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    Posted: 17 June 2021 at 8:52am
Has anyone here recently bought a new body or body kit from 
 Peter Debellas jeep parts for any flat fender jeep?  How much better is it from the MD Juan repops? 







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There was some discussion of these on the G503 forum, and comments from some who have bought one of these bodies. So probably would be worth a search, or inquiry over there.
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I pulled up the website a while back for Shree Ganesh Industries. 
It seems to me that their only civilian model is the CJ-2A. 
I am much more inclined toward MD Juan since my main interest would be a 3A body.
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Originally posted by jeeper50 jeeper50 wrote:

Has anyone here recently bought a new body or body kit from 
 Peter Debellas jeep parts for any flat fender jeep?  How much better is it from the MD Juan repops? 





I have been working with Peter for the last few months trying to get one.  I have one on order and it will ship from SGI before the end of the month.  I will immediately report on the initial fit and the tweaks required (with plenty of pictures).  I have researched this a fare bit and the SGI bodies seem to have a good chance to up the quality and consistency.  Based on what I saw recently on 3 MD Juan bodies I could not do it.

After talking to Peter I placed my order.  I ordered the entire kit, but hopefully I will be able to use my hood, grill, and windshield.  If I can I will sell the other parts.  I ordered it bare, without primer, because I plan to use epoxy primer.  I wasn't confident it what they use, so since it was an option to order it bare - I did.

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Will it come with some type of coating? I'd be worried about surface rust.
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Originally posted by DesertDog48 DesertDog48 wrote:

Will it come with some type of coating? I'd be worried about surface rust.
It comes primed, but when I spoke to Peter and SGI they have the option to send it without primer.  Both Peter and SGI did not think this would be an issue.  I guess I will find out.

If you look at the pictures on Peter's site they are pretty compelling from a quality perspective.  They are primed in green from SGI, but since I may need to make some modifications to get it to fit, I figured I would be disturbing that anyway.
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Looking forward to your findings, and the fit of an original windshield to their cowl. post lots of pics. I am gonna have to wait for a 3B tub

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Just a quick update on the shipping.  The representative I have been conversing with sent me these pictures with the caption, "Prepping for shipment today."  I was told mine is in the plastic in the back row.


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I can see the spot welds on your tub !
Spray it with SPI black epoxy primer !
It’s by far the best stuff that I have ever used.
The black SPI epoxy primer does not even require a top coat.
It has a 72 hour window for topcoating.
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