Quote Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5 View Post
I would double check on using fiberglass fenders. I bought some rears for my 53 and after talking to the body shop, they all but told be that I would regret using fiberglass due to stars developing in the glass coat due to flying rocks. They also were not happy with the glass coat on just about every glass fender they've ever ordered and spend a lot of time re doing the glass coat. I was lucky enough to sell my glass ones in a couple of days and got some new steel fenders and was very happy with the quality of them. I had my front fenders and hood repaired at the shop for the same cost as if I bought new, maybe a bit more but I wanted as much of the original steel on as I could. The rear fenders could have possibly been fixed but they were in pretty tough shape.
Hmm, that's good to know. I've had reservations about going with fiberglass because I can imagine them developing cracks. Two of my fenders are in really bad shape. Sadly there are no steel reproduction ones for my year stude. Finding decent old ones is almost impossible.