Posted by Goose on March 22, 2019 at 18:46:06 from (166.182.86.195):
In Reply to: Manufacturing goof-ups posted by Jim in rush co on March 22, 2019 at 16:17:45:
There's been a lot of commotion in the auto body business of aftermarket versus OEM sheet metal. Insurance companies love to mandate OEM sheet metal, and body shops love to advertise that OEM is all they use.
When I had my shop, I had occasion to replace the right front fender on an Olds Cutlass Ciera. The owner was paying for it, and he was more cost conscious than picky so he insisted I use an aftermarket fender. While installing the fender, I spotted a manufacturing defect. Just an odd twist in the metal that was hidden after the fender was installed.
Several months later, by coincidence, I had to replace the right front fender on a different Ciera. That was an insurance job and they insisted I use an OEM fender. Guess, what? Same defect.
I also noted an oddity in an aftermarket Chevy pickup box side. An OEM replacement had the same oddity. Made you wonder just where the heck GM was getting their OEM sheet metal. I always suspected they were purchasing aftermarket sheet metal primed to their specs and selling it as OEM for a bigger mark up.
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