68-70 Charger Upper Door pads from B/E & A

[hemi68charger]

Hey Mike.. Now, wow... There's a start unlike anyone before you......... As we have talked about in the past, how are the creases down the middle of the pad. As with the other two providers of "restored" pads, the crispness of the lines leave a lot to be desired on theirs and I have both versions..... Hopefully you'll get some nice close ups on your website.....



Troy

[BEAPARTS]

Hey Mike.. Now, wow... There's a start unlike anyone before you......... As we have talked about in the past, how are the creases down the middle of the pad. As with the other two providers of "restored" pads, the crispness of the lines leave a lot to be desired on theirs and I have both versions..... Hopefully you'll get some nice close ups on your website.....



Troy

What do you think Troy? That's as big as the website would take.

[8WHEELER]

Looking good Mike. Are you making the door medalion out of metal chromed? Charger Specialties is made out of plastic
and does not look very good, the plastic chrome does not shine worth a shit   

Dan

[BEAPARTS]

Looking good Mike. Are you making the door medalion out of metal chromed? Charger Specialties is made out of plastic
and does not look very good, the plastic chrome does not shine worth a shit   

Dan

Plastic?  Crap, now we have to retool. I thought they were really shiny chromed potmetal.  Just a little dig, yea we did them right and they look awesome.  Should I make additional medalions and sell them separate?

Mike

[Charger-Bodie]

Looking good Mike. Are you making the door medalion out of metal chromed? Charger Specialties is made out of plastic
and does not look very good, the plastic chrome does not shine worth a shit   

Dan

Plastic?  Crap, now we have to retool. I thought they were really shiny chromed potmetal.  Just a little dig, yea we did them right and they look awesome.  Should I make additional medalions and sell them separate?

Mike

Yes, you should make the insert also available seperatly!! absoluely no doubt about it!!

[y3chargerrt]

Nice you have a full set sold here once they are ready. They are one of the last things on my list to get.

[BEAPARTS]

Looking good Mike. Are you making the door medalion out of metal chromed? Charger Specialties is made out of plastic
and does not look very good, the plastic chrome does not shine worth a shit   

Dan

Plastic?  Crap, now we have to retool. I thought they were really shiny chromed potmetal.  Just a little dig, yea we did them right and they look awesome.  Should I make additional medalions and sell them separate?

Mike

Yes, you should make the insert also available seperatly!! absoluely no doubt about it!!

I will make it happen, we will offer the medalions separately also.

[resq302]

Looking good Mike. Are you making the door medalion out of metal chromed? Charger Specialties is made out of plastic
and does not look very good, the plastic chrome does not shine worth a shit   

Dan

Plastic?  Crap, now we have to retool. I thought they were really shiny chromed potmetal.  Just a little dig, yea we did them right and they look awesome.  Should I make additional medalions and sell them separate?

Mike

Yes, you should make the insert also available seperatly!! absoluely no doubt about it!!

I will make it happen, we will offer the medalions separately also.

An this is why B/E&A rocks!

[8WHEELER]

Looking good Mike. Are you making the door medalion out of metal chromed? Charger Specialties is made out of plastic
and does not look very good, the plastic chrome does not shine worth a shit   

Dan

Plastic?  Crap, now we have to retool. I thought they were really shiny chromed potmetal.  Just a little dig, yea we did them right and they look awesome.  Should I make additional medalions and sell them separate?

Mike

Yes, you should make the insert also available seperatly!! absoluely no doubt about it!!

I will make it happen, we will offer the medalions separately also.

  I NEED TWO SETS OF THEM NOW ''THE Medalions''

Now what do I do with the two sets of the CS plastic ones    they should say they are plastic, I never
would have bought these   

Dan

[Old Moparz]

The pads are so long overdue it isn't funny, this is great news. 

I'd be up for a set without a doubt. I was actually considering no pads at all before I spent $700 on a marginal, recovered set without the detail in the grain & center.

[BEAPARTS]

UPDATE:

Door pads were test fitted yesterday, it's a good thing we control our own tooling, they didn't fit perfectly.  The farthest most front clip didn't have the recess in the metal backing which caused the very front of the pad to protrude out some.  Other than that, WOW, nice piece.  The production run of colors, other than black, will be based on sales of the black pads.  Since the highest volume of interiors were black, it will give us a good measuring post for the profitability of running the smaller volumes of other interior colors. 

Our initial pricing is always based on estimated sales over cost, we project a good sales volume of black so that volume, divided into cost, gives the selling price.  If sales are good, it will be natural to do the smaller volume colors.  So all you guys that need black, and the quality is there at a fair price, support all our other charger brothers by grabbing a set or 3.

Upper door pad medallions will be ready in approx. 2-4 weeks, we are ready to take orders.  The cost is $89 per pair and they will be made of chromed injected potmetal like the originals and detailed with the red accent.  If you are going to order the upper door pad kit, DO NOT order medallions separately as they will already be installed in the door pads.

Also, the 68-69 ($195 per set) & 70 ($195 per set) hood mounted turn signal assemblies are finished and we are ready to take orders for them.


Michael C. Ross - Owner
B/E & A Restoration Parts, Inc.
www.beaparts.com
330-725-3990

[bill440rt]

$135 per set for the '68-'69 hood signals??   

Do they come with the rest of the wiring, or is it just the signals?

[xs29j8Bullitt]

So all you guys that need black, and the quality is there at a fair price, support all our other charger brothers by grabbing a set or 3.

So you want me to only order 3 sets instead of 4 sets?...     

Got a question for you Mike... Are y'all going to do the "plugs" for the pads for cars that were equipped with non-remote "poverty" door mirrors?

See my pictures below...

THANKS for the update!

Allen

[BEAPARTS]

$135 per set for the '68-'69 hood signals??   

Do they come with the rest of the wiring, or is it just the signals?

The indicator lights will be complete with the jumper pigtail, acrylic injected molded lens (NOT CASTED) and the correct black paint on the front of the lens.

Allen, do you have an extra plug I could use?  By the way, I made the "Poverty" mirror with the Penta Star on the outside of it.

OK Allen, since you've been such an awesome customer, I'll make 51 sets instead of the 50 planned so you can have 4 sets.

[xs29j8Bullitt]

OK Allen, since you've been such an awesome customer, I'll make 51 sets instead of the 50 planned so you can have 4 sets.

   

Allen, do you have an extra plug I could use?  By the way, I made the "Poverty" mirror with the Penta Star on the outside of it.

I will check, but I don't think so.  I will start a thread to see if we can locate one out of a cracked up door pad. The one that I pictured is in my triple black car and is in a fairly nice pad.  I guess the plugs are glued in, so will have to be cut out... but I am not sure.  Also, the plugs might be the same on other applications... maybe a generic part, I noticed the grain does not match the pad too well.

I'll add the mirror to my upcoming list...

Allen

[bill440rt]

The plugs are not glued in, but they do attach from the backside.
I have one, it came off my '70. I installed a remote mirror instead, & kept the plug stored safely. It's mint. And, oh yeah, it's white! 

I can try to snag some pics of it, but I won't get the chance until later in the week.

[xs29j8Bullitt]

Allen, do you have an extra plug I could use?

Mike - Trav can provide a plug for a pattern.  Sounds like they clip in, so he should be able to pop one out to send to you...

Here is the thread that I started about it:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,37029.0.html

Allen

[Belgium R/T -68]

Extremely good news about the doorpads, i will order a set of black.
Nice to learn about this company 

[BEAPARTS]

$135 per set for the '68-'69 hood signals??   

Do they come with the rest of the wiring, or is it just the signals?

I was mistaken, the pricing on the 68-69 hood indicators is $195, I was looking at the pricing on the wrong part when it was posted.

[lookin@my68]

Hey Mike, thanks for bringing these to the market - they look like they are going to be great!

I've just got one question - are you doing two seperate runs for the front pads - one lot for 68's and another lot for 69-70's? Or are you just not going to make the pads with the door lock button holes in them?

Cheers,
Danny

[BEAPARTS]

Hey Mike, thanks for bringing these to the market - they look like they are going to be great!

I've just got one question - are you doing two separate runs for the front pads - one lot for 68's and another lot for 69-70's? Or are you just not going to make the pads with the door lock button holes in them?

Cheers,
Danny

Danny,

There will actually be 3 different pads, not taking into consideration colors, the 68 pad with the lock located in the back, the 69 with the lock moved inwards and the 70 pads with the 70 grain and 69 lock location. I will be installing the lock ferrels in the 68 and 69 pads depending which one the order is for.

Mike

[Moparmatty]

Alright who's in for a B5 Blue set?

[TomP]

 Put me down for a set of white and a set of burnt orange!

[moparchris]

If Travis can't provide the mirror plug for the door pad, I believe I have an excellent one floating around somewhere.  I will happily send this to Mike if we need to.

[gers1968rt]

you can put me down for a set of white 69. gerry