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    Registered Member chevynut's Avatar
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    Rick, they also make hood bars and extensions for 56's. I thought they made BelAir emblems and stuff like that too. You're right, there's a lot of plastic parts like lenses and emblems.
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    They make a lot stuff for 57's too.
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    I like the Trim Parts 55 tail light lenses and some misc other parts but it is hit or miss on other stuff, Danchuk is the worst and service is terrible when you want to return something that fits like crap, Gene Smith front sway bar kits are the best I found

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    I actually had a great experience with Danchuk....once. They replaced a die cast chrome part for me because it had bad ripples in it. I sent another part back for the same reason and they were really crappy about it that time. Don't know what changed, but I'm not paying full price for seconds.

    Gene Smith makes some nice parts but there are issues with some of them too. I have a stainless 56 grille and a chrome lower grill bar, both from Gene Smith, and the lower grill bar doesn't fit the grille right. It just won't slide on and I'm afraid that if I force it I won't be able to remove it without damaging something. I told Fred that the grille vertical bars on the stainless grille are too wide because the lower bar fits a chrome grille I have. I don't know what's going to happen when I try to assemble it for good, but he said he'd stand behind the parts....that was years ago.

    Also, my ($400+) Gene Smith 56 taillights were a lot shorter than the original ones so I had to replace them with a Danchuk set. They seem to be the right height.

    Seems like they all have some issues.
    Last edited by chevynut; 01-25-2016 at 09:04 PM.
    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


    Other vehicles:

    56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

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    liked the fit of carpet kit from trim parts on my 55 , also did a 67 el camino recently and used several emblems from trim parts on it and quality of finish and fit was good

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    The 57 hood bar and extensions from Trimparts does not fit very well. No matter how you adjust the will not line up parallel to each other. I've spend many hour to get that right and also heard from others who had the same problem. The hood bar is also very wavy at the underside.

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    I've used Trim Parts gauge lenses and they are fine.

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