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Old 06-08-13, 08:34 PM
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Default After market Fender

I got hit on my side of my car and the fender is damaged was wondering if I should maybe go with these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/310680830425...84.m1438.l2649

or just get a regular fender put on. I haven't seen anyone with those fenders and I don't want to spend $1000+ on those artisian ones. anyone seen those that are in ebay anywhere?
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Just know you NEED to get these fenders fitted and smoothened out. ED quality isnt that greatest quality but they'll do but they do need a good amount of work to make it fit well and smoothened out.

they look good IMO
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Like it was said above it will take a ton of work to get them to fit. You will spend the money up front on a good quality product or you will spend it making a cheap product fit. I would recomend the second option.
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I actually bought a set and was willing to do get the work done. But my body shop already started on making everything fit and it was to late to add to the workload. I was actually excited to see it on mine
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Sometimes people dont realize that they will end up spending the cash either way. I have had work done and it was costly to get everything the way I wanted it.
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There's a lot of work that'll need to done to ensure proper fitment of those ED fenders, but every batch is different so you might actually get one that'll fit decently.

Another option is to take a factory fender which is made of aluminium and bring it to someone that can modify them to any designs that you want

like mine are factory fenders that are cut out and rewelded
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ure-l-etc.html
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how much does it cost usually to redo a factor fender?
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Originally Posted by Mikeyy
There's a lot of work that'll need to done to ensure proper fitment of those ED fenders, but every batch is different so you might actually get one that'll fit decently.

Another option is to take a factory fender which is made of aluminium and bring it to someone that can modify them to any designs that you want

like mine are factory fenders that are cut out and rewelded
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ure-l-etc.html
Second that notion... Your car looks sick.. What did it cost to get that fender work done?
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I actually brought it from a member last yr. just had my body shop fix the welds and repair it and that was about $300.

my guess would be anywhere from $500-$1000 depending on the person and quality of work
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Check out Platinum VIP's custom fenders...All metal custom work

www.platinumvipmotors.com
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i got these on mine and i like it
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those cost like $1000 for the fenders?
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Originally Posted by YogiFTLC
I actually bought a set and was willing to do get the work done. But my body shop already started on making everything fit and it was to late to add to the workload. I was actually excited to see it on mine

Eeek. Good you didn't bother. Car looks sick without them. Congrats on your US VIP feature homie.

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