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Old May 13, 2005 | 05:27 AM
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Reproduction Fender quality

So anyone have fitment pictures and just any general pictures of these fitted up. Im a perfectionist and im thinking about ordering these if they dont line up perfect it wont be the end of the world i guess im usually good at lining stuff up but how is the quality. I would go with original GM but they are over 400 per fender way to much for some thin sheet metal. I notice on alot of repro panels the bends arent as sharp which might be good on camaro fenders cause the fenders are all sharpe and the quarters are more of a gradual flare if you get what i mean.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 03:43 PM
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I have a repro fender on the pass. side front of my Firebird and the fit is pretty good. The point where the fender meets the nose is tight but other than that it's good.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 04:23 PM
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pick up an undamaged used fender, should cost you 75$. I think Hawks is located in SC
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Old May 14, 2005 | 08:44 AM
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I bought both of my fenders from Auto Body Panel. They are aftermarket. Fitment was great. Fenders were very straight, pass had a small dent in it. They do not have the holes for the GFX and the pass did not have a hole for the antenna, which is good, as I planned to fill it anyway.
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Old May 14, 2005 | 08:46 AM
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hmmmm interesting yeh i plan to fill my antenna hole also.
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Old May 14, 2005 | 08:59 AM
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You are in luck, ABP has a wharehouse in CInnci, in fact, the Louisville store had to get my pass one from Cinnci. Cost me like 60 bucks.
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Old May 14, 2005 | 04:27 PM
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Yeh I went up there before to get a z28 hood.
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Old May 14, 2005 | 05:21 PM
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dont get it from ABP the fit is horrible i got a front bumper cover, and passenger fender and it's got a horrible gap
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Old May 14, 2005 | 08:31 PM
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Both my fenders fit nicely.
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