Re: YearOne Ebody door panels - how close to original?
[Re: roadrunninMark]
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12/12/15 09:03 PM
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bought a set in 2007,from yearone they were made by palco industries,molded in b5 blue,the panels were not close to factory,the plastic was like model car plastic,chipped and cracked very easy,the originals had like a flexible rubber plastic to them,these did not,the pass side front was way off from fitting and the grain was a lot larger than factory.hopfully over the last 8 years they have gotten better.
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Re: YearOne Ebody door panels - how close to original?
[Re: roadrunninMark]
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12/13/15 12:20 AM
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AFAIK the ONLY injection molded examples are the ones Metro had made, if you find them elsewhere it's likely that they are just vending Metro's.
I doubt we'll ever see injection molded rear panels of any kind, too many variables, color, etc. and a very small market for a VERY expensive endeavor (price out injection molded tooling sometime, then check into minimum runs required, it'll be sobering believe me!). Quite frankly I'm shocked the fronts got done. Hopefully I will proven wrong because rears are sorely needed. Palco's and Accuform's are all thermoformed and are nothing like originals in fit, texture, or raw material. Junk IMO
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Re: YearOne Ebody door panels - how close to original?
[Re: roadrunninMark]
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12/14/15 01:07 AM
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Metro never made those panels they just marketed them.They are made in China by a Company...J-L.
"Long Live Mopars"
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Re: YearOne Ebody door panels - how close to original?
[Re: roadrunninMark]
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12/14/15 04:19 PM
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I think now that Metro is focusing on skateboards he has sold off most pieces of his restoration parts to others. I think the only thing he kept was the antennas. So,whoever currently owns them they are ones that Metro developed and now are being sold through more distribution, it seems.
At any rate, the door panels are nice. My issue was (I did discuss this with Joel), why would you have the holes drilled for woodgrain inserts and/or window cranks/pwr windows?? Provide a template and have the customers drill the holes. It complicates their offerings. I wanted non-woodgrain (early production) power window in blue...guess what? They didn't have them drilled that way.
Regarding the convertible panels, Metro was taking credit card numbers with an agreement to purchase to try and get to a quantity where they could make the tooling. I am not sure what their magic quantity was, but they never got to it. I think he was thinking the panels would have been about $900/set. I can't believe more weren't interested, but those would be expensive tools and unfortunately different tools for Cuda and Challenger. My guess is he got the engineering part done though, so if someone wanted to help the hobby and all their friends on Moparts....
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