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    Cladding Question

    My wife got into a fender bender and the rear passenger wheel, tire , and cladding that goes on the gas fill side was dammaged. I had a spare tire and rim but where can I buy the right rear cladding ?? Does anyone have the spare part ?? and what does it cost - I would like to do the repair my self. Thanks,
    Larry

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    Call Merlin at St Charles isuzu 1-800-727-8066
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    Ya might want to get in touch with this guy...

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2000-...=p4506.c0.m245


    He's punting his parts as "Ironman"....They are NOT!

    But he may have the cladding you need.



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    Question

    I didn't know you could "salvage parts" off a cash for clunkers car. Sounds a little fishy?????
    Larry S.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JoFotoz View Post
    Ya might want to get in touch with this guy...

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2000-...=p4506.c0.m245
    he may have the cladding you need.
    Hmmm, thanx Jo. This might be a good source for Mr. Larrys to check-out. Yeah; it sounds a bit unethical to pre-strip a cash for clunker car before the main carcass officially goes to the meat grinder, but maybe some of its cosmetic donor parts can help others out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lasturbo View Post
    I didn't know you could "salvage parts" off a cash for clunkers car. Sounds a little fishy?????
    I am dealing directly with salvaging "cash for clunkers" cars.. The dealer fries the motor with sodium-silicate (it locks up and is not repairable), the salvage yard can resale parts off them. That is why we need to contact our local salvage yards about VX parts. There was suppose to be some VX's turned in somewhere under cash for clunkers. I've contacted 3 of our local salvage yards and they've not responded. They're suppose to be able to search for parts nationwide. I'm still lookin for a luggage rack, but there should be cladding and a lot of good stuff somewhere. P.S. we don't take parts off them prior to sending them to salvage.
    So I said to myself, I said "Handee"
    and this voice came back and said..
    "He's not in, may we take a message?"

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    Larry,

    Depending on how bad the damage is, some here have had some success with gently heating the cladding with a heat gun and then "pushing" the cladding back into shape.
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    I have that cladding piece if your interested
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    The wife was driving down the street and a 79 yr old ran into my proton - it ripped his front bumper off . Tires direct was great and is sending a replacement for the Nitto Grapplers for $25.00 - 18 inch rims are on Ebay ,

    VX CRAZY - How much for the right rear quarter pannel shipped to NY (11518) and I will also try Merlin at St Charles on Tues - Thanks Everyone !!!

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    I bet Merlin is gonna be about 185$, I will do $100 plus actual shipping, so let me check on that since its an odd size and let you know about shipping.

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    Try checking on car-part.com. I was looking for drivers door cladding and found one place. Just waiting for the yard to e-mail me a picture to see the condition. If any one else has one in descent condition I rather get it through here. I could even do a trade. I have an extra custom colgan nose bra plain style.

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    bump!!

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