my $20 sail panel removal/replacement picture thread
07-28-2011, 02:10 AM
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Some sites still list it, but if you actually go to order one they won't be available. GM dis'coed them a while ago. The only other option is to find one used, find a NOS piece that someone is selling, or buy a reproduction from 6LE.
07-28-2011, 02:11 AM
#22
I mean nice job and all but I don't understand why you used plasti dip on this part of your car. I get the allure of it and all, but if you went through the headache of removing your bad one, which was jacked from *spray paint*, and then removing another and even repaired it, why would you not get it painted and be done with it for good. As soon as there is one spot that goes bad the whole thing is shot and then you are back to the spray paint route. You could have had it color matched NBM for 80$ or less, installed it, then plasti dipped it so at the very minimum once that plasti comes off you aren't up a creek.
Props for taking matters into your own hands, but your finished product leaves me very confused.
Props for taking matters into your own hands, but your finished product leaves me very confused.
07-28-2011, 08:41 AM
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I mean nice job and all but I don't understand why you used plasti dip on this part of your car. I get the allure of it and all, but if you went through the headache of removing your bad one, which was jacked from *spray paint*, and then removing another and even repaired it, why would you not get it painted and be done with it for good. As soon as there is one spot that goes bad the whole thing is shot and then you are back to the spray paint route. You could have had it color matched NBM for 80$ or less, installed it, then plasti dipped it so at the very minimum once that plasti comes off you aren't up a creek.
Props for taking matters into your own hands, but your finished product leaves me very confused.
Props for taking matters into your own hands, but your finished product leaves me very confused.
so since I had this one sitting in my back yard for 2 years I figured I'd just install it, I painted it black originally but it came out very uneven, but since I had the plasti dip right there I went ahead and used that. I actually peeled it all off yesterday and did it over in SEM trim black to hopefully hold up better for now, until I find a 93-97 panel I can remove.
it's really not a permanent fix, it was a $20 band aid just so it wasn't a light/dull/bubbled/cracked/not-matching blue. I definitely understand the criticism though haha, but no body shops near me charge reasonable prices so I didn't want to flush money down the drain.
