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Old Dec 2, 2001 | 11:31 PM
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Thumbs down Fender death....

Anyone know how I could fix the damage to my fender? I have no idea how to take off the fender or else I would try to tap it out and bondo it.

Any help would be appreciated.


Jeff




P.S. I'm not the one that backed up into the pole, it was the previous owner... heh...
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Old Dec 3, 2001 | 01:54 AM
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its really easy to replace. just a few bolts on top that are really easy to get to, two on the bottom towards the rear, one on top towrds the rear that you can only get to if you open the door, one under the light (just pop em up and remove the plastic cover it should be easy enough to get to), one on the inside at the very back, some on the bottom in the front holding on to a little bracket, and then one holding it to the header panel. i think thats all of em. really easy once you get started. they are all 10mm jsut like almost every other part on the car.
if you arent gonna get it painted anytime soon dont really worry about it cause a primer fender would look way worse than what youve got. doesnt look like its bad enough to cause any rubbing, but if so bend it out a little bit
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Old Dec 3, 2001 | 04:24 AM
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Victoria British has fenders in their catalog for something like $89.95 plus shipping. It's almost not worth repairing them at that price.
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Old Dec 3, 2001 | 07:23 PM
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Originally posted by gamble302
its really easy to replace. just a few bolts on top that are really easy to get to, two on the bottom towards the rear, one on top towrds the rear that you can only get to if you open the door, one under the light (just pop em up and remove the plastic cover it should be easy enough to get to), one on the inside at the very back, some on the bottom in the front holding on to a little bracket, and then one holding it to the header panel. i think thats all of em. really easy once you get started. they are all 10mm jsut like almost every other part on the car.
if you arent gonna get it painted anytime soon dont really worry about it cause a primer fender would look way worse than what youve got. doesnt look like its bad enough to cause any rubbing, but if so bend it out a little bit
gamble
It's not rubbing, but I will be painting it soon. The paint's actually wayyyy worse than it looks in the picture (it has huge scratches and dimples and rock chips all over it). I'll take off the fender and pop it out, and bondo and prime it, as it is only sitting in the shop at school right now, and it'll get painted this spring.Thanks for the help!

Jeff
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 07:10 PM
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the 79/80 nfenders are going for $200 + shipping which is around $100 sorry
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 07:23 PM
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wow.... you're amazing...

this post is almost a year old.... I have long since fixed it... took the fender off and pounded out the dent....

try not to post in posts over 6 months old.... it gets annoying...
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 10:27 AM
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Just 'cause he pays taxes to Dubya doesn't mean you have to be rude to him. At 3 posts, he's obviously (relatively) new to the forum...
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 01:26 PM
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How the hell did he find this post? I thought the forum history got wiped clean a couple months ago. This thread is OLD.

Good thing I'm keeping it alive, huh?
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