Hey folks, so diving head long into the rot repairs on my 2000, who seems to be the best supplier of reproduction panels? There seems to be quite a bit of choice out there, I only need lower stuff like sills and the like, thank goodness. Certainly not as much rot as the Beta I had...
When I built my first car I got a front lower section panel from wolf steel, not great quality, but could make it fit, that was before a lot of the properly pressed reproduction panels were available though.
On the new car I've purchased a door skin and a wheel well from Alfaholics and was very happy with quality of both of them. Classic Alfa seem to have a better selection of repair section panels, I haven't seen these but all reports are that they are of high quality also
What parts are you thinking of getting, how's the floor?
I will be needing all 3 sill sections, plus the lower pillar repair sections, but only the left hand side. Floors are good, but needs a Lh front Jack point too.
I just ordered middle and inner sills from them on Friday.
I've bought over thirty two different panels (metal) for my Duetto resto over the last three years. The majority I have sourced from Classic Alfa where possible as they are more often than not cheaper (including delivery). They're also quite knowledgable about the different products, happy to talk about where they're sourced from (most panels from the same place in Italy) ... and may (also) offer a discount if you ask nicely :)
Don't keep a spreadsheet of parts/costs. It's depressing.
I have no connection with them other than lotsa metal and a free t-shirt & mug
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... and they've arrived, Monday 7pm
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Yup, I think I will stay loyal to Classic Alfa and buy from them, I've never had any dramas with them and the quality of the stuff is always good.
I ended up ordering panels from wolf steel, alfaholics and classic alfa.
I got my floor panels from wolf steel and I concur with what Colin said - you can make them fit okay.
The sills I got from alfaholics and I can't complain. I also got door skins from alfaholics but I had to panel beat out some dents - not sure if they got damaged from shipping. No issues with the parts I got from classic alfa.