how hard will this be to fix???
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Melting Slicks
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From: St. Petersburg, Fl///Columbus, Ohio
how hard will this be to fix???
I was cruising around 90 and POP I'm sideways on I-275n in rush hour traffic ....my right rear tire ATE part of my fender
do they make patch panels or am I better off replacing the fender???
Team Owner
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From: Columbia Missouri
You can most likely patch that yourself. A good shop will have no problems patching that up. Matching the paint will be interesting though. 
Just so you know, always check what speeds your tires are rated to drive at. Some are not rated for 90 especially when they are older tires.
Just so you know, always check what speeds your tires are rated to drive at. Some are not rated for 90 especially when they are older tires.
Racer
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From: Cherry Hill N.J.
Hard to Fix
YO FIX;
You should not be taking chances with speed with all that rust.
You might have been very lucky that all you did was the panel damage.
Check your whole car for rust before attempting high speed travel.
If something else let loose it could be much more costly.
You should not be taking chances with speed with all that rust.
You might have been very lucky that all you did was the panel damage.
Check your whole car for rust before attempting high speed travel.
If something else let loose it could be much more costly.
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Melting Slicks
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From: St. Petersburg, Fl///Columbus, Ohio
????? my car is solid as a rock with some light surface rust on a daily driven car where are you seeing all this rust?????
Le Mans Master
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From: Boca Raton Florida
I think he is looking at your frame in there. If its just surface rust its not a problem. Fiberglass work isn't that hard. Couple choices: Either replace the quarter panel or patch it. You might find that replacing the panel is the fastest and easiest way to go, as oposed to cutting, glassing, filling and smoothing the 2 or 3 areas that are affected there.
Eklers sells a video that covers that exact repair if your interested in doing it yourself. Paint is a whole nuther matter, matching can be tough on an old paint job
Eklers sells a video that covers that exact repair if your interested in doing it yourself. Paint is a whole nuther matter, matching can be tough on an old paint job
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Melting Slicks
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From: St. Petersburg, Fl///Columbus, Ohio
The 2K primer yellow will be easy to match!!! RED paint goes back on in febuary
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looks like you can tackle that if you are inclined to. fiber glass is pretty easy to work with .....that rim needs to be checked for trueness before you mount a tire on it though
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