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Location: Paradise TX USA
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Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
I have installed my first and LAST set of stupid cheap chinese made reproduction fenders. I've never had to do so much tweaking, cutting, bending, shimming, and mounting hole enlarging just to make parts fit.
I don't care what it cost, from now on, if at all possible, I will use nothing but original parts.
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
lol.....look at it this way.....at least you live in Paradise !!!
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
You've got a point there. I'll take paradise over hell-paso any day.
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
It's hit or miss on those repop fenders. I've installed several of them. The worst were Counterpart.
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
I installed an inner fender from Tripluss, it fit like a glove and I was waiting for all sorts of probs having read so many posts like this before...every mounting hole on the thing lined up perfectly.
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
That's why I use stock parts. When you can buy an entire truck for the price of a repo door or fenders and inners etc It's financially more feasible and the parts always fit right
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
Agree. Back in the 80's I was still able to get some NOS sheet metal parts for my 69 at the local Chevy dealer. Every part I got I had to tweak, bend, and/or wallo out the mounting holes to get them to fit. I was told they were original GM parts and that they usually kept them for around 20 years. Not sure if they were stamped here or in another country, though.
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
Depends on where you're looking I guess and how far you're willing to travel. I just got a truck originally from here, where everything rusts and the inner fenders are mint with no rust at all. Cab floor doesn't have any rust either and there's minor rust in the rockers. That's almost a California truck for us up here hahaha
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
Approx cost of triplus?
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
$189.95
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
eddie needs to go to the shop talk and check out fab shop video ,it explains Chinese parts vs custom its hilarious
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=440826
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
How's this for Chinese made?
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
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Nothing against the Chinese/Asian people on this thread. I've known some great Asian people in my lifetime. I'm sure if we were getting crappy parts from another country, the theme would be the same "cheaply made ----- parts." ![]() |
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
I know that Tri-Plus parts are the same gauge as OEM. I agree,you have to ask what brand they are. Don't let a vendor intimidate you. It's like buying tires or (more importantly) beer. It matters who made them.
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
Just thought I'd add my recent experience with repop fenders. I tried to locate good OEM but either not straight or rust free enough, or way to expensive. Took a gamble with Counterpart because they claim new, more accurate tooling is being used now to stamp them out. Well, have to say that both the driver and passenger fenders fit pretty darn good with only minor shiming/mounting hole tweaking. To top it off, they both line up very well with the grill shell and inner fenders.
I think a big key to mounting any sheetmetal is to use the original style mounting hardware with tapered, threaded tips and captive washers. With these, the holes don't have to line up exactly. The bolt finds it way and pulls things together while aligning the holes. Just my $.02. |
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Re: Stupid Cheap Chinese Made Fenders!!!!!
Good point about the OEM-type bolts.
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