Need a 90-93 Drivers side FENDER (gt or st)

[drunkpuppy]

Long story short...i need a drivers side fender for a 90-93 GT or ST. Mine was hit and the cheapest i found was eBay, about $170 shipped. For that price i could just get the pair of VIS Z-3 fenders. Anyways if you have one, post up or email me. Thanks.

[Projectcelicagtx]

Hey check junk yards there are ALOT of celicas in near me cuz i just had to fix mine. I got a fender in GREAT shape for $50. Also Be very carefull ordering the fiber glass parts like the z3 fenders because they dont fit perfect it takes some fabrication to make them align correctly.. i tried, i went through 2 sets before i got one that aligned and matched the body well.

[drunkpuppy]

ive heard that about the fiberglass fenders too. What kind of fabrication or alterations can they require? I mean, how bad could it be...unless the product is bad quality.

[calicelica]

same here...need 1(one) fender for driver side... but I've decided to give it a shot to fix it myself, you know...sometimes we're like..."looking forward" to hit obects....

[Projectcelicagtx]

the problems i had was for example... Where the door meets the fender there should be maybe a 1/4 spacing ... and it should make a sweeping moon shape (. Well sometimes the spacing will be up to half an inch bigger than its sopposed to be, so it looks crappy OR the curve will have a hump in it and you will have to take a drimel to it and grind it down into shape then sand it to smooth it back out etc. Example... it should look like this ( with one set of mine came like this < and it touched the door and wouldnt fit so i had to gind the point out of it.
I dont know if you understand all that haha but i tried to explain the best way possible its hard to get unless youve been through it before.

[Projectcelicagtx]

Oh p.s if you MUST have the z3 fenders the best quality i have personally experience and what all the body shops arounds me recommend is "Wings West". more expensive... but you get what you pay for.

[calicelica]

Bondo/surfacer/sandpapers + tax : $50
Paintjob for one panel : $60
Hammering, shaping, puttying, waiting, sanding, re-applying surfacer, re-sanding : 6 hrs
Calls and research on how to fix your own fender: 3-4 hours.
The knowledge and experience: pricelessssssssss!!!

disclaimer: if u actually try it and mess up, pls do not blame me!

[drunkpuppy]

thanks for the info...ill be sure to do some reading up on the sellers if i decide to go in that direction.

[Projectcelicagtx]

Yeh hes right its gonna take you about 10 hours do get both the fenders on and ready to paint but i had fun doing it and they look great. It just depends on if you have the tools, desire , and the time to put that kinda time into your car.