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Sheetmetal Replacement Quality |
DaveB |
Dec 4 2021, 02:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 169 Joined: 25-November 21 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 26,107 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I am sorting out a '75 914 and will replace a lot of the sheetmetal. Are there differences in the replacement panels and sheetmetal quality from various manufacturers? I've worked on other makes where we have fit/QA issues with body metal from certain manufacturers. Is there a way to distinguish the sheetmetal manufacturers from suppliers other than price point? If there is a thread on this, just point me over to it - thanks!
DaveB |
Montreal914 |
Dec 4 2021, 10:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,675 Joined: 8-August 10 From: Claremont, CA Member No.: 12,023 Region Association: Southern California |
I bought this repair piece from AA for the top rear portion of the front fender where it meets the cowling.
I ended up using a portion of a donor parts car. I was very disappointed in the large radius bend where the rubber trim will squeeze in. With the AA Radius, there would have been a very large gap. Waste of money in my opinion. Here you can see the part removed from my car and the repair piece. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) I am not a bodywork person by trade and this might be acceptable for some, but it is not in my mechanical engineer standard. The value in this repair piece is that specific bend and they screwed it up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) |
SirAndy |
Dec 4 2021, 10:54 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,815 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Here you can see the part removed from my car and the repair piece. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) I am not a bodywork person by trade and this might be acceptable for some, but it is not in my mechanical engineer standard. The value in this repair piece is that specific bend and they screwed it up. Oh wow, that isn't even close ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) |
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