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12-03-2008, 06:15 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Kansas City Kansas
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Do I salvage or replace?
I am at the crossroads where I have to ask myself, do I want to try to salvage OE or replace with aftermarket? Since I suck at these questions I will ask the group"s advise.
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12-03-2008, 06:19 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: DFW, Texas
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
fix it
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12-03-2008, 06:19 PM
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Windy Corner of a Dirty Street
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Pueblo West, Colorado
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
Are you talking about those tiny rust holes in the bottom corners of the fenders? If so, I would fix those fenders over settling on Chinese repop aftermarket fenders any day.
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12-03-2008, 06:21 PM
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Location: Loveland Co.
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
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12-03-2008, 06:22 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: South Florida
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
fix it!!! or have it fix!!!!
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12-03-2008, 06:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
I have a brand new set of chinese fenders I would trade straight across. But you wouldn't want them. Fix your originals.
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12-03-2008, 06:42 PM
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I'm a poor spectator
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: San Antonio, Tx
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
Fix it!
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12-03-2008, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Chesapeake, VA
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
Stay with as much original sheet metal as possible. You'll thank yourself when you start putting it back together!
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12-03-2008, 06:44 PM
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Account Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Gulfport, Ms
Posts: 833
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
THROW THOSE AWAY!
Ship them to me and I will throw them away for you!!! |
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12-03-2008, 07:10 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
Posts: 2,693
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
When i took the 72 front end off the suburban, I took it in pieces instead of the whole clip... I wanted it in small pieces, and, I was alonw and with no hoist.
Anyways, once it was all said and done, I grabbed the two enders, one in my left hand, and one in my right hand. I never weighed them, but that imported repop was REAL light compaired to the (non bondo'd) original. Night and day difference. inspect the originals real close, esp up inside at the seam, then if still salvagable, fix them. If they are junk... I would say locate some other 40 year old good ones. |
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12-03-2008, 07:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: greenfield indiana
Posts: 241
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
fix it.
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12-03-2008, 07:50 PM
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Texas Big Wig
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mineola, Texas
Posts: 5,620
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Re: Do I salvage or replace?
I would fix those, but if you get into them & they are junk, then Trip Pro makes some REALLY good ones
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