body panels gm vs aftermarket

eliasuk98 · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:18 am Post subject: body panels gm vs aftermarket

guys im in a dilema, ive just bought loads of gm panels from opel germany, but some parts they dont have, such as sills and passenger side complete quater panel.. regards sills i can get hold of copy parts... what do you guys think of the copy parts?? quality of material etc.. cheers

mk indy blade · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:39 am Post subject:

patten parts are ok like sills but dont use them on wings dorrs they do not fit right

Mark1GTE · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:58 am Post subject:

gm never produced a full sill anyway,only a centre section about the length of the door that then tied in with a sill section attached onto the rear quarter section panel etc if that makes sense

pattern sills,rear corners etc are fine but as brookie said wings etc can be a hit or miss for alignment etc but can be made to fit with patience and a bit of luck

hadrian panels are not the worst pattern panels imo and you don`t need to fit the full panel just cut out what you require from the new panel to be welded in to fix the rotten area and then blend it back in