looking for excursion door swap info
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looking for excursion door swap info
So I found an excursion 7.3 for pretty cheap near me but it has door damage on both the front and rear passenger door. I heard it was buried in icy snow and the owners son got frustrated trying to dig it out and started stabbing at the snow with a shovel and gouged the doors numerous times so its beat all to hell. I was thinking if I could find some donor doors then I could pay to have a body shop swap them out and paint them to match and then I'd have a 7.3 on the cheap? What do you guys think? Also, are excursion doors and f250 doors interchangeable? Thanks!
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Yes and no.
Front doors are a match, rear doors are not.
Stewart
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Front doors are a match, rear doors are not.
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Ok, that’s not clearing snow, that’s a pissed of teenager mad at dad for making him work instead of gaming! 
With any luck that kid will have a son just like himself.
With any luck that kid will have a son just like himself.
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While I do agree that him having a son like that would be some sweet justice, I think that society as a whole would be better off if he didn't reproduce at all.
I have had to dig out my fair share of plowed in vehicles and I can totally understand accidentally dinging a panel or a small scrape/scratch, that level of damage was absolutely intentional. That young lad would learn a life lesson if he lived here, as he would get a manual labor job and pay for the complete repairs before he ever saw a penny of his earnings.
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I suggest you have one of those paintless dent remover guys look at it. They might be able to work the dents out, or mostly, and then just be a little filler and paint. If the doors are pretty much rust free I would try to save them.
That kid would have had the snow shovel up his *** after that little hissy fit
That kid would have had the snow shovel up his *** after that little hissy fit
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That doesn’t look anywhere close to warranting a door swap, the damage is about as basic dent repair as it gets.
the 2 body line dents on the fender are a little tougher for a DIY or rookie and a new fender may be easier but those are cheap.
all in all that Is an easy DIY body work job. Hammer and dolly out the dings, slap some mud on and paint it, if you really wanted to go cheap use SEM factory match rattle cans and spray max 2k clear and most people will not be able to tell it isn’t factory paint.
That doesn’t look anywhere close to warranting a door swap, the damage is about as basic dent repair as it gets.
the 2 body line sings on the fender are a little tougher for a DIY or rookie and a new fender may be easier but those are cheap.
all in all that Is an easy DIY body work job. Hammer and dolly out the dings, slap some mud on and paint it, if you really wanted to go cheap use SEM factory match rattle cans and spray max 2k clear and most people will not be able to tell it isn’t factory paint.
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LOL. I love the comments from you guys and I agree with them. The guy even said he didn't believe his son and thinks his son did it on purpose lol. I took it too 3 body shops including 1 paintless dent repair place. The hole in the wall shop quoted me 7-8k with paint, the fancy auto body shop quoted me about 3-4k including doors and a fender with blended paint and the dentless guy wouldn't give me an estimate without actually seeing the car but said the doors and fender were worthless and would take too much time and be too expensive to fix and would need replacing.
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