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Old 04-18-2014, 08:39 AM   #110
91V3500
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Re: 1991 1 Ton Crew Cab 4x4 Build

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Originally Posted by silverbear View Post
I used a cab corner from Summit on my 86 regular cab. Since I was only using a portion of it, the fit worked well. My buddies have used some panels from Top Banana and they seemed to be better quality but still needed a bit of tweaking to fit just right. LKQ/Keystone have two lines of panels, a high end and a low end quality. Again, the high end ones seem good but not 100% all the time.
That's good to know. The main problem with these rocker panels is the measurement on the top step plate (from the lip for the wetherstrip to where it turns down for the door opening) is about 1/4" short. The only way to fix that is to cut it and weld in an extra 1/4". Also they didn't bend the bottom lip inward 1/8", so it was just a raw edge across the bottom which made the new rocker panel hang down 1/8" lower than it should and didn't line up with the cab corner. Luckily we have a full sheet metal shop at work and I just bent that 1/8" myself.
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