Corvette America Door Panels
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Melting Slicks
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From: Tolland CT
Corvette America Door Panels
I am back to considering buying another pair of replacement door panels for my 70.
Panels I bought at Carlisle, early 90's, have fitment issues which I am becoming less interested in dealing with.
Has anybody had experience with door panels from Corvette America?
I see they were recently bought: https://peprofessional.com/2019/02/c...vette-america/
Are their products now sold under Top Flight Automotive?
I ended up there when clicking on a link to CorvetteAmerica...
My other option seems to be Al Knoch.
Panels I bought at Carlisle, early 90's, have fitment issues which I am becoming less interested in dealing with.
Has anybody had experience with door panels from Corvette America?
I see they were recently bought: https://peprofessional.com/2019/02/c...vette-america/
Are their products now sold under Top Flight Automotive?
I ended up there when clicking on a link to CorvetteAmerica...
My other option seems to be Al Knoch.
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There are only a couple sources that you mentioned. Neither is going to fit perfectly, but with some heat (sun), they will fit. I used Corvette America panels, and as I said, with heat, they fit and look as good as new. I can't speak for Al Knoch, but I doubt its any different. Expecting perfect fit is a fantasy, so don't let it stop you.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Tolland CT
The warp I could try to fix by heating as you suggested.
Bigger problem is the metal shell which forms the top of the panel is malformed.
It doesn't follow the contour of the top of the door, the dip is too shallow, causing the panel to sit high on the door, lock shaft is misaligned.
It's off about 1/2" when I compare to the originals.
I fixed one side by bending the plate, allowing the panel to sit lower on the door, but prefer not to do this for both sides.
Thought about trying to transplant the top shell from a factory panel onto the new panels.
Good chance the panel wouldn't look so good afterward...
I can get fiberboard backed panels from Al Knoch.
In that case, if they don't sit flush with the panel I don't know what could be done.
Thanks for your input.
Bigger problem is the metal shell which forms the top of the panel is malformed.
It doesn't follow the contour of the top of the door, the dip is too shallow, causing the panel to sit high on the door, lock shaft is misaligned.
It's off about 1/2" when I compare to the originals.
I fixed one side by bending the plate, allowing the panel to sit lower on the door, but prefer not to do this for both sides.
Thought about trying to transplant the top shell from a factory panel onto the new panels.
Good chance the panel wouldn't look so good afterward...
I can get fiberboard backed panels from Al Knoch.
In that case, if they don't sit flush with the panel I don't know what could be done.
Thanks for your input.
Last edited by BBCorv70; Aug 24, 2020 at 02:17 PM.
