Well, yesterday when I was parked at school, some rocket scientist somehow managed to hit my parked car, and I have no idea who it was. Now i have a bigass dent in my front passenger fender and i need a new one. Where can I get one besides GM because I really dont want to overpay for the piece of junk they will send me which will probably have dents in it anyway. (sorry, bad experiences with gm dealer parts).

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87 IROC-Z L98
84 TRANS AM H.O.

 

GM fenders are going to be the only ones that fit worth a damn. My father uses jap panels on repairs when people don't want to pay for OEM and they NEVER fit right.

On a side note, unless the fender is totally crumbled, it can probably be saved. Junk yards are also great places for inexpensive fenders.

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I have a pass side fender from an '87 formula that I will sell for $50 + shipping. This is an actual GM piece and is in pretty good condition. If I remember correctly, it has maybe 1 or 2 SMALL dents, and possibly some surface rust/road tar on the lip by wheel well. Sanding/priming is about all this thing needs.

MILT

 

whatever you do, avoid Tong Yang (TKY) fenders like the plague, they fit horrible!
I bought one trying to save some money, NEVER AGAIN!
the top sits above the hood, rubs the door at the bottom and the lower bolt panel near the rocker sits 1 & 1/2 inches too far back.
still need to replace it with an OEM part. after that it's gonna get recycled

edit: I just noticed how ancient this thread is, wow... six years old...

 

If there is a good bodyshop near you, they can normally get you a used GM fender.

wth lol

 

for the tip, I'll check with some of the body shops around town.
I tried the local junkyards already, but they seem to be a bust for things like this, all the fenders are damaged at the ones I have visited.

 

Sorry to hear about your car.
I have seen aftermarket fenders fit really bad! Off by almost up to a half inch!
I would go used before I go aftermarket ones!
It may take awhile, but I would say keep looking.

Good luck,

George

 

what are you ppl talkin about....aftermarket **** fits great on our cars...i got into a fender bender once when i got cut off....so i went to my shop to order parts....a fender from gm was almost 500 bux...so i got aftermarket....55 bux...ill take it i said...it came in...no antena hole....even better i didnt have to shave it as i was going to....so i fit everything and got the other fender brand new too after i saw how good this fender fit...also got a new bumper...all aftermarket...and it fits great...even with the ram air ii hood....but maybe its that i work at a body shop has somehting to do with it...i donno....it fir great so instead of 500 i spen 200 bux on a whole new front end...but to each his own....good luck

 

looks like you got pretty lucky with your repro stuff.
I ought to take some pictures of how awful this stuff fits my car, you could toss a cat through some of the gaps,
by the time I get done paying a body shop to get this one fender to fit right I could buy a nice pair of used GM fenders.
so in my case it really wasn't much of a savings.
what aftermarket brand did you buy? like I said I got the TKY fender, it feels cheap, looks cheap and fits cheap.