Non-OEM body pannels

  1. Newbie Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 18
    #1
    After an unplanned meeting between the ring barrier and the front of my little saxo I need to source a replacement mk2 bonnet and passenger wing...

    Should I be wary of non-oem parts like this listing on ebay:

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CITROEN-SAXO-B...es_CarParts_SM

    Or is the quality/fitment likely to be fine?
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172
    #2
    some non-gen panels are fine and they will usually be marked as insurance approved but the cheaper ones are utter gash and you spend more time trying to get them to fit then anything else, i hate them. worst non gen parts on a mk2 are the headlight trims, they are hideous things that pop off at every eventuality and for the sake of a few quid more for an OE one i know where my money would go.
  3. Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 253
    #3
    after a past experience it would have to be OE panels for me
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2008 Herne Bay. Kent Posts: 3881 Peugeot 307, Nissan Juke, 206 Grand tourisme
    #4
    as mandyslover says it all depends on the quality
    look at this company crashrepairparts.com or try and source a good second hand one
  5. L-plater Joined: Feb 2010 burton/derby Posts: 72 black '51' plate saxo vts :D
    #5
    i'd go to a scrapyard or go on ebay and buy second hand oem tbh, even if you get a red bonnet and a gold wing youll still have to get them sprayed whether its those or new non genuine ones. the steel on non genuine stuff is almost always thinner and shitter too. plus the reason saxos arnt rust buckets is the fact that they are coated in ed (or similar) when new. non genuine ones just come as black primered steel so wont last as long