Well my quarter panel is damaged beyond repair and I will be replacing it as soon as my funds allow. Question is I know I can get a quarter panel off a car in the wrecking yard and weld it on, however I do not have a welder and the person who has always done all my welding for me now lives in Florida. I found a set of replacement fiberglass fenders and I have experience fiberglassing. This would save weight and money as well as the set is only $224. Im stuck in a dilema here about what to do and any help/suggestions/input would be appreciated. I have gotten estimates from various body shops and those being in excess of 3 grand I think I will be doing this myself.

Thanks in advance

 

The quarter panels are welded to the unibody. Cutting them from another car would be difficult if not impossible. Even if you are able to cut them off for transplant, you would have to make sure you cut with enough margin for the body shop to be able to reuse them.

 

Yes im aware i know its not impossible as ive seen other camaros with the quarter panel replaced

 

I wouldn't fiberglass the quarter panels in, it might weaken the unibody. You could always get brand new panels from somewhere like Classic Industries or Year One.

 

Who makes fiberglass rear quarters?

When I damaged the quarter on my '94 I cut off the quarter off a junker and had a shop weld it on. I cant remember how much I paid to have this done but it was substantially cheaper then ordering a new fender. I want to say they charged me around $200-$300 for labor.

 

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I still cant decide if i trust that company though. Ill eventually buy something from them and find out that way I guess.
The company sells things on ebay and has good feedback (97.8% out of 650 transactions) so i guess its worth a shot.

 

Those appear to be widebody quarters, and are likely meant to be installed over the existing panels, not in replacement of.

 

Thats what I was thinking.

How bad is your quarter panel dented in? Maybe you could install these over the dent? Might look cool with some 11" ZR1 wheels out back with a little more offset. Didn't the Hendricks Motorsports Camaro come with wider fenders?

I really dont think you'd want to cut and fiberglass these in over the cut area as its part of the unibody structure and will weaken the back end.

 

Its bashed in pretty bad, id snap a pic real quick but my girlfriends out with my car. (just walked outside with the camera like wtf, wheres my car lol) Didn't think about the unibody thing when i saw the quarters but now that I think about it that wouldn't work.

 

My bad. It was actually the Dick Harrell edition Camaro that came with wider fenders. Pics would be helpful. As long as there isnt too much damage to the door jamb you should be ok.

 

It can be done.. I'm doing a widebody set for mine in steel.
Get a spot weld cutter (it's really just a drill bit) find a donor car- You'll have to cut about 60-80 welds to break the panel loose. Inside the door jamb, under the sail panel, along the inside of the hatch line, around the tail light housing, and under the rear valance. They're covered in GM seam sealer (brown goo, and burns and smokes like crazy if a torch or heat gets near it) but you can take it off with a sturdy putty knife.

Most body shops have good spot welders, and can make a used panel work, and on the places where they can't spot it, they can mig weld it. If you spend a day taking one off, it'll save you a ton of cash.

 

Took some pics of the damage my camera wasnt working so i had to snap a couple with my phone

 

Shoot, that's rough. This is what happened to my sister's Z28 thanks to a Jeep Cherokee backing into it while it was parked, and even after what looks like very good bodywork using the original rear quarter, the door still requires a bit of extra help to close and the curvature of the panel isn't 100% exact. I think I would go the replacement route on your car. I was told the replacement route increased the chances of rust. The guy looked at me funny when I said "so paint it on the backside so it doesn't rust." I never figured out why he looked at me funny.