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Offline Elpresidente

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Aftermarket door shells
« on: October 17, 2011, 08:44:00 pm »
So I picked up a pair of aftermarket door shells for my '82, and they are actually impossible to properly align on the truck.
Has anyone else had this experience with the aftermarket doors?
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Offline nucknoel89

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Re: Aftermarket door shells
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2011, 08:58:18 pm »
So I picked up a pair of aftermarket door shells for my '82, and they are actually impossible to properly align on the truck.
Has anyone else had this experience with the aftermarket doors?
I tried them, they are absolute poop.  I ended up getting an OEM one from a wrecker.

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Re: Aftermarket door shells
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2011, 06:03:41 am »
Find a set of OE doors from an 88~91 Blazer/Suburban.

Not only do they fit perfectly, they are galvanized, and won't rust as easily. :)
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Offline fitz

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Re: Aftermarket door shells
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2011, 06:44:09 am »
What brand are they? You can get Goodmark doors on this sites online store.

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Re: Aftermarket door shells
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2011, 11:04:31 am »
Not sure. They were ordered through a body shop in town, i'll have to reskin my old doors.
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Re: Aftermarket door shells
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2011, 05:03:23 pm »
Cut the skins off the replacements if you aren't returning them.
Even OEM doors from another truck will require alignment.  I had one with a factory and aftermarket and I ended up working with the factory one longer to get it aligned....