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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!
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roblav1 |
Dec 4 2021, 04:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: 18-September 12 From: KY Member No.: 14,943 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
OEM is definitely best. RD is pretty good, but I swear their panels are thicker steel than original... but I've never measured.
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Mark Henry |
Dec 5 2021, 07:38 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
There’s nos Porsche and then everything else. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Anything Restoration Design develops is usually good stuff. There's always going to be some tweaking needed however theirs is the best IMO. Most of the stuff AA produced/developed requires quite a bit more work. I avoid these items if possible. Not that easy ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) some stuff you buy from RD is AA's & vice versa. You are correct. I chose my words carefully. Developed vs. Sells The RD bare steel (galvalume) parts are made in house, parts that are in primer are from other suppliers. OEM is definitely best. RD is pretty good, but I swear their panels are thicker steel than original... but I've never measured. IIRC 22 gauge, about the same as OE. From what I have bought and have seen RD is the hands down best aftermarket panels. Their shop is top notch and they put profits back into making us more products. They've made huge investment putting a new large addition on and ever year they have more machines, dies and inventory. We're lucky to have RD. |
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