Best place to buy door panels?

[GMC Guy]

title says it all. just wondering where you guys have bought door panels. i'm hitting the pick n pull thursday, but never seem to have much luck there :/

[355bullet]

i bought might @ LMC. little different from the oem, but i dig them.
A month ago i went to salvage yards to get the plastic pillars, no luck.
Either they are too old, damaged or cracked.
i just ordered new ones from classicparts.com

[CaliDude76]

Originally Posted by GMC Guy

title says it all. just wondering where you guys have bought door panels. i'm hitting the pick n pull thursday, but never seem to have much luck there :/

How bad off are the ones you have?? You might can just paint em..I did mine, and they were in bad shape.. dont have before pix... but they were real rough.

[GMC Guy]

well i have painted them but it's chipping off. the biggest thing is that i'm missing all the trim off the driver side panel...(the stainless piece in the middle and the trim around it) it just looks like crap, and they are really an eyesore to my otherwise new interior.

[CaliDude76]

Originally Posted by GMC Guy

well i have painted them but it's chipping off. the biggest thing is that i'm missing all the trim off the driver side panel...(the stainless piece in the middle and the trim around it) it just looks like crap, and they are really an eyesore to my otherwise new interior.

.. yeah, mine are starting to peel on the armrest part,.. I learned that's the downfall of doing it that way,. oh well.. it'll do, till I find what I want.

You should have good luck finding stuff over there in the bay area...

LMC, ClassicParts, Brothers.. is what I have catalogs for... sorry I couldn't tell you the quality of the stuff from them.. haven't ordered stuff like that yet..
Although I hear that they all get their stuff from the same distributors... It's just about price wars. I could be wrong...but you never know
Good Luck!

[GMC Guy]

well you're probably right. all that stuff is probably coming from the same factories oversees...
i thought about having the door panels i have recovered in vinyl, but the shops i talked to wanted over $200

[Orange77]

damn 200 bucks thats the cost of a new set! i thought it would be cheaper to have them covered especially in vinyl id expect a higher price for leather or suede or something custom...

[TexasJeff]

I ordered my from LMC, they are okay, I have alot of fitment issues installing them, and they still don't quite fit perfectly. They sure look alot better than my old ones that is ofr sure.

[tswore]

Originally Posted by GMC Guy

well you're probably right. all that stuff is probably coming from the same factories oversees...
i thought about having the door panels i have recovered in vinyl, but the shops i talked to wanted over $200

Having them done in vinyl would be sweet. I have covered panels before, and 200 doesnt sound too bad. Its hard to do, and takes some time and skill. In the end you will end up with what looks to be a brand new panel, but feels like a nicer piece. I have never liked the molded plastic panels, a vinyl wrapped panel would feel more expensive and higher quality. That is, if the wrapping is done right.

[West Texas Z]

TexasJeff, that looks real good!.

[Scottsdale Doc]

Looking at ordering new door panels from LMC within the next week. Did they come with the screws?
Seems like with LMC they like to sell each item separately.

[TexasJeff]

Mine came with new screws, but you have to use your old plastic inserts.

[West Texas Z]

Originally Posted by TexasJeff

Mine came with new screws, but you have to use your old plastic inserts.

What inserts?

[nbpro]

inserts are the plastic ,and sometimes metal, trim around the inside of the doors. Pictures up above show a wood grain and what looks to be billet. These can be costly as well.

[West Texas Z]

Originally Posted by nbpro

inserts are the plastic ,and sometimes metal, trim around the inside of the doors. Pictures up above show a wood grain and what looks to be billet. These can be costly as well.

oh!! I have billet in mine.

[TexasJeff]

My doors have plastic inserts that slide into the metal of the door for the screws to go into, they are used for the 4 bottom holes in the door panels.
See pictures

[West Texas Z]

Ah, you mean screw retainers? I wonder if our local parts store sells them?

[mbgmike]

Actually most all companies sell the exact same ones we do. They are made in the USA from Palco Industries

[West Texas Z]

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=394286

This guy makes awesome doors and dashes for cheap.

[TheSunDanceKid]

if you are having issues with paint chiping go down to autozone or wally world they have a plastic paint and get some wax and tar remover wipe it down let it dry wipe with dry rag paint with the plastic paint and it wont chip i didnt prepare mine or anything just sprayed i figured id replace them later any ways and they look like new had it done for about a year and no chiping yet did my neeighbors 72 also which were orig panels and they have been for about 9months no chiping just dont use it on fabric it makes it sticky and it dosent go away use the vinel paint for the armrest and saddlle bag if you have one

[GMC Guy]

that a good idea. but i'm still missing the trim for the driver side panel...and it ain't cheap to buy it new. i really don't know what to do, there doesn't seem to be a cheap way of going about it

[OleBlue79]

This guy sells good stuff.
http://store.73-87chevytrucks.com/merchant2/