Both of my front fenders have cracks at the first bend in the front. One is much worse than the other. Looked all over and I can't find any info on this? Am I the only one who has this problem? Short of just cutting the fenders which I'm considering, any ideas what causes this and how to fix?
depends on the location, but I have seen that before right where the reinforcement is underneath along its edge.. I suppose its due to 40 years of vibrations etc...
I've never had cracks there. Perhaps there's something wrong with your body mounts (that should allow the chassis to flex with transferring that movement to your bodywork)?
Or perhaps your body mounts are good but you have excess chassis movement due to cracks in that?
PS. My innner RH fender had cracks where my coolant reservoir bolts to it due to the reservoir dancing to the beat of my diesel for 30 years.
(It dances mainly when my engine idles because that's when the BEAT is strongest.)
But I repaired those cracks about 5 years ago and they haven't reappeared yet.
(I should have strengthened the area but at the time I didn't realise the coolant reservoir bolted to the holes from which the cracks emanated.)
The metal seems to crack there if the fender hits something and they pull it back out etc etc. Mine have little cracks in the metal there. Yours clearly has cracks in the metal and the bondo someone put over it.
You're certainly not the only off-road vehicle owner with a little bondo. I bet it took a hits on the front edge of the fenders. what does it look like from under the fender?
