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steel or fiberglass gt fender flars |
stevenhaas |
Apr 9 2005, 01:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 9-April 05 From: New Jersey Member No.: 3,907 |
I just bought my first 914 and it just showed up this morning from the west coast. So needless to say, I’m new to the board and the car…. My first order of business is to start collecting parts needed to begin body work. This leads me to my question:
Steel GT fenders VS Fiberglass. Has anyone used fiberglass fenders on their street cars??? Have they cracked??? Have they held up to the true test of time??? Or should I save up and get the steel ones?? Thanks for any feedback! |
John |
Apr 11 2005, 09:55 PM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
I've had steel flares on my car since 1984.
If it would have been fiberglass, I would have had to replace all four flares. Since they are steel, they can be body-worked with a hammer. Both rear fenders were bent in half in an unfortunate skirmish in 1985, the left front was bent 5 years ago, and the right front was bent during my last track event last year. (The two front fenders were bent due to broken ball joints) One should really consider replacing ball joints every few years...... Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that steel can be beaten back into shape where fiberglass will rip, break, or shread. My money will go with steel flares (either factory or AA) BTW, the AA flares are actually a better fit than the factory parts. just my $0.02 |
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