PALCO panels

[ArcticCuda]

Is quality nowadays better? Are these worth to buy?

[Carlwalski]

NO!! 

They are total crap. I went through 3 pairs, both rear and back. They all had something wrong. The front panels were either too short by 2-3", the screw holes were all out of line and the bowed worse than a horse riders legs, shocking. I was all for them until we installed, correction, tried to install the Palco panels.
We purchased ours from YearOne (2 lots of due to damage it freight) and 1 pair from Dantes Parts.

Find an original set, any color and restore. If you're lucky you can use your existing panels.
The fit is 100% the correct grain and an all around show quality finish.

If yours a re chalking search eBay for some.


My from first hand experience.

[ArcticCuda]

Too bad for me. Welcome to Finland and try find good used panels.....Plus my car is GC

I have bought lot of small parts from Ebay but freight costs for panels are 

[EVIL72]

 It's amazing to me that no one can reproduce quality interior panels for E bodies yet,
 especially with how the E body prices have gone through the roof.
 What would it take, one complete set of Cuda panels and one set of Challenger panels then make a mold for each one? maybe make another mold for power windows. There must be more to it than this...or what the heck is the problem?
 Whoever is smart enough to make a perfect reproduction set of panels for E bodys will be freakin RICH!!!!
 

[Carlwalski]

Too bad for me. Welcome to Finland and try find good used panels.....Plus my car is GC

I have bought lot of small parts from Ebay but freight costs for panels are 

Hey, your telling me mate....I'm in New Zealand! Further......I've shipped, seats, 4 sets of mags.....
It's not too bad IMO. The guys in the USA have no idea how lucky they are.

 

[hemi71]

Hey, your telling me mate....I'm in New Zealand! Further......I've shipped, seats, 4 sets of mags.....
It's not too bad IMO. The guys in the USA have no idea how lucky they are.

 

OH, I know Carl.....i have a friend in Germany and I sometime help him get parts shipped to him.

I agree with NZ, find a nice set of original panels and restore them...the aftermarket stuff is awful.

[ukneil]

If you can get good originals

I replaced mine with aftermarket sourced from Legendary. These were vacuum formed by AccuForm. Plastic is a little harder than OEM and the fixing clips were out of alignment, but easily relocated. They did fit the door and lined up nicely. People who have seen them were impressed.

[Carlwalski]

If you can get good originals

 

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=unknown&sbrftog=1&from=R10&satitle=challenger+door+panels&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&bs=Search&fsop=3%26fsoo%3D2&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp=&fmmk=&fmmd=&fylo=&fyhi=&mppfQy=challenger+panels&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sacqyop=ge&sacqy=&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&sabdlo=&sabdhi=&saprclo=&saprchi=

Don't know what's so funny... 

[ukneil]

plenty for them common Challengers then

not so many for Cudas` though. A lot of sellers don`t want to ship overseas either. This is a common problem for us non US guys.

http://search.ebay.com/barracuda-door-panels_W0QQbsZSearchQQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfposZQ5AIPQ2fPostalQQfromZR10QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQmppfqyZchallengerQ20doorQ20panelsQQsacatZQ2d1QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZunknown

[Carlwalski]

Also, vary your words. 

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=cuda+door+panels&category0=

Plus, check out completed listings for bargains that didn't reach reserve or didn't sell.
There out there, you just have to know where to look.....

http://search-completed.ebay.com/cuda-door-panels_W0QQcatrefZC5QQfbdZ1QQfclZ3QQfisZ2QQflocZ1QQfromZR14QQfrppZ50QQfsclZ1QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQfssZ0QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQnojsprZyQQpfidZ0QQsacatZQ2d1QQsacqyopZgeQQsacurZ0QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ0QQsaslopZ1QQsofocusZbsQQsorefinesearchZ1

[OzCuda]

Previous owner of my cuda covered the door panels in vinyl.  A reasonable job but need fixing up - if aftermarket panels are poor I might have to get them recovered.

[70RTdroptop]

If you can get good originals

I replaced mine with aftermarket sourced from Legendary. These were vacuum formed by AccuForm. Plastic is a little harder than OEM and the fixing clips were out of alignment, but easily relocated. They did fit the door and lined up nicely. People who have seen them were impressed.

The panels on my convertible are also by Accu-Form, and like ukneil's experience, mine also fit very nicely. The panels already came on the car when I bought it, but lucky me, I've also got the originals and they seem to be in pretty darn good shape, just need to be cleaned up and re-dyed.

[ArcticCuda]

I got 2 back panels from Ebay. Original Gran Coupe parts, they were like new and price was only 140 usd. Received them yesterday and since that I have been soooooooo happy.

Just try to find nice set of  front panels

[70 rtse]

How about legendery's door pannels

[ArcticCuda]

I got 2 back panels from Ebay. Original Gran Coupe parts, they were like new and price was only 140 usd. Received them yesterday and since that I have been soooooooo happy.

Just try to find nice set of  front panels

My Ebay panels are now ready to go! Wash, prep & dye http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=24809.0