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02-14-2018, 03:50 PM
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Re: Door Skin Feedback
Yup, after market parts usually need some persuasion to fit correctly.
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03-02-2018, 05:20 PM
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Re: Door Skin Feedback
Figured I’d follow up on this if anybody is searching for a good door skin. As expected, the TriPlus skin was equally bad as the Counterpart. The body lines were off by about 3/8” and I’m not even sure how folks use the complete skin successfully. I ended up doing the PS same as the DS, cutting between the body lines and basically tossing the top bit in the bin. Not exactly ideal when you’re paying $200CDN for a chunk of sheet metal.
Here’s a couple pics of how it turned out. Will still need some work, one side and the bottom need to be welded for gaps still. I tacked a piece of angle iron to it before cutting to minimize panel distortion, it seemed to work pretty good.  
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03-02-2018, 07:52 PM
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Re: Door Skin Feedback
That's when we would refer to aftermarket parts at the shop as "similar."
Brian
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03-02-2018, 09:09 PM
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Re: Door Skin Feedback
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Haha that’s a good way to put it |
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03-03-2018, 03:24 PM
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Re: Door Skin Feedback
Glad you stuck with it. You made it line up straight.
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