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Location: Lake Arthur, LA
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Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
Hi guys I'm bout start building a 67 and I'v heard lots of things about replacement panels. I see that LMC has very good prices but I hear that none of there panels fit good. I want to go as cheap as a good fit will let me. I hear of a place in spring texas called Outback Truck Parts. anyone know the scoop on there parts and where would you suggest that I order parts from. I plan to order all fenders new and a few cab patch panels. Thanks
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
please help guys. it will be greatly apreciated.
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
Ive had real good luck with TriPlus replacment Panels. There is a guy on this site that sells panels out of NJ and his screen name is mbgmike. Good Luck.
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
Brothers is a good source but people on here have said otherwise.
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
I always thought that GM made the best replacement parts & panels
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
Greetings,
We purchased all of the replacement panels we needed from LMC. For the most part the fit was ok. This included cab back corners and everything to rebuild the rockers and forward A-pillar. However there was one panel that I would not buy from them again. We needed a RH door and yes I did purchase if from them. Here are the issues: 1. Door latch is set in by 0.25-inches, Therefore the door doesnot close nor fit the body without a lot of work 2. The window height is too high, meaning that when you roll up the window there is another 0.25-inch gap 3. The angle at which the window frame is attached is incorrect, meaning that the window leans in too much and will contact the cab before the door latch is anywhere close to latching. 4. Outer door skin is set down too far. We assume that when the window frame is installed to the lower-inner door, this creates an the issue in which the door will not close because it is hitting the rocker panel. OK, I am sorry for the rant about the door. Good Luck, MrBlue
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
I can only say that you will probably not find much difference in fit from company to company.Warranty and metal thickness may vary but I doubt if any co. can afford to make a panel that is already made by someone else.The cost of tooling and such is so high that there is not enough demand to warrant the tooling required to make a part already made by someone else.The exception would probably be on smaller parts.I think most aftermarket sheetmetal is made by a company overseas and may be boxed in several manufacturers packaging.Different co,s may spec different thickness of metal but I think most are stamped from the same dies.I do know there are a couple of thicknesses of inner fenders since I have actually seen/felt the difference.I also can't swear to any of this it's just from looking at lots of aftermarket sheetmetal.
The debate on fit of aftermarket panels will also continue but to be truthful,these trucks didn't have the tighter gaps most expect when they were built and will not have them without working at it.There is also the issue of "settling".In 40 years if you haven't settled a bit then someone never used you for a truck. Now these are just my opinions but they are from personal observation and I may be judging from a different perspective than others.
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
LMC sells Triplus panels like we do and other brands to So do brothers and most all vendors. There are different Mfg's for the part it just depends on the part. Goodmark used to sell Triplus but they have moved on to a another supplier for there parts. Thats what Outback here in Spring sells mostly is from Goodmark
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
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trade for upgrades etc. for example we had a customer wanting a bowtie embossed frt bed panel after he installed a plain one. We buy that back and apply the money to the upgrade. |
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
all the panels i buy are COUNTERPART and i have had good luck with the fit even the doors fit good. The rockers cab corners and supports are TABCO which are the best ive seen.
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
None of the companies you will buy from make the panels, so wherever you buy them you have no absolute way of knowing who made the parts.
If I'm paying shipping I don't want to pay tax, so I try to buy from the closest place that's out of state, or from the swap meet. |
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
I buy all my aftermarket sheetmetal at the swap meets and make sure it is tri plus no matter what vendor I get the parts from.4 years ago I replaced all the panels on a friends 72 swb fenders ,doors, bedsides,tailgate, rockers,hood,all goodmark with tri plus stickers.I hung the doors on the cab first and fit the rockers next.I hung the front fenders next lining them up with the doors.I then set the hood and adjusted the front with the brackets on the core support.I had to add a factory style shim or 2 as needed behind the fenders to get the correct gap along the length of the hood then I had to readjust the door hinges slightly.Other than adding a few shims where needed I had no problems at all.The truck looks awsome.I recently tried to hang a set of goodmark doors for a guy and they would not fit no matter how I tried to adjust them.I hung 2 old doors on the truck to check out the fitment of the new rockers and they lined up fine.He said the doors were goodmark parts but they were definantly not the same quaility as the previous set I installed and I didn't see a triplus sticker on them.I have installed a least a dozen sets of triplus rockers and never had a fitment issue.they are way better than any other aftermarket rocker I have ever seen.
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Lake Arthur, LA
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Re: Who's makes the best fit replacement panels
Thank you guys. I have gatherd alot of info from this. This is my first biuld of something this old and just trying to same myself time and money buy doing a lil research first.
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