Need a new front fender (good part souce?)

[e34musician]

A wife's cr-v backed up from the garage and hit my car:(

The shop said I need and new fender. They can't just form back the shape of the old one (it will cause ~$500 buck to do that and not gauratee it will look the same).

They will paint (match color) and install a new fender for me for $250 if I bring my own part. I found a cheap part source on ebay. What do guys think? I don't know how the new material will hold up .... The feed back is good though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FENDER-bmw-525I-89-95-primed-auto-car-90-91-92-93-94-RH_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33644QQihZ024QQitemZ 370019194149QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW#ShippingPaymen t

[vince]

Where are you, and was it the passenger side? I saw a good driver's in a junkyard yesterday.

vince
Naperville, IL

[gmannino]

E34musician, I have just replaced my front drivers fender with good success. I have a few tips.

My car is a 1990 so my primary concern was the matching of the paint. I know there are good paint mixers out there who can match new paint to look faded like older paint jobs.

I kept looking on craigslist, ebay, BMW forums, and calling around local salvage yard for a white fender and finally I found one on this forum. I purchased the fender and installed it. It was from a 1989 parts car and matched almost perfectly. The paint actually matches better than my original hood.

Anyways, I would stay away from aftermarket fenders like the one listed in your ebay add. Stick with a BMW oem fender and have it repainted if you have to. Keep all the metal the same and the quality will be the same.

[e34musician]

Thanks for all replies. I'm in California. Will keep looking on ebay, craigslist for used real oem part instead.

anyone here has extra passenger fender, let me know. Peace....

[hartge h26]

if she hit the other side I have a drivers side just sitting collecting dust.

[e34musician]

if she hit the other side I have a drivers side just sitting collecting dust.

Thanks! It would be nice if that was the case. Anyway. I just ordered a "real" used one (black) from ebay for $100 including shipping. Will have it repaint to my color. Will see how the new tech of matching paint works. I will probably need to polish and wax the car before the shop compare and mix the paint.