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Worst repro part ever done?
Posted By: ChallengerRag
Worst repro part ever done? - 05/10/11 08:45 PM
Besides my self made tinplate go wing on my 69 Mach One. Hmmm when doing it was only 18 years old at that time, still looks cool on pics and without root hehe.
Today recived an part that might compete for the nr1 worst case ever done! This part recived in an ok paper box with ai logo and text ANCHOR replacement part.
Inside an E-body tranny mount. When looking at it, you can see the metal body structure is not pararell on the sides, this makes the aligment of machined tranny surface to not match up. In the steel bracket the new Korea made rubber is sitting pretty high on one side of streel mount and oposite in other side. Is a werry good mount for the E-bodys that have had there one leg cut off, maby it´s an Vietnam thing.
It is supposed to be painted black. When tutching it aint paint it looks like they have tumbled it in charcoal. This thing cant take an tranny even if its a gelly housing.
What do i want say with all this: is not an part you ever will dream about having in your car, stay out!
Give me your worst case repro part, is wormly welcome! just dont want be alone and so negative
Thanks Moparts
/Michael
Chally Rag
Posted By: TWS
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/10/11 09:04 PM
Trunk mats. It's a mystery why after all these years, no one can make a decent reproduction trunk mat. My trunks will go without rather than put one of those pieces of garbage in there.
Posted By: gdonovan
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/10/11 09:25 PM
'74 Duster bench seat pivot covers- Wrong grain, holes in wrong spot, wrong plastic, too thick and all the stampings are indistinct.
Posted By: sixpackbee
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/10/11 09:53 PM
Try as I may I could not get some wheelwell mouldings to fit on a 70 cuda in the shop. What junk. Most repro stuff requires some massaging but the only massaging these will get will be from the compactor at the land fill.
Posted By: dsp
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 02:44 AM
Speaking of poorly built motor mounts. I recently bought a passenger side mount for a 96 Neon from NAPA. This mount was also made by Anchor and the top strap was welded crooked. Everybody else in town sells the same Anchor mount in different packaging...except AutoZone. The AutoZone mount was made in China (I know, I know). Of course the top strap was not only welded crooked, but backward as well!
Posted By: RoadRunnerJD
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 02:46 AM
Repro fan belts
Posted By: biginchmotor
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 04:10 AM
I just purchased a 4 speed shifter boot for my Barracuda and the opening where the shifter pokes through is not only crooked but paper thin on one corner so it will rip after a couple shifts. Must be very difficult to make this part...garbage. If there is a better one out there let me know. John.
Posted By: Kern Dog
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 08:22 AM
For YEARS the ACC carpet kits were sent out too short. My Charger is one example. Just before I bought it, the previous owner had installed a green ACC kit. The carpet stopped right at the gas pedal. Sitting in the back seat or looking in through the rear window, you could see bare firewall. Not good. Then when I changed the interior color to Charcoal/Black, I bought another ACC kit since I was unaware of any other vendors. This one sits about an inch above the gas pedal. NOT much better. I'm going to weld in frame connectors this winter, and since the carpet needs to come out due to the welding, I hope the new kits come with more material. Anyone know if their quality control has improved since 2004?
Posted By: gdonovan
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 10:37 AM
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For YEARS the ACC carpet kits were sent out too short. My Charger is one example. Just before I bought it, the previous owner had installed a green ACC kit. The carpet stopped right at the gas pedal.
Great, I purchased an ACC carpet kit for my Dart because the Trim Parts kit sucked so bad.
Well if the ACC carpet sucks less than the Trim Parts one I'll be happy.
Posted By: MLR426
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 01:35 PM
If you want an up grade on carpet qaulity and fit you have to go to Dave Walden ECS.
logan426
Posted By: DAYCLONA
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 03:00 PM
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For YEARS the ACC carpet kits were sent out too short. My Charger is one example. Just before I bought it, the previous owner had installed a green ACC kit. The carpet stopped right at the gas pedal. Sitting in the back seat or looking in through the rear window, you could see bare firewall. Not good. Then when I changed the interior color to Charcoal/Black, I bought another ACC kit since I was unaware of any other vendors. This one sits about an inch above the gas pedal. NOT much better. I'm going to weld in frame connectors this winter, and since the carpet needs to come out due to the welding, I hope the new kits come with more material. Anyone know if their quality control has improved since 2004?
....the ACC carpets always fell short on mat'l,....but that seem to hold true on the standard stock "grandma" loop style carpets,...for my personal cars, I always ordered my rugs custom made from ACC in high cut pile,...seems there was plenty of mat'l, plus being freshly made, the time it spent rolled up in the box was a few days, vs who knows how long the standard stock rugs are sitting in stock in the boz,....last rug (Ebody 4spd) I bought was just a few months ago, again High pile custom order for myself, because it is not avaliable stock came in with no issues,...the last few "stock" loop pile "grandma" rugs that I've ordered for customers had the usual problems, boxed for who knows how long, wrinkle city, cut short at the doors, or firewall, or both......if your set on the "grandma" loop style your best to see Dave W at ECS for a better fitting loop carpet (which are made by ACC, btw),....but ACC does offer their carpets in custom mat'ls,.....I prefere the high pile because it looks so much better,....the oldest ACC carpet I have is in my Challenger T/A,...high pile, black, 32 yrs old, still looks brand new,....the last loop pile black ACC rug I put in a customers car, turned purple in about 2 yrs
Mike
Posted By: DPelletier
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 04:38 PM
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Trunk mats. It's a mystery why after all these years, no one can make a decent reproduction trunk mat. My trunks will go without rather than put one of those pieces of garbage in there.
I have alot of bad repro parts; probably too many to mention here....they decorate my storage room now! 
but those trunk mats are pretty bad!
Dave
Posted By: 3406pac
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 04:38 PM
Seems like there is still a need for a forum for this type of comments, but hasnt had any momentum yet. Any idea how to petition for this?
The following is a link to other Moparts members looking for this type of input, sure could help a lot of us save some time searching.
"Another restoration part complaint"
https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...rue#Post6523949
Posted By: DPelletier
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 04:43 PM
I purchased reproduction wheel well mouldings and reproduction valance moulding.....and the originals are back on the car and the repops are on the shelf.
Dave
Posted By: new bee
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 05:17 PM
Kick panels for B-bodies are prettly awful. The grain is way off and they are too glossy.
Posted By: N9671X2
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 05:35 PM
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I purchased reproduction wheel well mouldings and reproduction valance moulding.....and the originals are back on the car and the repops are on the shelf.
Dave
Dave, who did you get the wheel opening moldings from? I got them from Dale's Cuda Shop and they fit perfect, I was shocked, but they were the best fitting repop wom's I ever seen.
Posted By: domingo
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 06:13 PM
Goodmark Challenger trunk lid.
JUNK!
Posted By: DPelletier
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 06:28 PM
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I purchased reproduction wheel well mouldings and reproduction valance moulding.....and the originals are back on the car and the repops are on the shelf.
Dave
Dave, who did you get the wheel opening moldings from? I got them from Dale's Cuda Shop and they fit perfect, I was shocked, but they were the best fitting repop wom's I ever seen.
I'll have to check; I've been collecting parts for this car for 5 years, so it's been awhile and I'm getting old so I forget! 
Dave
Posted By: MAVERICKSHEMI
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 09:05 PM
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If you want an up grade on carpet qaulity and fit you have to go to Dave Walden ECS.
logan426
Posted By: scatcity
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 09:05 PM
Maybe not the worst but, '72 & up tailpanel DODGE letters for Challengers are junk. The castings are disproportioned and the pin holes don't line up. A waste of money and taking up valuable toolbox space...
Posted By: mikemee1331
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 09:15 PM
b-body door cat whiskers and and window wipes get my vote!
Posted By: new bee
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 09:16 PM
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b-body door cat whiskers and and window wipes get my vote!
This is true unless you buy Topcat whiskers. They work very well.
Posted By: mopars_1
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 09:19 PM
never been a fan of legendarys headliners. I dont know if im cursed, but Ive had several in a row that were sewen wrong and dont have the correct loops for the bows. ends up being a lot of work putting them in! and Ill second the crappy trunk mats. sure wouldn't think itd be that hard to come up with a better mat
Posted By: pishta
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 09:41 PM
I also got a Legendary headliner for my '65. 2 Panels were too wide so they never tightened up and the rear sail panel was cut too short. Also the thing must have been stored outside or been on the vendor table for a long time as the creases from the fold could never get taught, like it stretched or something. Looks like crap but its slightly better than bare metal with bows and glue splatter.
It goes for other makes too, that show that rest-mods muscle cars and sells them for huge bucks at BJ and other auctions (ie EFI, paddle shifters, tubular suspension, always blue metallic paint, 4 disc, Ford 9's on everything, etc) bought a repo Pontiac elastomeric front bumper for a GTO and it was 2 inches too narrow! I dont think they were able to use it.
Posted By: Morty426
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/11/11 10:21 PM
Worst?
Goodmark Challenger Dutchman Panel - was too long, tested it and it fits over an NOS one that I have.
Second worst?
Year One E-Body Gas Tank Strapes - too long
Posted By: Pacnorthcuda
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 12:19 AM
am I really the first to post "PALCO DOOR PANELS"????
Posted By: Pacnorthcuda
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 12:21 AM
and how about the cardboard interior "Sail Panels" for ebodies. Right. A piece of cardboard. Not formed or shaped, just flat. And a clip that will not hold.
Posted By: Furyman
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 12:29 AM
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am I really the first to post "PALCO
Nope ,the hinge covers and kick panels mentioned above are both Palco.
Anything I've ever seen by Palco is very poor looks and fitwise.
Their E Body A Post plastic is awful too.
Posted By: AARCONV
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 01:50 AM
cuda inside door lock knobs...fits over the shaft but is drilled to high to allow the set screw to pass over it..better off with the originals....
Posted By: superwrench
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 04:58 AM
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b-body door cat whiskers and and window wipes get my vote!
This is true unless you buy Topcat whiskers. They work very well.
Not entirely true...My Top Cat's are definitely TOO thick...the windows will hardly roll up and down. 68 GTX.
Posted By: Kern Dog
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 07:27 AM
I bought a headliner kit from Year One back in 2003 for the Charger. The upholstery guy found it to be too short and actually ripped it trying to get it stretched to fit. A week later, he stitched one himself (Free of charge) and installed it easily. He is a trusted professional so I feel confident that he told the truth.
The door/window fuzzies? I HAVE the ones that Year One sold in 2003. The right window is rolled up and down far less than the left side, yet it is the right that is coming apart. Not good. The Y1 sill plates had the holes drilled in a different spot than my car did. The wheel opening moldings fit well though. The package tray was nice. The door panels were an absolute work of art, as were the seat skins.
Posted By: Pale_Roader
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 09:38 AM
Working in the hot rod supply store for well over a year doing the S&H i saw all kinds ov ugly crap. Some ov it was just utterly unacceptable. But the worst, and i mean THE WORST abortion ov craftsmanship being passed off as replacement parts were the 69-71 Fury quarter skins... cant remember the company (not like there could be more than one). I wanted a pair for my 71 at the time, finding only rust locally, and i was warned, warned again, and then vehemently warned about dropping the idea. Well then, a year later some poor schmuck walks in and orders them, after the same warnings, he didn't care... and we got them soon after.
These things looked like some drunk toothless hillbilly high on shine and diesel fumes got angry and bent some cheap sheetmetal over a split-rail fence. They didn't even have the Fury body lines. How do you even make a mold this bad...??? Oddly, the company that made them made other models' panels in good quality... but woe betide the guy that NEEDS some quarters for his Fury...
Ugh.
Posted By: Gavin
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 12:17 PM
Rear Valance (prob Goodmark, it was before AMD anyway) for Challenger R/T. Has to be cut and rewelded just to get close? I mean, don't they actually try these out before selling them
E Body remote door mirror gaskets. I bought two different makes - one was literally about half an inch longer than the original gasket (and obviously the mirror base) and the other the same amount shorter. It's not exactly a complex 3D shape - how difficult can it be???!!!
Posted By: 2fast4yourBrain
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 09:38 PM
The old two-piece trunk pans and the older style trunk extensions.
HORRID!
Posted By: 71redcuda
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 09:48 PM
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cuda inside door lock knobs...fits over the shaft but is drilled to high to allow the set screw to pass over it..better off with the originals....
Yep,i have a set also,wont fit.
Posted By: anlauto
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/12/11 10:09 PM
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cuda inside door lock knobs...fits over the shaft but is drilled to high to allow the set screw to pass over it..better off with the originals....
Yep,i have a set also,wont fit.
That's an easy fix to make them work, even though you shouldn't have to. 
Posted By: GI Moparman
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/13/11 03:31 AM
I did some body work on a 66 belvedere for a friend and the poor guy brought me some real crap! The sticker on the back of this pile of crap said it was Year One 66-67 plymouth b body quarter patches. Lines where so bad that I threw them in the trunk n made my own. trunk extensions were even worse!!!! I cut pieces out of them n fixxed his originals. These cars are common n popular so why cant our lil chinese friends make sheet metal for them to?
Posted By: RoadRunnerJD
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/13/11 03:49 AM
Back in the early90's, I bought what was supposed to be Hemi resonators from YEar One "Restoration" parts. What a Rube Goldberg setup. Then there was the replacement B body radio antenna that was 72" long! This is not to mention the bright mirror finish silver cad horn relay and the starter relay that had an extra thick Made in Taiwan sticker epoxied to a prominent visible location. Don't get me started...
Posted By: A12
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/13/11 03:59 AM
Most of the A12 hood pin and bezel kits to this day with the wrong lanyards, screws instead of rivets and lay down "hairpin" clips..........
MikeR
Posted By: A12
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/13/11 04:10 AM
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I purchased reproduction wheel well mouldings and reproduction valance moulding.....and the originals are back on the car and the repops are on the shelf.
Dave
Dave, who did you get the wheel opening moldings from? I got them from Dale's Cuda Shop and they fit perfect, I was shocked, but they were the best fitting repop wom's I ever seen.
Same here; I just got a set of wheel opening moldings for my '69 GTX from Metro Parts in Georgia and THEY FIT PERFECT!!! They were in plastic labeled Authentic Mopar Restoration and the screw holes were in the perfect/correct location and I just took my time with installing them and Heard all of the horror stories about wheel opening moldings and was going to leave them off if they didn't fit but they were no problem. Thank you MP and AMR
MikeR
Posted By: PAINT IT BLACK
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/13/11 10:04 PM
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I purchased reproduction wheel well mouldings and reproduction valance moulding.....and the originals are back on the car and the repops are on the shelf.
Dave
Dave, who did you get the wheel opening moldings from? I got them from Dale's Cuda Shop and they fit perfect, I was shocked, but they were the best fitting repop wom's I ever seen.
I bought Cuda wheel lip moldings from Dale's and the rears are several INCHES away from fitting (front's aren't good either). I won't even resell these. The Year One pieces I bought fit much better, but still not great... not sure who makes them.
Posted By: B5 Bee
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/14/11 02:04 AM
'69 Super Bee rear lower quarter patch panels. The ones I bought from Year One 20 years ago had the notch for the back bumper 4" higher than OEM.
Posted By: migsBIG
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/14/11 03:47 PM
Can't belive nobody has mentioned the quarter panel skins and patch panels befoe amd came out with their products. Still, some patch panels for 1971-74 roadrunner are not that good.
Another vote for incorrect hood pin kits for 1969-72 mopars.
1970+ e-body lower dash plastic.
Just about all dashpads being made (some are decent, but not correct).
Carpet kits, nuff said.
Had two guys tell me the new 1970 challenger headlight bezels are not that good for fitment.
Correct woodgrain 1968-71 steering wheels.
Probably some more items, sure people will chime it.
Posted By: TONY_DAGOSTINO
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/14/11 08:02 PM
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1970+ e-body lower dash plastic.
miguel
whats the issue with the lower dash plastics?
weve sold lots and lots of those with no issues?
please let me know
thanks
tony
Posted By: 65pacecar
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/14/11 11:31 PM
65-66 Fury Lower Quarter Panel Patches. Hands down the worst part I have ever seen, Rust actually looks better on the car.
Posted By: jmaxwdg
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/15/11 12:37 AM
AMD challenger door skins. They should come with there own bondo spreader ! Wavy pieces of crap don't really describe the quality.
Posted By: NV69B7RR
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/15/11 03:03 AM
I'd have to say a lot of the repop AMC parts are crap. You get the "better than nothing" attitude from some of the vendors.
Posted By: 67SATisfaction
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/16/11 02:46 AM
Wanna talk about bad?
Chrome '67 Satellite / GTX tail light bezels from METRO.
The studs had to be pried apart to go into the proper holes, and when I tightened them down they CRACKED MY MINT ORIGINAL TAIL LIGHT LENS.
Never been so @#&^#$ in my life.
Posted By: Silverbullet2
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/16/11 11:38 AM
Tried 2 repo 68 b-body front bumpers. Both stuck out about 2-3 inches on the left and rubbed my new paint on the right. Rechromed original fits perfect.
The absolute worst is the 68/69 seat foam. I think I ended up using the lowers, but a sack or corn shucks would fit better than those uppers!
Posted By: 72N96RR
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/16/11 08:49 PM
71/72 plastic A pillars are not even close to grain and original shape...soft edges where they should be sharp edged..holes dont line up well..or should I say the dents where you drill your own holes dont line up well..
One AMD part was the bottom radiator support..The core support wasnt a problem for my welder but the lower support needed some major tweeking to get it right..My guy said never again..
MAXIMUM are ya listening..??
Posted By: SGTFURY62
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/21/11 04:30 PM
Inner fender repros for early b-bodies. Dont know if any different now but they used to look like....
Posted By: Rhinodart
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/22/11 02:36 AM
The orginal Sherman and ASSociates quarter panels, flat with no contour, though they did try and put the body lines in...
The absolute worst for 67-69 A-Bodys was the 3-piece hood trim, the center piece had no crisp lines and both long pieces were 1/2" short!
Why even bring out crapola like that!
Posted By: migsBIG
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/22/11 11:14 AM
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1970+ e-body lower dash plastic.
miguel
whats the issue with the lower dash plastics?
weve sold lots and lots of those with no issues?
please let me know
thanks
tony
I was told they are nice, but being sold by some vendors as being correct for 1970 challenger. I believe that model is by itself, though the part looks nice and fits well. I had a set on a 1973 barracuda and looked nice. Havn't had a 1970 challenger piece in to compare the diffrence.
Posted By: TONY_DAGOSTINO
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/23/11 12:35 AM
thats correct
there currently isnt lower trim pieces made for the 70 challenger, which like you said is a 1 year, 1 car only application
shortly we will hopefully be able to offer those too,
but currently we only offer the 70-4 cuda and 71-4 challenger lower dash trims
thanks for replying
tony
Posted By: Day2Runner
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/23/11 08:18 AM
shaker bubble from the jip joint in el paso
Posted By: 62maxwgn
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/23/11 04:04 PM
See that little rubber strip ? I need say no more!
Posted By: DAYCLONA
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/23/11 05:18 PM
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See that little rubber strip ? I need say no more!
Have you tried one from First Place Auto,.....I had no issues with their Superbird "bumper",......now the fender to nose seals for the bird,....those need help
Posted By: Grizzly
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/23/11 06:00 PM
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Seems like there is still a need for a forum for this type of comments, but hasnt had any momentum yet. Any idea how to petition for this?
The following is a link to other Moparts members looking for this type of input, sure could help a lot of us save some time searching.
"Another restoration part complaint"
https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...rue#Post6523949
x 10,000
Really, this thing needs a sticky. To make it even better would be to have it seperated into "A", "B", "C", and "E"-body sub-categories as well as a "drive-train/engine parts" section. And, right below those stickies there could be a corresponding list of stuff that actually works .
It's always nice to keep everything positive and happy, but when we are talking about people wasting hard-earned money on crap product the truth needs to be put out there so the rest of us can be spared the aggravation and financial loss and go elsewhere. If a vendor does not offer "satisfaction or your money back", it is probably safest to stay away from them.
For those who have replied so far: please list the name of the company cranking this stuff out. I ask this because it can reflect on carelessness in other products they make and the only way to get proper workmanship is to complain. 
We now have decent E-body door panels as a result.
Pale Roader:
"These things looked like some drunk toothless hillbilly high on shine and diesel fumes got angry and bent some cheap sheetmetal over a split-rail fence. They didn't even have the Fury body lines. How do you even make a mold this bad...??? "
Man, did I laugh when I read this! 
Thanks!
Posted By: 62maxwgn
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/23/11 07:34 PM
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See that little rubber strip ? I need say no more!
Have you tried one from First Place Auto,.....I had no issues with their Superbird "bumper",......now the fender to nose seals for the bird,....those need help
That one is 19yrs old,only one available at that time,rubber facing is fine,metal backing if 1/3 thickness of an original.New is probably better.
Posted By: sam c
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/24/11 11:52 PM
I currently purchased a pair of rear bumperetes from amd and they do not fit an original rear bumper for a 1970 Challenger.They said that the pieces are not made by them.They also said that they will be retooling them .So until then stick with your originals
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/27/11 02:30 AM
Package trays that don't have the correct number of cutouts. I mean seriously. If you're gonna repro an easy part like that, how hard is it to do it exactly as factory?
Posted By: 71TA
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/27/11 02:46 AM
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Package trays that don't have the correct number of cutouts. I mean seriously. If you're gonna repro an easy part like that, how hard is it to do it exactly as factory?
It's ECS doing these correctly now?
Posted By: burdar
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/27/11 03:22 AM
The REM one I got doesn't even have the metal retainers on the underside for the clips.
Posted By: RoadRunnerJD
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/27/11 05:11 AM
Legendary sells REM package trays and the vinyl on the ends does not match the color or texture of the Legendary seat covers. it looks like 1965 GM material! Try getting the correct blue one for a B7 interior for your 69 B body. Impossible!
Posted By: chargervert
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/27/11 10:20 AM
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I currently purchased a pair of rear bumperetes from amd and they do not fit an original rear bumper for a 1970 Challenger.They said that the pieces are not made by them.They also said that they will be retooling them .So until then stick with your originals
I have sent a nice fitting original pair to AMD to template them from. This issue should be corrected soon.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 05/27/11 11:54 AM
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Package trays that don't have the correct number of cutouts. I mean seriously. If you're gonna repro an easy part like that, how hard is it to do it exactly as factory?
It's ECS doing these correctly now?
Yes. I got one from them a few years ago when I found out there was a difference. Thanks to ECS for their intense attention to detail.
Posted By: johnscudashop
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 06/12/11 06:36 PM
Posted By: intragration
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 07/15/11 06:29 AM
The worst parts I've gotten so far were the side marker lights. Think I got them from Year One, don't know who made them. Took lots of grinding (of plastic, not metal...) to get them to fit in the original holes.
Thankfully, I dodged several bullets, I had old NOS wheel opening moldings and carpet from when I bought the car in 1988, found a perfect used trunk, and the Just Dashes dash was great.
Now all I need are the rear trunk/quarter trim pieces, the Gran Coupe and '72-'74 style. These were available last year, can't seem to find them anymore...
Posted By: burdar
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 07/15/11 02:23 PM
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Now all I need are the rear trunk/quarter trim pieces, the Gran Coupe and '72-'74 style. These were available last year, can't seem to find them anymore...
BE&A makes them.
Are your quarters original? The old repro quarters had the side marker holes stamped wrong. My replacement side markers (from Herb's) fit the new Goodmark quarters perfectly.
Posted By: kentj340
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 07/15/11 04:28 PM
Factory original on L, PST on R.
PST, Performance Suspension Technology of New Jersey, ‘your musclecar specialist’, said, “We’ve sold thousands of these strut rod bushings, and you are the first one to complain they are too big. Why don’t you just use a castle nut and a cotter pin? I never heard of using a roll pin. You mean the original design didn’t use a castle nut?”
Posted By: kentj340
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 07/15/11 04:29 PM
PST said, “Well, why don’t you just use a saws-all and cut ‘em down?”
Posted By: JAMESDART
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 07/29/11 12:44 AM
69 dart quarter skins, the lines were awful, the reflector stampings are awful. too thin. better than nothing, i guess? even worse but much smaller, the 69 a/b body side reflectors, front seems fine, but the rear is made to the same dimensions of the front only in red instead of amber. they dont fit. the mounting tabs are wrong, and they are the wrong size. sofseal body paint gasket seat is a bunch of crap too.
Posted By: phantomx
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 07/29/11 04:10 AM
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The old two-piece trunk pans and the older style trunk extensions.
HORRID!
Yup, had a guy install both in my X about 15 years ago. Between the panels themselves, and the half assed job the guy did, I will be doing some welding and tin knocking before I get this thing on the road
Travis..
Posted By: smac77
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 07/29/11 05:09 PM
sherman/cross canada rocker panels.... one size fits all makes and models !
Posted By: lahatte
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 07/31/11 07:34 AM
Wow! You guys are destroying my faith that there are good parts available to build my latest project. All this bad news is sad, but good, to know about.
As for bad parts, back in the mid-80s I ordered a pair of 'patch panels' for the rear quarters for a cuda. They were the entire quarter panel length, covering the portion below the body line. And get this... these things were made on a sheet metal brake! And the lower rear area was simply a roll of metal, with a split between it and the rest of the panel so the body guy could mimic the curved contour at the bottom. Cleaver, no? I couldn't believe it when I saw them. Fortunately, they were slightly mashed in shipping, so at least I didn't have to pay that.
More recently, I got some front torque boxes. They don't fit, as the vertical edges are not parallel between the inside and outside. See picture. The "Made in USA" picture shows what should be correct.
Posted By: wally426ci
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 07/31/11 02:19 PM
Penstar Reproduction Ebody exterior door handles. Whoever the supplier is, the handle is not capable of being locked. That is not an option in Baltimore.
Worst customer service as well. I put originals back on and will one day spring for the newer stuff on the market.
I have to say, people shouldn't complain about Sherman, the parts cost 1/3 of others, so you get what you pay for. Id never buy that garbage.
Posted By: QuickBpBp
Re: Worst repro part ever done? - 08/01/11 03:28 AM
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Penstar Reproduction
Go noooooo further than those 2 words.. I honestly do not know how this outfit is still in business...The 72 RR grille mounting kit does not have one bolt or screw similar to the originals..The plastic washers are nice though..
