 69 GMC. The door panels are cheap tin stampings. They don't deteriorate much, and they are easy to repair: just work the dents, sand, and paint them.
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