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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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dlee6204 |
Dec 4 2021, 04:10 PM
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Howdy Group: Members Posts: 2,162 Joined: 30-April 06 From: Burnsville, NC Member No.: 5,956 |
I've used quite a bit of replacement metal and yes, there is a difference between manufacturers.
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. |
dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Feb 15 2022, 11:59 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,055 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
Factory Dansk Stoddard, Restoration Design and us.
Restoration Design has much of our 914 tooling so the pieces are top quality. They also make their own as well as buy from Dansk. Stoddard buys from Dansk. Stoddard and AA has parts made from their tooling at K&K in Michigan. That is about it. We purchased excellent excellent tooling from Perfect Panels years ago and it is very very good, much better than Dansk I've used quite a bit of replacement metal and yes, there is a difference between manufacturers. 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. |
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