fiberglass rear fenders on ad trucks comments

[gmcer]

I don't have have a ton of money to dump on a set of reproduction rear fenders (steel) and a buddy said get fiberglass. pros and cons ? thanks for your imput

[lakeroadster]

I contemplated fiberglass but found that I could buy good used stepside fenders cheaper than the fiberglass ones.

Fiberglass will get star cracking from rocks flying out of the tires and impact the underside of the fender too. Not a good thing.

Look around for old trailers, a lot of these truck beds were made into trailers.

[MrTucker]

no experience here, but have heard several guys using them say they've had no issues. I haven't heard one bad thing about them. If you Rhino line the inside I cant see star cracking to be a problem.

I mean, they make full fiberglass body kits for tons of vehicles. I have a friend with a '71 Bronco that has a complete fiberglass body tub and he has only one crack - that's from hitting a tree

[rjs53]

I have a fiberglass front clip on my chevelle, not a 1 piece but seperate fenders and hood i bought these because of price also and had them sprayed with the bed liner, really helped. but after paying to have it done could have bought the steel. you can apply it yourself with a roller not sure how well that works

[Dan Bowles]

I've got a friend that runs fiberglass fenders all the way around on his ADs. Running boards as well. He won't go back to steel. He's worn out 3 sets of steel fenders.

[entourageguy]

check out this thread he has rear glass fenders...

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=394036

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by Dan Bowles

I've got a friend that runs fiberglass fenders all the way around on his ADs. Running boards as well. He won't go back to steel. He's worn out 3 sets of steel fenders.

Dan, I assume this is because he drives them in the winter??

[weldvair@embarqmail.]

I have fiberglass front fenders on my AD. They had to be massaged to fit, but are great now. Just spray some undercoat on the underside.

Don