Originally Posted by mac92a2002
I wrote a thread last week about body parts. Car damaged badly in hail storm. Picked up the car yesterday from the dealer who told me that there are no hoods or fenders in chryslers stockpile at the current time. Car was turned in in june and we were told by chrysler that the hood will not be ready for shipping until mid october. Called chrysler and verified. They currently have no parts makers (body) for our cars since Karmann folded. Same goes with the pacifica.
Great car but be ready for a lack of support from dealers and corporate as it comes to suppling parts. Ive been fighting with them for 3 months now.
The Asian Auto Body Parts Suppliers offer a plethora of body parts for nearly every modern car produced. Unfortunately, none of them have felt the need to produce anything for the "limited" production Crossfire. Probably due to it's miniscule production numbers I'm sure.
I sincerely believe (with enough interest) it would be possible to get a "Quality" American fiberglass manufacture to reproduce at least a "stock" Crossfire hood. Probably with as little as a dozen advanced orders, for around $800. Which is comparable to the price of a factory "steel" hood (if you can find one).
All it would take is a little effort on our part to get the ball rolling.