The body shop that I have doing my car has looked at my original fenders and estimated that to get them back into shape would be about $350 per fender. This includes repairing one rust hole per fender. The rust holes are about the size of a grapefruit or less. He estimates it would take 10 hrs per fender to fix the holes and get them into primer. He has suggested possibly going with Repo fenders as a cost saving alternative. He recently did another '69 and used the repo goodmark fenders and said they required very little tweaking to get them lined up right. Any opinions on which would be the better way to go?

I just installed new repro from Classic Industries and had good luck with them as well, they fit pretty decent, some tweaking needed but only about an hour of work to tweak.

I have just used the goodmark fenders a month ago and they bolted right up and lined up with very little effort.

Go repro - save your money for other things

I say get the new one's , I had a set of repop 67 fender's about ten year's ago and they were very very poor , would not fit , would not line up , mine came from year one , they had made in taiwan sticker's all over them ,,,, but now the one's from goodmark are supposed to be much better , my 67 has repaired original GM fender's on it now but I think when paint time come's around I may try a set of goodmark fender's myself , good luck

$350 to repair each fender? I would repair the originals. The repros are going to cost you close to that. I would spend a little extra and repair what you have.Can't beat GM for fit. The repros can be a crap shoot.

I just installed a drivers side repop made in Taiwan...fit was good. Save your money

Bob

What's your car worth to you? The cost difference/savings isn't all that great if originality is important. The repro thickness will be slightly less. I have them and like them. I consider them to be today's acid-dipping alternative!

I have Goodmarks on the 69. They fit decent (a little tweeking). My orignals had so much mud in them that they added 100 lbs to the front end. Click on my link to see how they look. The gaps were near perfect.

I got some repros from www.belairbobs.com. (http://www.belairbobs.com.) He advertised on here. They are from Classic for $179 and included extensions. They fit pretty good.

Thanks, Tim

Originally posted by shoddy_F-body:
$350 to repair each fender? I would repair the originals. The repros are going to cost you close to that. I would spend a little extra and repair what you have.Can't beat GM for fit. The repros can be a crap shoot. I'll echo that.

Originally posted by 69lemans:
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$350 to repair each fender? I would repair the originals. The repros are going to cost you close to that. I would spend a little extra and repair what you have.Can't beat GM for fit. The repros can be a crap shoot. I'll echo that. </font>[/QUOTE]:eek: $350 for a repro fender? Goodmarks can be had if you look hard enough for under $400 a pair. I'd go with the Goodmarks & use the $300 saved for something else.

I said CLOSE to that. Figure in $100 to ship them to you unless you are close enough to pick em up. Also figure in the cost of the time for the body shop to 'make them fit.' At $40 - $65 per hour it doesn't take long for you to be spending more on the repro's. smile.gif

I think the key questions are what type of Camaro do you have and what type of restoration are you doing?

If it has most of its original sheet metal on it now and you're doing a back-to-stock restoration on a rarer Camaro, clearly repairing the originals is the way to go - even if it costs more.

If your creating a custom/modified/clone car, or if you've already replaced quarters/door skins, etc with repro's, then I'd consider the lower-cost options.

I fixed the fenders on my Z, as both were original, which, in my case was more important than cost. They turned out great and fit perfect.