New GB door cards early and late LIKE OEM!, These will be $169 a set of 2 - Will go up after GB |
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New GB door cards early and late LIKE OEM!, These will be $169 a set of 2 - Will go up after GB |
Mikey914 |
Nov 20 2015, 07:28 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,711 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
Yes we will still be doing the fiberglass door cards so don't worry.
We have noticed that the fiberglass is a superior material, but many cars don't see much action in the rain, and the OEM cards have held up for over 30 years in some cases. We wanted to make an inexpensive way to make your doors look like new for much less. Leaving you more money for other things you need. So we set out to replicate the the factory style door panels. So who is interested in a new set of door panels? Early, late and with a variety of colors What do you need? We plan to be able to start shipping end of Jan early Feb. Note the panel shown is the fiberglass more pics to come as we progress. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Mikey914 |
Apr 21 2016, 11:55 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,711 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
If these were flat it would be a non even. It's the fact there is an undercut top bolster, and the 3 prongs that fit into the door itself. The fiberglass is a very nice way to do these, it's just more expensive, I went back to James and he looking at doing these in a larger quantity to get a better materials break and setting up a few more molds. He should have the numbers back to me in a few days. The other issue was the aluminum strips were about $7 a door set. So I'm cutting the die to make them to help bring down the cost. I'm hoping that if we can get within $25 of the cardboard it would be the best option and price.
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BillC |
Apr 22 2016, 09:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 550 Joined: 24-April 15 From: Silver Spring, MD Member No.: 18,667 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Have you looked at ABS sheet as a substrate? Not horribly expensive, easy to cut and vacuum-thermo-form, not brittle and readily available in different thicknesses. And probably much less labor-intensive than fiberglass.
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