Has Anyone Bought A Set of Dash Trim From This Guy?

[themechanic]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/182534437638?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

He makes them for Coronet R/T and GTX. From his sale page:

For sale is a 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T dash plate 3 piece set. These are original Coronet 440 or 500 or Satellite dash plates that have been covered with a printed over chrome graphics. These look good and shine like new. Perfect for clone cars or R/T cars that are missing their original plates. The material that I use is extremely difficult to work with so there maybe a few small air bubbles. Woodgrain is slightly darker than original. No returns or refunds on this item, all sales are final. Please check out my other auctions.

These are not NOS parts and may not look exactly like original, they do look better than a lot of faded or distorted plates for sale due to their age. These will not be good enough for a 100 point show car, but great for a driver or clone R/T.

 

[moparnation74]

For a driver they are a good purchase....NOS is impossible and big $$$ if a GTX, Nice used ones if a GTX are big $$$...

If the used ones and even NOS are not cracked, scratched paint missing, etc...They can be polished out.....

 

[themechanic]

My right side is cracked badly. The radio faceplate is a raman and doesn't match the original. I'm thinking of buying these just so it all matches across the dash and has no cracks.

 

[moparnation74]

There will not be many people that could even tell the difference...It is a good deal overall and they look nice....

 

[Fran Blacker]

He has a 100% rating and many sales and/or buys for what that's worth.

 

[themechanic]

I asked but he is not a FBBO member. For some reason he will not accept returns on these. So, I asked him to take better photos and email them to me.

 

[moparnation74]

I asked but he is not a FBBO member. For some reason he will not accept returns on these. So, I asked him to take better photos and email them to me.

Hate to tell the seller but you can say "No returns" on ebay but that means nothing to ebay....You can return anything...

Poor sales tactic to even list that in the ad....

 

[GetX'd]

You've probably found that getting a set of these on the open market is pretty much impossible. Very hard to find even decent pieces - then to have everything match - forget it. These advertised look pretty nice. If they all match the darker color won't even be noticeable. For that price they look like a great buy. If you get better pics and they look at good - I'd buy them.

 

[Brandy]

Doesn't look to be a down side.

 

[themechanic]

Well, I bought them and now I am in the process of returning them. The parts I got were from a Satellite with decals printed on some kind of metallic media so the chrome accents appear like chrome. However, this makes the "wood grain" have a copper sheen to it. Especially, in good lighting. The decals were peeling at the edges and the size from top to bottom was off making the radio face plate impossible to align with the glove box side.

The seller fought me on the return. First, he said he had invested time and money shipping these to me. But I paid $20 shipping. He offered to take them back if I paid for return shipping but was only willing to refund half of the $200 I paid; 50% restocking fee? After telling him I wanted to work this out and had no desire to tarnish his otherwise stellar Ebay seller rating he said I asked why I was being so rude, demanding and threatening.

I had enough of his BS and gave him an honest but negative rating (more of a product review) and filed for a return. I received an email from Ebay notifying me that my return has been accepted and a mailing label is on the way.

I should point out that I asked him if he was a member of FBBO and he said he was not. He is moparman59 on Ebay.

 

[moparnation74]

Well, I bought them and now I am in the process of returning them. The parts I got were from a Satellite with decals printed on some kind of metallic media so the chrome accents appear like chrome. However, this makes the "wood grain" have a copper sheen to it. Especially, in good lighting. The decals were peeling at the edges and the size from top to bottom was off making the radio face plate impossible to align with the glove box side.

The seller fought me on the return. First, he said he had invested time and money shipping these to me. But I paid $20 shipping. He offered to take them back if I paid for return shipping but was only willing to refund half of the $200 I paid; 50% restocking fee? After telling him I wanted to work this out and had no desire to tarnish his otherwise stellar Ebay seller rating he said I asked why I was being so rude, demanding and threatening.

I had enough of his BS and gave him an honest but negative rating (more of a product review) and filed for a return. I received an email from Ebay notifying me that my return has been accepted and a mailing label is on the way.

I should point out that I asked him if he was a member of FBBO and he said he was not. He is moparman59 on Ebay.

What a POS that guy is and thanks for following up.....

Yeap, his "no returns" means nothing to ebay and rightfully so.....Would have been a whole lot easier and not affect his rating if he simply accepted the return...

 

[Fran Blacker]

What a POS that guy is and thanks for following up.....

Yeap, his "no returns" means nothing to ebay and rightfully so.....Would have been a whole lot easier and not affect his rating if he simply accepted the return...

Agree and a lot smarter too. If you sell repo's that don't fit, expect returns. Most people must make them fit or need them so bad they don't complain. I've sold stuff on ebay no complaints but I describe them accurately .

 

[themechanic]

Not a bad idea, though, to make custom overlays for cracked or faded trim panels. Especially, for ones that are not re-popped and impossible to find NOS. I'm no expert, but it seems easier than 3D printing a new part.

I bought one of the re-popped radio face plates. It is close but doesn't match the original parts. I always wondered why the manufacturer of the re-popped parts didn't make the other two parts.

 

[moparnation74]

Not a bad idea, though, to make custom overlays for cracked or faded trim panels. Especially, for ones that are not re-popped and impossible to find NOS. I'm no expert, but it seems easier than 3D printing a new part.

I bought one of the re-popped radio face plates. It is close but doesn't match the original parts. I always wondered why the manufacturer of the re-popped parts didn't make the other two parts.

Better return on doing the radio plates....

98% repop parts are junk and the 2% are close but not exact....very very few are 100% correct....

Never understood why they just cannot take a little more effort and have it correct...

 

[SoCal440GTX]

Well, I bought them and now I am in the process of returning them. The parts I got were from a Satellite with decals printed on some kind of metallic media so the chrome accents appear like chrome. However, this makes the "wood grain" have a copper sheen to it. Especially, in good lighting. The decals were peeling at the edges and the size from top to bottom was off making the radio face plate impossible to align with the glove box side.

The seller fought me on the return. First, he said he had invested time and money shipping these to me. But I paid $20 shipping. He offered to take them back if I paid for return shipping but was only willing to refund half of the $200 I paid; 50% restocking fee? After telling him I wanted to work this out and had no desire to tarnish his otherwise stellar Ebay seller rating he said I asked why I was being so rude, demanding and threatening.

I had enough of his BS and gave him an honest but negative rating (more of a product review) and filed for a return. I received an email from Ebay notifying me that my return has been accepted and a mailing label is on the way.

I should point out that I asked him if he was a member of FBBO and he said he was not. He is moparman59 on Ebay.

Can you take a couple of up close pictures of them and post? Thanks.

 

[themechanic]

The photos don't really show the copper like reflection I can see.

 

[themechanic]

So, I took a video under a 60 watt ceiling light. It is uploading on YouTube so I'll post a link later when it's done.

 

[themechanic]

 

[themechanic]

These also had lots of air bubbles and peeling along the edges already.

 

[SoCal440GTX]

Thanks for the pictures and video. You went above and beyond!