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Best aftermarket body panels

Posted: 02 Feb 2017, 16:49
by JeffRoo
hi all, looks like I need to replace definitely the lower outer sliding door, but possibly the inner piece as well. Reading through posts there always seems to be a lot of work required as the panels don't fit very well. My questions to those of you experienced here,
1. who supplies the best panels for this job?
2. my van is '84 Caravelle and are there differences in the door panels I need?
Thanks for your help and guidance

Re: Best aftermarket body panels

Posted: 02 Feb 2017, 16:57
by DoubleOSeven
Alan H. Schofield

http://www.alanhschofield.com/ourparts/ ... anels.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


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Re: Best aftermarket body panels

Posted: 02 Feb 2017, 17:18
by Plasticman
hi as ^^^^^ in this instance..
the inners i dont even bother using as they are worse than useless and i really mean that, but there again if your door IS that bad then... how about posting a picky up
https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Mi ... g_pictures" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Best aftermarket body panels

Posted: 02 Feb 2017, 21:12
by rowlesy
the outter will be ok but you want to use as little as possible of the inner panel - once you take the cargo paint off you'll be down to 0.5mm thick steel we used paint stripper on the last one to get it to bare metal then miked it 0.45mm! klokkerbollocks!

Re: Best aftermarket body panels

Posted: 03 Feb 2017, 09:03
by JeffRoo
Thanks all, I'll try and get some photos up to show extent.

Re: Best aftermarket body panels

Posted: 03 Feb 2017, 11:27
by bigbadbob76
Got my outer from Alan schofield, it fitted great and you can't tell it's been done.
I patched up my inner with cuts from a 1mm steel shelf.

Re: Best aftermarket body panels

Posted: 03 Feb 2017, 11:35
by volks_womble
Why not use Genuine VW for the Outer: Brickwerks have them...