door panels
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The best ones I have seen come from Dennis Carpenter. Some are NOS, and some are OEM tooled, with exact matching colors.
They are pricey though...
If you are going to look for a junkyard donor, don't forget the big trucks. F-600 to F-900s. They had the exact same door panels for our 1981-1/2 to 1986 pickups since 1981-1/2 to 1999. The later one's are grey, and very easily dyed to match.
They made these out of better plastic than the earlier 80's ones as well, IMO.
To get something with slidelocks, with no hole in the top of the panels, you will have to get one out of a 1980 to 1981 to about the production date of 12/80. And to get a good pair out of a wrecker is going to be a real crap shoot, because the plastic wasn't as good, IMO.
hope this helps...
They are pricey though...
If you are going to look for a junkyard donor, don't forget the big trucks. F-600 to F-900s. They had the exact same door panels for our 1981-1/2 to 1986 pickups since 1981-1/2 to 1999. The later one's are grey, and very easily dyed to match.
They made these out of better plastic than the earlier 80's ones as well, IMO.
To get something with slidelocks, with no hole in the top of the panels, you will have to get one out of a 1980 to 1981 to about the production date of 12/80. And to get a good pair out of a wrecker is going to be a real crap shoot, because the plastic wasn't as good, IMO.
hope this helps...
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thanks allot ill check those places, i had gotten a set about 8 years ago through jc whitney and havent liked them from the day i got them, they have the clips that hold the panels through the outside and the armrest piece is hard plastic, dont want another set like that.
