Aftermarket fenders, hood, radiator support?

[HunterRotten]

To start this off I will say my truck is not that bad to require an entire front clip. Not in my opinion anyways. There's just some rust on the top of the fender opening and the driverside has some collision damage that had been bondo'd over.

The body shop thinks they aren't worth saving and it'll be too expensive to replace. They want to mount up an aftermarket set and see how it fits before proceeding though.

Should I be shopping for some Cali fenders or should I let them go after market? The aftermarket core support and hood is necessary.. just my truck wasn't in all that bad of shape and I would have never of thought the whole front clip would be Chinese.

Thanks.

[old Rusty C10]

ive used goodmark fenders and some Chinese stuff goodmark seems to fit better and be better quality but nothing is as good as OEM OEM is kinda hard to find and very pricey

[LT7A]

I would always fix OEM, or replace with OEM if at all possible. But we have it available up here. What year is your truck, and what will you be paying for the reproduction parts including shipping? That might help determine the feasibility of going after OEM stuff.

[HunterRotten]

Originally Posted by LT7A

I would always fix OEM, or replace with OEM if at all possible. But we have it available up here. What year is your truck, and what will you be paying for the reproduction parts including shipping? That might help determine the feasibility of going after OEM stuff.

They've got the fenders already as far as I know. They got free shipping on them, no idea on the manufacturer or price.

[Jaysonb]

I think it depends on weather or not the shop is willing to take the time to fuss with the aftermarket panels to make them fit. If they just slam them on, they will not fit well. My last project used aftermarket fenders, doors, boxsides, and tailgate. All but the tailgate took work to fit decent.

[HunterRotten]

Originally Posted by Jaysonb

I think it depends on weather or not the shop is willing to take the time to fuss with the aftermarket panels to make them fit. If they just slam them on, they will not fit well. My last project used aftermarket fenders, doors, boxsides, and tailgate. All but the tailgate took work to fit decent.

That makes sense but they don't have an entire truck. I've got the frame and bed. They have the cab and everything else. The plan originally was to trade so we could drop the engine in and drive it to pick up the bed when it was done.