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Opinion on repop doors
I am considering buying some new Tri-Plus doors locally. What do you guys think of them? I know there are horror stories of them not fitting well, but I also hear that Tri-Plus are better than most.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
I got an older repop Suburban door that was just junk, I wouldnt have passed it off to anyone like was done to me.....I hope that the fit and metal quality has gotten better but you wont know until you open the package....
I would look for original doors.... Smitty
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
Wow. Maybe I should just fix what I have.
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
I bought 2 repop's from Classic ind. Dumbest thing I ever did. They don't fit right in any way. You'll see em on the parts board one day. Yes they'll be described that way.
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
A door has a lot of contours to it, making it very hard to reproduce accurately. I have NEVER heard a good thing about repop doors. I would try and locate a nice set of used originals.
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
Or just fix mine.
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
I almost couldn't give away a set of not very bad doors about a year ago. Needless to say I was pretty thin when I was in sales.
I got a set of 71 doors from the local pick-n-pull that are rust free. One has a big dent and the other a bullet hole, but otherwise they're great. Used doors are out there, just troll the scrap yards and CL... |
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
I used a Tri-plus door a it fit just fine. The factory doors have something like under oat sprayed inside so they are heavier and close better. If you get some repros, spray some on the inside and you'll be ok.
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
I tried to use some repops..they were not a good fit..they now hang out in the shed....
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
I know nothing about Tri Plus, but recently purchased doors from Atheys that were KeyParts and the fit was perfect, truck is in paint shop now and I myself would never deal with trying to repair old doors again. Maybe the two I have are the exception to the rule.
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
I have Goodmark doors and they do not fit worth a darn. Course I guess it is possible that it was my bodywork on the cab but I dont think so.
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
Got mine from Classic Ind. I had to cut (and reweld) the top of the outer window frame where the point is (front post and surround joint ) to provide the propper clearance around door opening, plus the body lines were out of alignment.
The door skin flexes like crazy ( oil cans, I think is the propper term ) It makes it very difficult to block sand because the surface is constantly moving. I had to re-enforce the inner surface to stop the flexing. The door skin is NOT spot welded to the inner door shell, so I had to provide them so that I could then pull the outer skin into alignment with the cabs lines (hard to explain) In other words a major P.I.T.A. |
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
Anybody used TABCO?
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
Keyparts and triplus were the same. I just talked to Tim Christian about doors and he said Keyparts had worked on them and they are really good now. Keep in mind that every truck can be slightly different. I've used original doors that didn't fit one cab as good as another....
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
You must buy the doors labeled Key Parts not Tri-Plus they way more than the Tri-Plus and fit 100 times better!
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
where do you get the tri-plus doors?
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
Yea, poor fitting aftermarket panels are why its taking me so long. I tried to fix the factory doors, but had the same problems with the door skins flexing, plus somebody didn't think to mount the doors on the cab before he welded in the door bottoms. (ain't mentioning no names)
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
I don't know about tri-plus, everyone else SUCKS!!!
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
Another bad experience here. I bought two new repops. One didn't even fit in the hole. After a week of trying to make them work they got tossed and replaced with originals that needed work. They fit like a glove.
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Re: Opinion on repop doors
They are actually three companys that make these doors. Yes three set of tooling out in the aftermarket world.
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try finding them up here that are not rotted all the way up to the upper hinge |
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