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HardKoreKustoms · 10-22-2013, 12:44 AM

which of tge two companies make better panels mar k or tabco both are us made correct?

**FirstOwner69** · 10-22-2013, 10:47 AM

I have limited experience and I'm not sure what panels you are asking about. However, I tried 2 offshore brands of front bed panels and both fit like crap. I then ordered from Mar-K and theirs dropped right in. I've also bought all my other bed restoration parts from Mar-K and everything was perfect. Their customer service is also top-notch. I'd have no hesitation recommending Mar-K. I know nothing about Tabco.

**lolife99** · 10-22-2013, 11:24 AM

X2 for Mar-K.

Hubscrub · 10-22-2013, 07:25 PM

the mar k bed cross members i used were great pieces and made heavy fit perfect

Vorcutt · 10-22-2013, 08:04 PM

I have Mar-K front panel, cross members, wood and stainless strips (fleetside). Everything is top notch! I wish they made bed panels for fleetsides......maybe someday? Their product and service were both as good as, or better than any vendor I've used throughout this build.

hugger6933 · 10-22-2013, 08:57 PM

I though t they used to offer a complete bed kit did they and they quit? Did they not have fleetside bedsides? I may be confused. It most def would not be the first time on time subject. Jim

Vorcutt · 10-23-2013, 09:00 PM

They don't offer fleetside bedsides (unfortunately)

67swb72klb · 10-23-2013, 10:35 PM

I bought front floor repair panels and lower front door pillers from tabco the parts were nice and thick galvinized too no problems with fitment

alsriv2 · 10-25-2013, 11:01 AM

This is great information. I ordered some parts from LMC years ago and the fit was junk. But the truck was not pretty and a hammer solved my fitment issues.

**Jurassic-1** · 10-25-2013, 10:07 PM

I have used Mar-K parts in the past and have always had good quality. The moldings are hard to tell from original. I have used LMC and they dented just installing them and the cost was not that different.

Davis53 · 10-26-2013, 06:55 AM

Mar-K all the way great product!

**72ironmike** · 10-26-2013, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vorcutt

They don't offer fleetside bedsides (unfortunately)

I have a pair of Mar K short bedsides in Mar K boxes. You should call Mar K.

10-22-2013, 12:44 AM	#1
HardKoreKustoms Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 84	mar k or tabco which of tge two companies make better panels mar k or tabco both are us made correct?

10-22-2013, 10:47 AM	#2
FirstOwner69 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin & Arizona Posts: 4,842	Re: mar k or tabco I have limited experience and I'm not sure what panels you are asking about. However, I tried 2 offshore brands of front bed panels and both fit like crap. I then ordered from Mar-K and theirs dropped right in. I've also bought all my other bed restoration parts from Mar-K and everything was perfect. Their customer service is also top-notch. I'd have no hesitation recommending Mar-K. I know nothing about Tabco.

10-22-2013, 11:24 AM	#3
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,690	Re: mar k or tabco X2 for Mar-K. __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823

10-22-2013, 07:25 PM	#4
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: mar k or tabco the mar k bed cross members i used were great pieces and made heavy fit perfect __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

10-22-2013, 08:04 PM	#5
Vorcutt Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 36	Re: mar k or tabco I have Mar-K front panel, cross members, wood and stainless strips (fleetside). Everything is top notch! I wish they made bed panels for fleetsides......maybe someday? Their product and service were both as good as, or better than any vendor I've used throughout this build.

10-22-2013, 08:57 PM	#6
hugger6933 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Marianna Arkansas Posts: 7,261	Re: mar k or tabco I though t they used to offer a complete bed kit did they and they quit? Did they not have fleetside bedsides? I may be confused. It most def would not be the first time on time subject. Jim

10-23-2013, 09:00 PM	#7
Vorcutt Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 36	Re: mar k or tabco They don't offer fleetside bedsides (unfortunately)

10-23-2013, 10:35 PM	#8
67swb72klb Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: livingston co.mi Posts: 2,452	Re: mar k or tabco I bought front floor repair panels and lower front door pillers from tabco the parts were nice and thick galvinized too no problems with fitment __________________ California 65 GTO---Texas 64 burb 283 ---Oklahoma 67 CST SWB BBW wood bed 327 2004r---New Mexico 72 k10 350 350 auto---Georga 72 short step project

10-25-2013, 11:01 AM	#9
alsriv2 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Formerly MD and San Diego, now loving life in Arizona Posts: 1,636	Re: mar k or tabco This is great information. I ordered some parts from LMC years ago and the fit was junk. But the truck was not pretty and a hammer solved my fitment issues. __________________ Alan 2012 Ram 3500 Dually Crew Cab 6.7 Cummins 2014 Palomino Columbus 340RK 5th wheel '69 Chevy C10 396BB

10-25-2013, 10:07 PM	#10
Jurassic-1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New River Arizona Posts: 1,180	Re: mar k or tabco I have used Mar-K parts in the past and have always had good quality. The moldings are hard to tell from original. I have used LMC and they dented just installing them and the cost was not that different.

10-26-2013, 06:55 AM	#11
Davis53 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: RoundRock,TX Posts: 8	Re: mar k or tabco Mar-K all the way great product!



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