I agree completely. Spend an afternoon giving the inside of the new fender a
POR15 treatment before going to the body shop and you'll be way ahead.
Even "rust free" on a used fender doesn't mean "won't bubble with rust
tomorrow".
-Curt
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 06:03:29 -0700
From: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 123 fenders - replace or restore?
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At $308. each, that only accounts for 3 shop hours at a decent body shop. 3
hrs to repair, to paint standard, a rusty fender, is on the low side. Plus,
when you are done, it's still a rusty fender under the paint.
Even with shipping costs, the $308 figure, IMHO, would be the better
investment. You start with a clean, no rust, set of fenders, then paint
them off the car. Undercoat or preserve the back side and have a much nicer
end result.
FWIW,
Grant...AZ [where even bare metal takes years to rust, and decades to rust
through]
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