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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 01:53 AM
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I went to a movie earlier today and after caught a ride back to a friends house. I came back to my truck a little over an hour ago to drive home, and found someone had bashed in my right fender quite nicely.

Not sure what happened considering it doesnt look like one solid blow and more like several small impacts. Its dented up pretty nice, and there is no way im popping those dents out. Paints cracked and scratched quite nicely around the area.

Anyone know how much it would cost to replace the right fender and have it paint matched? Hoping it wont cost too much :/
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 02:12 AM
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In 05 I had a fender repaired on my former truck (Toyota Tacoma) and it cost about $300.00 to have the dents pulled, bondo'd and painted. Not sure what a replacement would cost with colormatch.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 02:44 PM
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looks like the damage might be able to be covered up with some fender flares. Anyone know how high the bushwacker fender flares go up. If they go up high enough putting them on would be cheaper then replacing the damage fender, and would be a nice touch to the truck
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by utahdakota
looks like the damage might be able to be covered up with some fender flares. Anyone know how high the bushwacker fender flares go up. If they go up high enough putting them on would be cheaper then replacing the damage fender, and would be a nice touch to the truck

i can measure mine after work where exactly on the fender is the damage
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 05dakota4x4
i can measure mine after work where exactly on the fender is the damage
Thanks so much! Its got around 4 dents about center of the fender that goes up about 2 1/2 inches up on the fender, looks like it would be covered by the flares though
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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they measured about 5 1/4" from bottom to top in the middle of the flare let me know if u need anything else
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 12:56 AM
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that should cover up pretty much all of it, a corner of the scratch may show but nothing a bit of touch up paint wont fix
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by utahdakota
that should cover up pretty much all of it, a corner of the scratch may show but nothing a bit of touch up paint wont fix
thats good ive got a dent behind one of mine lol
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 01:36 AM
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Nice man. Its the way we do it, why fix it, when we can just pretend its not there. Fixes everything, except global warming, and the mistresses of tiger woods
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by utahdakota
Nice man. Its the way we do it, why fix it, when we can just pretend its not there. Fixes everything, except global warming, and the mistresses of tiger woods
haha RIGHT ON... glad it'll work for ya!
 
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