campin1983

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So I bought new fenders, door, front bumper and hood. Although in the first picture you can't really see much damage, the underside of the bumper was shredded, the ground fx were ripped off and the fenders were really rusty.

I replaced it with parts from another car, and while its not perfect, I think its a whole lot better. I'm not quite done, but I figured I'd give you a before/after picture. What do you think?

hydrolic144

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Looks great! Hood looks awesome man.

mw66nova

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lookin' good.

how did that drivers side fender look when you took it off? i'm in need of one pretty badly.

campin1983

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The driver side fender was complete garbage, both were rusted from the base all the way up past the ground effects. I didn't even have to remove the screws and bolts from the bottom 6 inches of them.

HOWEVER:
I'm retrieving a parts car next weekend, and I don't need any of the sheet metal on the outside. I'm harvesting the floorpan, interior and suspension from it, maybe a few other things. I am willing to sell anything off that car that I don't use. If you can wait a week to see if the fender on that car is worth buying (I haven't seen it in person yet), I'd gladly sell it. PM me if interested.

mw66nova

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i got nothing but time brother. only thing is shipping from IL to GA may be kinda obnoxious...

campin1983

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Ok, I'll keep you in mind when i start stripping it down, and I'll let you know if its worth saving or not. One thing I do know is that anything off the parts car will at least need repainted unless you happen to be partial to rattle can lime green...

campin1983

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I talked to the owner of the parts car, and just my luck, the drivers side fender is the ONLY thing on the exterior that won't be worth trying to resell. Sorry mw66nova. If there's anything else you might need, just let me know and I'll try to pull it when I get the car.

CharcoalBird

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I'm not much for birds on the hood but that actually looks decent. Lucky find on that 91' cover in good shape and matching color. What year is this parts car?

mw66nova

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ok that's cool, thanks for letting me know. i'm going to need the entire headlight assembly for the drivers side as well...let me know on a price.

campin1983

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Title on the parts car says 83, but I'm told that most of the parts on it are from 84. I'm not sure there's much of a difference between the two.
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Will do. I pick up the car next weekend, and I'll start taking it apart and I'll quote prices as quick as I can!

rwdtech

do you have any more pictures from different angles?

campin1983

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Not yet, I didn't bother taking any since the exterior was incomplete at the time of this post, and I'm still fighting with the ground fx down the side of the car. It is also an interesting sight at the moment, as the interior has been completly gutted and i'm repairing rusted sheet metal and cleaning it out from a mouse infestation. I'll take more pics soon

rwdtech

i cant remember if you decided to keep the GFX or not

bumper looks good tho

campin1983

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Yes, the car now has ground fx. The bumper ground effects had been sheered off, and it now has them again. However, I'm fighting the ground fx down the side of the car, as I broke an attatchment point right at the fender and don't want to replace the whole piece just because one bracket broke, so while I'm trying to figure that one out, I'm too embarrassed to post pictures of it hanging there, lol.

rwdtech

did i ever show u pics of how good these cars look without gfx?

campin1983

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That is pretty nice looking, but I'm one broken mount from getting all my ground fx back. I'm also afraid to take off the rear ground fx from the bumper.. there may not be any metal, lol.

Tobias05

she looks great!

rwdtech

the bumper supports on these cars rust out quite often

campin1983

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well if its a common problem, then i'm sure mine did it. I'm not sure if it sat in a barn for 3 years or a swimming pool. Arg.

rwdtech

its ok since it is a replaceable part. mine was completely cancer rusted, despite being a very clean car

hydrolic144

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I think I just fell in love with those wheels. What are they?

mw66nova

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slp firehawks....good luck finding them though, they've been discontinued, reproduced, then discontinued again.

avro206

err... they are RONAL R15s. But you right about the last part