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Old 06-22-2013, 07:58 PM   #1
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Question Best Place To Buy Patch Panels?

What is the best place to buy replacement metal? Who has the best fit and quality for the money?
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Old 06-22-2013, 11:48 PM   #2
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Re: Best Place To Buy Patch Panels?

Personal opinion... None. It's gotten to the point to were i'd rather cut up dented or too far gone bedsides and weld those for my floor pans/rockers and all that. After JCWHITNEY crappy floor pans and LMC's inner fenders i started looking for NOS
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Old 06-22-2013, 11:52 PM   #3
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Re: Best Place To Buy Patch Panels?

Well I need a rocker, cab corners, and rear bed floor patch. I don't have the time to do a lot of that work so I need pre-shaped metal. And I'm still not making enough to buy NOS parts.
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Old 06-23-2013, 12:02 AM   #4
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Re: Best Place To Buy Patch Panels?

Can try tabco. Heard good things on them. Lots of ppl have opinions on each brand i guarentee others will chime in.
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Re: Best Place To Buy Patch Panels?

Yeah thats the only thing I hate about these trucks and living in Indiana is finding good metal.
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Re: Best Place To Buy Patch Panels?

Itntook me a year to find a rust free bed and even it's buggered up on the driver side by the gas filler door... Then 2 weeks later i bought a flatbed lol.
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Old 06-23-2013, 12:12 AM   #7
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Re: Best Place To Buy Patch Panels?

Yeah haha I hate find sheet metal. But I found some sources for bolt-on metal but now I need a good source for patch panels.
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