Tailgate skins

[ozbox]

How do you tell an aftermarket gate from the real deal?
I always thought my ute had an aftermarket gate. I was an 140kg man mountain when I had that on the road as a daily, always sat on it and it didn't get bent or dented.

if its on a ute there wont be any holes for the rubbers..
little harder on a van,generally the top corners where you have to cut for a van..on the underside it will have a spot of weld or braise if genuine..

[TwoTees]

yeh ive seen the size of the cattle at b n s balls...not good for asian parts...:errf:

Hmm! Never thought of my daughter as "Cattle" before. Thanks!

How do you tell an aftermarket gate from the real deal?
I always thought my ute had an aftermarket gate. I was an 140kg man mountain when I had that on the road as a daily, always sat on it and it didn't get bent or dented.

Poke it with your finger. If it has flex its repo if there is little to no flex its probably genuine. If you put the 2 types side by side you will know.
Also the repo sounds very tinny compared to a thud when you close them.

[ozbox]

Hmm! Never thought of my daughter as "Cattle" before. Thanks!

was a generalisation of the size of some country kids not a direct knock at your daughter by any meens..
just another form of "humour"

[bern]

from what i've seen non genuine t/gates (lower) usually have a number -symbol stamp on the inner of the t/gate

[ozbox]

from what i've seen non genuine t/gates (lower) usually have a number -symbol stamp on the inner of the t/gate

it depends which brand of non genuine as to the symbol...

i worked in the spare parts department of a large sydney holden dealer in 1981 and we use to have to take panels from holden branded boxes and peel the little gold made in taiwan sticker off them so they could not be identified as being produced offshore...

working on this revelation from 1981 all new tailgates from 30 years ago are actually made somewhere else other than oz...