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Are these OEM?
Can anyone tell if these inner fenders are original or aftermarket? They need a little work but if they are original it’s worth it to me to keep them.
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Re: Are these OEM?
They look real clean to be originals.
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Re: Are these OEM?
The real question is how did they fit? If they fit good don't worry about it, clean them up and use em.
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Re: Are these OEM?
Unless it's obvious they're not genuine, it might be tuff to be sure. If they fit well they're probably original.
That said, here are some pictures of what I'm mostly sure are GM. The RH fender has a stamp of some sort. I couldn't locate a stamp on the LH side, I'd expect to see one for a match. But the material and mounting plates are identical. What are the odds repops. would have the same mounting plates as original? Here are some pics., next post too. Interested to see what yours look like.
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If the pass. side doez not have a rust hole from the battery its not oem
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Re: Are these OEM?
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![]() I suspect top mounted batteries are more prone to acid leaks. Three pics showing the mounting plates. They're the same on both my inner fenders:
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Re: Are these OEM?
It does have some holes from the battery. Thanks for the pictures I’ll have to look for those stamps in the morning and I’ll update.
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Re: Are these OEM?
The only thing that matters between OEM and repro is when you go to mount them. You will either have a fit or you will have a fit!
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Evidence is the original owner banged up the camper mirror at minimum, perhaps two wrecks. Bondo on top of door panel where the mirror mounts. The inner door had black undercoating of some sort, missing some of original door screws. I doubt GM would use a common washer to shim the RH side of the cowl with a bolt they abused and.... rather than lining up the inner fender, they sunk a sheet metal screw into the outer fender pocket. The screw is vintage, kind of cool. ![]() ![]() By the pictures, you can see RH fender is banged up nicely. If memory serves me that rock is on me. I have a good sense of the history on this truck, 30 years to me come September. The original owner lived 17 miles away, which is where he bought it. Small town "car lot". As an old man he traded it in for ?. Dumb luck buying it, I was young and ignorant, didn't know what I was getting.
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Re: Are these OEM?
I looked all over and don’t see any stamping. The odd thing is all the brackets look the same as your pictures. They seems to have lined up good other than the rear bottom fender bolt was missing on both sides. Neither of the holes lined up and that was a bit of a cue for me they may be aftermarket.
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Re: Are these OEM?
I looked everywhere but It's a little hard to tell where that stamping is in your picture. I looked at all the edges and nothing. I would rather just buy replacements than spend the time to fix a hole on an aftermarket inner fender.
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