Reproduction rear quarter interior panels

[imusa76]

I bought the Repop panels about 3 months ago, and I finally got around to take pictures of them.

They are a decent fit out of the box, but still need some fitment around the top where the chrome window felt goes, I used a heat gun to get it in shape, also the ends where the mounting screw goes at the top near the window felt it’s the wrong shape, but I made it work.

Then I had to cut 1” PVC tubing about 1” long, and epoxy them in where the OEM panels had the stand offs, I also had to cut out the ashtray, and the seatbelts, I used the original panels as templates, then painted the panels to match the interior.

I had to add a couple of layers fiberglass the backside near the armrest, and where the buttons go, I felt it was too weak, and flexible.

The only issue was where the windlace goes (I reused the originals) they never put the lip on the panel to staple it to; I had to epoxy the windlase in place to the back side of the panel.

After they were installed and the seats put back in place they look great!!

 

[73vertproject]

They look awesome! Thanks for posting the pics.

 

[John J]

Where did you get them? Do they have them in white? Mine look like crap. The former owner try to paint them which made them look worse.

John J

 

[imusa76]

they only come in Black ABS, I had to paint them blue.

http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=715401+01

http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/itemdy01.asp?T1=103N+01&Category=Interior&subCategory=Convertible+Trim+%26+Hardware&CatKey=EMUSTANG

http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/search_sorted.asp?Keywords=interior+paint&x=0&y=0

 

[sdstang]

How does the texture match. I also through the contour was slightly different from the original. Looks great. I spent a stupid fortune and a year tracking down clean original ones any maybe should have give these a try.

 

[imusa76]

the texture is on the light side, but it looks 200% better then the sun beat ones I had.