Colin,
I worked for a parts house other then the forum host and trust me when I tell you all
the panels are pressed out of country (Taiwan & Canada) some are better then others but all the
stuff is from the same place. Even some of it is reboxed so it looks different.
I've seen the lables on them to prove it. Very few items are offered from multi manufatures. Not cost affective. Not all Taiwan stuff is bad some of it is well made. 68-70 GTO hood is one piece that is very well done. But 68-69 GTO fenders
suck, even the latest version.. still off.
The american made stuff is usual bare metal patch panels, and the fit is very poor.
Goodmark has stuff made over seas, and reboxes some Taiwan stuff, seen both
items side by side.
If you can manage it, it is best to view the sheet metal in person before paying
for it.
If you are doing your car and you love it then you have to do some research first
about the parts you want to buy.
Some repop parts are great peices and some of it is crap! serious crap... I would
not wipe myself with it crap!
As much as we would like for the Parts houses to educate us on every part before we buy it... they
can't, it would cut into profits.
Go to car shows and check out the venders that set up and check the parts in person
if you can, otherwise you will have to pay for shipping to check out parts, and with
sheet metal that will cost tons!
good luck
james
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Originally Posted by Colin_McF
hey FASTGOAT66,
I am with ya and understand how you feel, I am restoring a 68 firebird and it needs some new metal, so I got a delivery of 400 HOOD/FRONT FENDER/REAR 1/4's and it was all JUNK BRAND NEW JUNK so phoned the out fit and was canceling my complete $4K order i was pissed as we pay good $$ and get $h!^ MADE IT TAIWAN-- Well they came thru last week with the real goods OER/goodmark this time but i guess a lot of the time its expectations that i have which are not meet.
As vwmailman say maybe get a hold of the seller and get a refund and if you paid paypal see if you can get the $$ back that way.
good luck
Colin
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