Golden Star Classic Auto Parts OEM C10 Squarebody Door - Classic Truck Performance

Golden Star’s All-New Squarebody OE Replacements
BY ROB FORTIER PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE AUTHOR
If you’ve ever dealt with aftermarket sheetmetal, you know there’s a vast difference in both price and quality/fitment between your no-name generic reproduction, or “crash”-type (automotive collision repair), and the OE replacement panels. Generally speaking, you can attain decent-quality repop parts from most reputable suppliers that won’t require a ton of additional work to fit and finish-but if you want the best fit with the minimal amount of finishing effort, you’re going to pay a lot more for that convenience. At least until now, that is.
Golden Star Classic Auto Parts has just released their all-new OE-quality replacement doors for the 1977-1987 Chevy/GMC C10 pickups (also fits 1977-1991 Suburban/Jimmy). Having installed the previously mentioned Squarebody crash doors in the past, I was at first a bit skeptical about the actual quality and, more importantly, fit and finish of Golden Star’s latest offering. Confident they could easily dispel my skepticism, they offered to provide a set of their new doors if I were willing to find a decent candidate and install them for myself. Challenge accepted.
Fortunately, I had just the pseudo guinea pig in mind: my go-to Harley parts painter, Andrew “Bondo” Babish, who by pure coincidence was in the process of repainting his 1985 Silverado and, as luck would have it, was more than willing to forgo the necessary repair and prepwork his original driver door required and agreed to try Golden Star’s new shells out. For comparison’s sake, we went out and obtained an eBay crash door to install as well, ultimately hoping that if Golden Star’s claims were true, we’d immediately see the difference.
Along with a pair of new door shells, we were also supplied with a set of their new replacement hinges. As with any vehicle of this particular vintage, chances are, if the pins/bushings haven’t already been replaced in recent years, there’s no point in replacing a door and expecting it to fit/function properly without addressing that. Plus, in the long run, it’s often easier to replace the entire hinge (which has new springs to boot) than it is to repair.
So, with doors and hinges in hand and my son along to add an additional set of those hands, we dedicated one afternoon to put Golden Star’s new Squarebody doors to the test-fit test. You’ll have to read through to the end of all the photo captions to see how they/we fared! 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 C10 77, 78, 19, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 Suburban 1988, 1989, 1990,1991 Tahoe 88, 89, 90, 91
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[@timhudson8958]

Hinge to cab is forward and backwards. Hinge to door is in out and diagonal adjustment.

[@GreenFarmer-kr2lm]

thank you bro

[@joshuabrumback9681]

I was pretty sold after watching this video. While attempting to order one I saw they were a lil more expensive than AMD but I have a cheap door that's cracked and now need a good door. Then I read the Google reviews. Apparently these guys are more expensive because they're eggplants, not because they're better. I suggest reading the Google reviews

[@deeda3332]

You don't have to pull the dash off. There's a hole right across from the bolt for easy access. Ya just gotta feel around for it.

[@timmyz1963]

Are they still available on your site? I don’t see them.

[@classictruckperformance290]

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[@jessyedge5492]

How do you know where to pur the hinges on the cab if it's already painted

[@here_to_watch2115]

Score marks before removing them or some folks drill a tiny alignment hole and use a pin to put it back in place.

[@toddbob55]

Gotta love the Paper thin Aftermarket doors / restoration parts JUNK use your original doors

[@donnie2483]

Bitchin ! Those doors you get at most aftermarket place are junk .