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Anyone make nice sail panels for a '71 GTX?
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04/02/16 04:39 PM
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I bought a set off Legendary about 5 years ago and they were completely flat. When applied to the inside curve of the B pillar they wrinkled. Maybe they should have been steamed first?
Does anyone know if anyone makes decent ones?
'71 GTX N96 auto 3:55
'74 Challenger 440+6 4spd 4:10
'71 Duster 340 auto 4:10
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Re: Anyone make nice sail panels for a '71 GTX?
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If your panels have head liner material on them they are complete wrong. But they sure look a helluva lot better than OEM...
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Re: Anyone make nice sail panels for a '71 GTX?
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04/02/16 11:08 PM
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i recovered my originals in just a plain white wall paper from menards that had a very similar texture to the originals. made sure the originals were the right contour and not tweeked, then cleaned them and used upholstery glue to adhere the wall paper. after it dried, I died it to the original color. turned out better than i thought it would.
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Re: Anyone make nice sail panels for a '71 GTX?
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I'd rather have head liner material on the sail panels than plain cardboard. Thanks for the info just the same.
'71 GTX N96 auto 3:55
'74 Challenger 440+6 4spd 4:10
'71 Duster 340 auto 4:10
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Re: Anyone make nice sail panels for a '71 GTX?
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04/03/16 01:10 AM
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They weren't plain cardboard. They were textured. Actually they look better than the headliner material.
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Re: Anyone make nice sail panels for a '71 GTX?
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04/03/16 02:49 PM
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They weren't plain cardboard. They were textured. Actually they look better than the headliner material. And no one makes them? Thats too bad. The one's I've seen that I thought were original, weren't textured.
'71 GTX N96 auto 3:55
'74 Challenger 440+6 4spd 4:10
'71 Duster 340 auto 4:10
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Re: Anyone make nice sail panels for a '71 GTX?
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04/06/16 12:04 AM
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Were they flat and if so, did you have to steam them to get them to curve without wrinkling?
And who is REM?
Thanks!
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'71 GTX N96 auto 3:55
'74 Challenger 440+6 4spd 4:10
'71 Duster 340 auto 4:10
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Re: Anyone make nice sail panels for a '71 GTX?
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04/06/16 12:14 AM
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REM makes different kinds of stuff. Things like the firewall insolation pads and the trunk mats and so forth. Yes they were flat, but they took the curve fairly easy, I just screwed them in place with the proper screws. Like I said, I think REM is the only people making them right now. Sure would be nice to have a set of proper sail panels and a trunk mat made out of the correct material.
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