I think the oem panels measure somewhere in the middle.
Amd sheet metal thickness.
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A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
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The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
There are several different gauge systems used today with specific gauge designations used for specific metal types.
The tables in my texts and on the machine reference gauge.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
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As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Panel thickness difference is big goodmark measured 039 and amd is 047.
The stamping in the doorjamb area is better on the goodmark but the overall quality straightness goes to amd.
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In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
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A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.