Wolf Seel Body Panels - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

CDN_Yota · 03-01-2009, 06:29 PM

I have a 88 4runner with rusty rear quarters. i wanted new ones... so did some research. Seems there are glass ones available but I thought steel would be better. This is when I found on the web Wolf Steel. When I called him he said they were steel I ordered them and he shipped them. Here is where the trouble starts...when I got them they were steel allright but not stamped out. He takes flat metal(I guess) and hand hammers them out. This I'm told is old school (really old). I took them to my body guy (I don't do body work) and he laughed at them and told me he couldn't work with that crap and if he did I could not afford it.

Tried another body guy I knew.... same thing......
He said they were not even close to a good fit

When I called the supplier back he seemed surprised and asked me did he not explain this to me? I said if he had would I order them???

well he did agree to to take them back "just ship them."
well thats ok for him to say he shipps a lot and has an account which saves him a bundle....Well guess what.. I don't and the shipping for me to return them was more than the product costs (this is a big heavy box).
I Have resigned myself to chalking this up as an expensive lesson.

So bottom line here, if your thinking of ordering from this guy be prepared to do a LOT of body work to make em fit

BETTER YET USE THE GLASS ONES....MUCH BETTER FIT

the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of good price!

Greg

Lord Orange · 03-01-2009, 07:37 PM

did the sale happend on this site? Link?

REDWAGON1985 · 03-02-2009, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by lord orange

did the sale happend on this site? Link?

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03-01-2009, 06:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
CDN_Yota Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Member # 130820 Posts: 2	Wolf Seel Body Panels I have a 88 4runner with rusty rear quarters. i wanted new ones... so did some research. Seems there are glass ones available but I thought steel would be better. This is when I found on the web Wolf Steel. When I called him he said they were steel I ordered them and he shipped them. Here is where the trouble starts...when I got them they were steel allright but not stamped out. He takes flat metal(I guess) and hand hammers them out. This I'm told is old school (really old). I took them to my body guy (I don't do body work) and he laughed at them and told me he couldn't work with that crap and if he did I could not afford it. Tried another body guy I knew.... same thing...... He said they were not even close to a good fit When I called the supplier back he seemed surprised and asked me did he not explain this to me? I said if he had would I order them??? well he did agree to to take them back "just ship them." well thats ok for him to say he shipps a lot and has an account which saves him a bundle....Well guess what.. I don't and the shipping for me to return them was more than the product costs (this is a big heavy box). I Have resigned myself to chalking this up as an expensive lesson. So bottom line here, if your thinking of ordering from this guy be prepared to do a LOT of body work to make em fit BETTER YET USE THE GLASS ONES....MUCH BETTER FIT the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of good price! Greg __________________ The orignal pointing device Was a Smith $ Wesson

03-01-2009, 07:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lord Orange Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Member # 9001 Location: Suisun Ca Posts: 3,966	did the sale happend on this site? Link? __________________ [URL="http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=530797"]Don't be the nice guy anymore[/URL]

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