Hello, Both the fenders on my 71 Comet (converted to 71 mav front end) and I'm not sure if I should try to hunt down a set of metal ones or make the jump to fiberglass. Generally speaking, I hear it's a lot of work to go to fiberglass but it may be more work to find fenders for this car. There's not too many left these days and I haven't found any metal aftermarket fenders. I'm finding fiberglass stuff everywhere, but no luck finding pattern metal fenders. Which should I do? What do you guys think? If you know of a place that sells pattern fenders, then i'll definitely go there. Otherwise I'm just not sure if it's worth trying to track down fenders and hope they're good enough to work with. Thanks, Vince
If this thread was in the "Wanted" forum, it might attract folks with fenders to sell. Fiberglass seems to be a starting point. In other words, you get the basic shape of the part you are buying, then have to cut out all the openings, shape all the contours, and trim all the excess fiber left on when they laid it in the mold. Lots of work, but if you can do the work yourself, rather than pay a body shop, you will eventually have a nice part.
id rather pay a body shop to fix my metal fenders then to fit a fiberglass set the fiberglass aftermarket for these cars seems to be notorious for disgusting fit quality...
In my opinion they are not reparable, but I am no body man. They have what appears to be cancer rust on the tops and one fender has a weak spot that pops in and out. The passenger fender also has some considerable rust where the air dam mounts up. I don't feel good about fixing them. If a professional says he can fix them, then so be it but I'd much rather replace them with solid fenders. I didn't want to put an ad in the wanted section quite yet since I'm leaving the country in 5 days, but I at least wanted to gather opinions. From what I'm gathering, it's not worth the trouble to go to glass. Instead, I'll just look around for some solid fenders when I get back.
the top flat surface of the fender poping in and out if you put pressure on it is actually normal. most every fender ive seen with rust issues has just been rot between the wheel and the door in the corner at the bottom
