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cloud 9
Posts : 563 Join date : 2009-10-03 Age : 56 Location : Dover, NH
| Subject: Replacement rear quarters Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:25 pm | |
| Does anyone have a good place to buy rear quarter replacements. My passenger side is gone and the drivers is not too far behind. Want to get them fixed this summer. Just trying to find some. Thanks for your help guys. | |
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Tomz9C1
Posts : 1498 Join date : 2009-01-21 Age : 61 Location : Rumford, Maine
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:36 pm | |
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cloud 9
Posts : 563 Join date : 2009-10-03 Age : 56 Location : Dover, NH
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:29 pm | |
| What do you guys think about these? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170444057894&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT | |
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silverfox103
Posts : 1540 Join date : 2009-01-25 Age : 28 Location : Littleton, NH & St. Simons Island, GA
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:01 pm | |
| It looks like it could be a good answer to your problem. That seller has been a round for a long time and is pretty well respected.
Tom C. | |
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No Moa
Posts : 3893 Join date : 2009-02-21 Age : 51 Location : Midcoast Maine
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:48 pm | |
| Those fiberglass ones suck. Find some good metal ones. | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:57 pm | |
| I'll be using those on Matts car as soon as I'm able (already have them) Dont have any experience but fiberglass to metal WILL be tougher then metal to metal | |
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Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:12 pm | |
| I don't see how fiberglass bonded to metal can be any good, I'd think a good patch welded in and treated/coated with a paint impervious to rust (that GM never used there) would be better? | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:17 pm | |
| - Matt Trakker wrote:
- I don't see how fiberglass bonded to metal can be any good, I'd think a good patch welded in and treated/coated with a paint impervious to rust (that GM never used there) would be better?
1st off, fiberglass bonded to metal can be stronger then the original metal 2nd fiberglass doesnt rust. 3rd, good luck finding replacement 1/4's 4th, that is one nasty area to replace & reweld (properly) THEN the process starts again. Fiberglass is prone to pitting etc, but is a whole lot easy to work. I'll let you know how to do it right....once I get there | |
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cloud 9
Posts : 563 Join date : 2009-10-03 Age : 56 Location : Dover, NH
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No Moa
Posts : 3893 Join date : 2009-02-21 Age : 51 Location : Midcoast Maine
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:41 pm | |
| - sdstick wrote:
- Matt Trakker wrote:
- I don't see how fiberglass bonded to metal can be any good, I'd think a good patch welded in and treated/coated with a paint impervious to rust (that GM never used there) would be better?
1st off, fiberglass bonded to metal can be stronger then the original metal 2nd fiberglass doesnt rust. 3rd, good luck finding replacement 1/4's 4th, that is one nasty area to replace & reweld (properly) THEN the process starts again. Fiberglass is prone to pitting etc, but is a whole lot easy to work. I'll let you know how to do it right....once I get there Good luck getting the bond right, it's not easy. All the info I read on them said they chip and crack often. Put a layer of Kevlar over the very lower half, might help the chipping and cracking. Maybe it will work, someone over on issf said they didn't look rite either. Idk I'll be interested to see the finished product. | |
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1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:02 am | |
| https://www.classicindustries.com/
they had expensive as hell GM pieces 91-96 when I last got my catalog. Could order one and check though. | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:43 am | |
| - No Moa wrote:
Good luck getting the bond right, it's not easy. All the info I read on them said they chip and crack often. Put a layer of Kevlar over the very lower half, might help the chipping and cracking. Maybe it will work, someone over on issf said they didn't look rite either. Idk I'll be interested to see the finished product. Determining a bond line & clamping method is whats holding me up right now. I know what product is recommended, but I've no body shop experience. Chipping & cracking certainly IS a possibility (like a corvette?) but that wont stop me. These are pretty much finished panels so I dont understand the Kevlar layer? ISSF comments never stopped me in the past, I think "doesnt look right" indicates improper installation. I have an advantage here, I'm really not picky. I have nothing but a skeleton of a 1/4 panel on both sides. Where to cut to get the best bonding & clamping is what I'll be figuring out until my arm is ready to do some work. | |
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Tomz9C1
Posts : 1498 Join date : 2009-01-21 Age : 61 Location : Rumford, Maine
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:53 am | |
| Just spray some chip guard on it and that should solve that. | |
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Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
| Subject: Re: Replacement rear quarters Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:50 pm | |
| I'd also like to see how they come out. I dunno, I thought that patch Billy made for his SS that time looked pretty nice, I'd just rather have that done by a body shop then paint it inside and out with something potent to keep the rot from starting again. Easy for me to say as I've never used an english wheel or anything to make patch panels. | |
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