front fender repair
front fender repairanyone tried to repair the typically bent bottom back lip of thier front fender themselves? have any luck ? mine is bent up like most i've seen. i bought a second one and it's bent up even worse ( only paid $10 for it thank goodness ). i'm planning to use the worse of the 2 as a practice piece before trying to 'coax' my original one back into form. I have very little (read:none) body work/repair experience, but one of my goals for this project is to learn new things, so i'd rather at least give it a go myself before turning it over to a pro. Any advice/tips/experience would be helpful, expecially if it was something that didn't work and shouldn't be attempted<laugh>. The closer one of the 2 in the picture is my original. Thanks in advance!
try to get it in to shape without too much hammer. if you stretch the metal too far, you will need a professional to get it back in to shape. i've had pretty good luck with large crescent wrenches, waterpump pliers, vice grips, and a C-clamp. you will need a hammer, but use it sparingly. you can work it against a piece of pipe, or large wooden dowel to smooth the flare at the end of the fender.
but if you have a chrome shop in your area, they can press it in to pretty nice shape, and you can go from there. last time i had that done it only cost like $35 or something, and i didn't even need to use Bond on it. good luck!
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