Are aftermarket fenders that bad in quality?

[cjlinkster]

I have been looking and looking for a used front clip to go on my truck. In my area front clips are going for $300+.

After looking at 5 different front clips, I am feeling like the aftermarket ones may not be so bad. Seriously, each of the front clips that I looked at either had rust or were dented to no ends. argh!!!

I drove (and pulled a trailer) 1 & 1/2 hours the other day to look at a front clip in "perfect shape". That "perfect shape" front clip was covered with hail dents.

Should I keep searching or just go for the new aftermarket pieces and take my chances??????