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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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My car recently got hit by my dads car a couple days ago and the RH Fender needs to be replaced. I have been looking at non OEM fenders for a couple days and was wondering if anyone else has bought one of them before?
Old Aug 8, 2010 | 10:28 PM
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I havent bought any myself but i would say stay oem. the people around here who have different fenders never seem to fit right. Or you could go with the oem style fender but carbon fiber. I love the way those look.
Old Aug 8, 2010 | 10:32 PM
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agree! I wud stay with oem fender. aftermarket fender need some modification to make it fit right. thats what i heard from people. Good luck
Old Aug 8, 2010 | 10:39 PM
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-yup just what the people above me said, oem is pretty much gonna fit with out any modification, but aftermarket may require so modification to make it fit-
Old Aug 8, 2010 | 11:07 PM
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The metal usually isn't as strong either as factory.
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Bleh, I guess you get what you pay for. Too bad they're no junkyards around that have a salvaged 2008 silver tc.

Also, about the metal not being that strong. My dad hit me in his driveway and jacked up my whole side. He was going about 4 miles an hour, so I could careless about the strength. I was just seeing if a non OEM fender would need refitting to put on. Seems like OEM is winning on this one.
Old Aug 10, 2010 | 03:00 AM
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OEM..
Old Aug 10, 2010 | 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ARodvold
Bleh, I guess you get what you pay for. Too bad they're no junkyards around that have a salvaged 2008 silver tc.

Also, about the metal not being that strong. My dad hit me in his driveway and jacked up my whole side. He was going about 4 miles an hour, so I could careless about the strength. I was just seeing if a non OEM fender would need refitting to put on. Seems like OEM is winning on this one.
An aftermarket metal fender may not require much but a CF or fiberglass one most likely need a lot of work.

OEM=no fitment problems
Old Aug 11, 2010 | 01:09 AM
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i would go with the oem as well. you cant beat original unless youre paying TOP dollar
Old Aug 11, 2010 | 01:24 AM
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i'd go OEM bro.
Old Aug 11, 2010 | 07:52 AM
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Finally went to the dealership and gave in. I bought it for 221 primed and ready to go. I brang the fender back to my garage, and noticed that my damaged fender was not OEM lol, so as I was putting on the oem one, the MFers altared where the bolts were supposed to go in the first place. Damn those aholes. Either way, I fixed it =)
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i got a driver side fender from ragepages.com and it fit perfectly.
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