Watch out for aftermarket quarter panels from this one supplier in Houston

I grabbed a pair from a new distributor last week and they warped after I welded them in. The metal gauge was thinner than OEM by like 0.5mm and I didn't catch it until the filler started bubbling. Had to rip them off and redo the whole job on Saturday which cost me 6 extra hours. Anyone else run into issues with these repop panels lately?

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reese_nelson17d ago

That .5mm difference sounds about right for the cheap stuff coming out of that Houston supplier's batch last month. Did you happen to check if your panels had that weird oily film on them before welding because that's usually a dead giveaway they skimped on the coating too. I heard a few guys on another forum saying the whole container from that distributor had inconsistent metal thickness across different panels.

wells.karen17d ago

Did you notice the same cheap finishing on that batch too @reese_nelson?