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Offline Cowman85

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body panels
« on: February 15, 2009, 11:09:07 am »
i heard that you can get new body panels cheap(canadian$) under 200 for the doors, around 300 for a box side etc, does anyone know if there is any truth to this? i would rather just replace them in time then do bondo work.
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Offline 84chevysilverado

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Re: body panels
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2009, 03:44:18 pm »
not to sure but i dont think its true I looked into buying new box sides for my truck and they were 500 bucks canadian thats one side. so instead i phoned up a guy that will bring a shortbox up from arizona in perfect condition for 1000$ I could never fix my box for that amount.
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Offline Cowman85

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Re: body panels
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2009, 11:31:14 pm »
well that sucks, bondo here we come!
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Offline 80stepsideguy

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Re: body panels
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2009, 11:55:28 am »
You should be able to find some pieces aftermarket but look around on craigslist or your local papers for good used parts.

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Re: body panels
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2009, 03:03:10 am »


Thats a very similar site to "Sherman" parts
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Re: body panels
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2009, 09:38:00 am »
I bought from Sherman once, for an 86 Chevy van. The parts were complete crap. The floor patch was stamped at about a 20 degree angle to what it was cut to fit.
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Re: body panels
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2009, 10:31:26 am »
I've only had full panels from them and they seem ok although I did have to unpick the tailgate and re-spot it!
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