Well I trashed the front passenger door last Friday on my 2011 Yukon Denali (97k original miles). Tight parking lot with a tiny island with a fire hydrant at the end was next to me. I had backed in and to make the turn to get out, I would need to pull out and back up a bit to clear it. But I forgot it was there and couldn't see it from inside, so I tried to turn sharply to get out in 1 move and turn right into it. Dented with a deep creese and tore a 1 inch hole in panel. Fortunately it's only the door and the door still works. But I'm not going to Bondo this out.
So I'm looking to buy a used door. Found several, some even the same black color off a Denali, so no painting. Problem is there seems to have been a change to the door mid model on 11/15/2010. Multiple doors on ebay are for 2007-2011 upto 11/14/2010 or 2011-2014 from 11/15/2010. What was the change? It's unusual for GM to make a mechanical change so I'm thinking the metal door itself is the same ( which is all I need as I have the rest) and is just a door electronics or interior trim difference. But I need to know for sure as shipping is expensive ($200+) and I'd have to pay it twice to ship back if it doesn't work out.
From the Vin, my vehicle was built on 11/29/2010 which is on the newer side of that date, but all the black Denali doors that aren't for local pickup only, are on the other side. What I found on my side of the date would require painting over a different color or having to transfer the chrome exterior door trim and Denali badge over to the new door which I'm clueless on how to do without damaging them. I really would prefer the straight forward swap that I could do If I knew the metal door from the first group of dates would work if I swapped over all the hardware from my existing door.
So I'm looking to buy a used door. Found several, some even the same black color off a Denali, so no painting. Problem is there seems to have been a change to the door mid model on 11/15/2010. Multiple doors on ebay are for 2007-2011 upto 11/14/2010 or 2011-2014 from 11/15/2010. What was the change? It's unusual for GM to make a mechanical change so I'm thinking the metal door itself is the same ( which is all I need as I have the rest) and is just a door electronics or interior trim difference. But I need to know for sure as shipping is expensive ($200+) and I'd have to pay it twice to ship back if it doesn't work out.
From the Vin, my vehicle was built on 11/29/2010 which is on the newer side of that date, but all the black Denali doors that aren't for local pickup only, are on the other side. What I found on my side of the date would require painting over a different color or having to transfer the chrome exterior door trim and Denali badge over to the new door which I'm clueless on how to do without damaging them. I really would prefer the straight forward swap that I could do If I knew the metal door from the first group of dates would work if I swapped over all the hardware from my existing door.
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