Curious with the current prices are there any suggestions on where to buy floor pans and patch panels? I'm leaning towards middle of the road on both price and quality as I'm not looking for perfection, just some good metal to repalce the rust with.
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Cheap parts are thin metal, poorly formed, and undersized. The more you spend, the better the metal thickness, the better the forming, and there is more metal to work with at the edges. Key Parts, Sherman, and Classic 2 Current.
I used a welder with my CJ-7 floor pans and kept blowing holes in the existing metal. For my XJ Cherokee floor pans I used auto body shop uni-body adhesive and a few screws.
The adhesive was easier to work with, and sealed all the overlap seams at the same time.
I used a welder with my CJ-7 floor pans and kept blowing holes in the existing metal. For my XJ Cherokee floor pans I used auto body shop uni-body adhesive and a few screws.
The adhesive was easier to work with, and sealed all the overlap seams at the same time.
You want cheap metal, go to the scrap yard and buy an old hood, cab, or trunk lid off an old rig of any kind. Cut to fit.
I would get panels from Key Parts if I were doing this. From experience, their panels are exact fitting and formed to fit OEM contours and are E-coated in primer. And as suggested, use panel adhesive instead of welding unless you have access to Spot or TIG welder.
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It isn't about cheap, it's more about decent quality and decent cost. How about Classic Entgerprises? They seem to have a complete line of panels, how would they (or Key Parts) compare to the generic Omix type pieces?
Classic Enterprises makes excellent replacement body panels. I bought the rear tailgate end body support when they were only $65.00. Now they are $215.00, more than doubled in price.
Classic Enterprises uses correct gauge steel at 18 gauge where the Key Parts are 1mm or 19 gauge. Key Parts only thinner by a few thousands of an inch. But they fit really well, unlike replacement panels from OMIX or MD Juan in the Philippines. I think Omix panels are MD Juan panels.
I guess it comes down to how much area of panels you need to replace before making the choice as to which brand to use. Either way, it's a lot of work to replace floor panels.
Classic Enterprises uses correct gauge steel at 18 gauge where the Key Parts are 1mm or 19 gauge. Key Parts only thinner by a few thousands of an inch. But they fit really well, unlike replacement panels from OMIX or MD Juan in the Philippines. I think Omix panels are MD Juan panels.
I guess it comes down to how much area of panels you need to replace before making the choice as to which brand to use. Either way, it's a lot of work to replace floor panels.
Right now it needs outer sections of the floor and rocker panels but the longer I wait the worse things will get. I know it's not the best but I might need to dump some rust converter all over it to get through the winter.
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