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I’m looking to replace the driver side front fender with a color matching one from another fox with the same paint. It’s a desert tan L hatch. I really need someone to point me in the right direction
 

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Good luck finding an early fender in good enough shape, especially that rare and not currently popular color! I had trouble finding rear interior strut covers in palmino (Lt. pumpkin) 20-30 years ago and had to paint a more common color pair. Fading is an issue, but if you are going for luck, you might go for the whole deal.
The car is growing on me. How is the inside?
 
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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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What is wrong with the fender?
 
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General karthief said:
What is wrong with the fender?
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Rust at the bottom? That can be cut and patched, but then there is pain matching involved.
 
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Will be tough finding a used one already painted. Desert tan was a fairly rare color only offered in 1983 and 1984, and the two years actually use a different paint code so there may be differences there as well.
 
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General karthief said:
What is wrong with the fender?
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bad rust at the bottom
 
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7991LXnSHO said:
Good luck finding an early fender in good enough shape, especially that rare and not currently popular color! I had trouble finding rear interior strut covers in palmino (Lt. pumpkin) 20-30 years ago and had to paint a more common color pair. Fading is an issue, but if you are going for luck, you might go for the whole deal.
The car is growing on me. How is the inside?
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The interior is super clean!! i’ll take some pics when i get a chance, it only had 84,000 km on it when i got it, one owner car!
 
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Agreed, it's hard to match late model cars with color matched fenders, much less 40 year old ones!
 
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