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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 07:53 PM
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Hey Mark,
I was just thinking that maybe you should try and reproduce some Sail panels for our Fbodies.I'am sure more than 50.% of the cars here have bubbles in their panels do to the factory glue.I really think it would be a great product with high demand.just a thought.
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 11:30 PM
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Doesn't GM replace them for free? I thought they knew about the problem and were replacing the sail panels. I could be mistaken, though.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 12:21 AM
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there was someone on here who used a piece of vinyl to cover the whole sail panel and it looked great. hopefully he will chime in here.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by hlaalu
there was someone on here who used a piece of vinyl to cover the whole sail panel and it looked great. hopefully he will chime in here.
how would vinyl cover bubbles and bumps?
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 01:30 AM
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I'd like to see the vinyl covered sail panel as well.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 02:20 AM
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id love to see it in stainless from emblem pros!!!!
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 08:22 AM
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It would be nice if someone could make a sail panel that used 3M tape that could be painted and placed directly over the existing panel. I think I read somewhere that there would be fitment issues with something like this, but it sure would be an easy fix if it could be worked out. If someone could design a piece like this they would sell alot of them.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Magnet
how would vinyl cover bubbles and bumps?
it's a like a large decal but for the sail panel, it covers the WHOLE thing
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by hlaalu
it's a like a large decal but for the sail panel, it covers the WHOLE thing
Yea, but it seems like you would still see the bumps underneath
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by latindragons
Doesn't GM replace them for free? I thought they knew about the problem and were replacing the sail panels. I could be mistaken, though.
Maybe if you get REALLY lucky. I heard the same thing so I tried several dealerships and even carried in the TSB to all of them but since all the f-bodies are out of warranty, they won't do it for free.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 01SOMSS!
Hey Mark,
I was just thinking that maybe you should try and reproduce some Sail panels for our Fbodies.I'am sure more than 50.% of the cars here have bubbles in their panels do to the factory glue.I really think it would be a great product with high demand.just a thought.
i just talked to him about it last night for you, he said he has no plans to do it. the only thing he has planned that might happen is a cover for it made out of carbon fiber
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 11:37 AM
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hmmm. it was just a thought.
I know most gm dealers wont replace it anymore unless you're really lucky.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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I was trying to get a carbon fiber piece made about this time last year I think. If I remember VFN said they were thinking about doing something like that. Who knows if that is still on the table or not, but it has been tossed around.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Magnet
Yea, but it seems like you would still see the bumps underneath
I think the vinyl is just think enough to cover them up. I'm thinking of my bubbles which are fairly small, I have seen some that are peeling larger than the size of a quarter so I don't know how it would turn out with that.
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you can always buy one from the dealer and do it yourself... its not part of the body... its just stuck on with some adhesive, stick a screw driver underneath it and peal it off, then clean it up and apply adhesive to the new one.
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just the thought of takinga screwdriver to the sail panel on the firebird makes me cringe...
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I would LOVE to buy one if a sponsor would sell em
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CF Sail panel is already out there, not sure who makes it though. I knew a guy that was selling one but I thought it looked like complete crap. The idea sounds cool, but seeing it in person made me forget about it.
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I would buy a cover in carbon fiber, it would be cheaper then replacing the sail panel.
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Originally Posted by Giddswat
It would be nice if someone could make a sail panel that used 3M tape that could be painted and placed directly over the existing panel. I think I read somewhere that there would be fitment issues with something like this, but it sure would be an easy fix if it could be worked out. If someone could design a piece like this they would sell alot of them.
Has anyone heard of a design like this? This would be an easy fix.
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