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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 07:06 AM
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Replacement Fender Panels

Can anybody find part number and vendor of an Mitsubishi manufactured aluminum fender for the Evo VIII?

The OE fender's are aluminum, but the Mitsu factory replacements are actually steel. I was very surprised when I found this out, but I checked insurance adjuster software and sure enough, the panels mitsubishi sells and recommends are steel.

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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 07:15 AM
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Interesting...........
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by donour
Can anybody find part number and vendor of an Mitsubishi manufactured aluminum fender for the Evo VIII?

The OE fender's are aluminum, but the Mitsu factory replacements are actually steel. I was very surprised when I found this out, but I checked insurance adjuster software and sure enough, the panels mitsubishi sells and recommends are steel.

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there is a thread that has all the part numbers in it. i forget the name of the thread. you should find what you want there.
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 07:24 AM
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they run about 431.60 from the dealer and the one i called on was alum.
wondering if the are selling you an oz one?
havent got my replacement one yet due to insuance dragging thier feet.
any info on this would be great.
but if they are charging that much for a steel one ill be pissed off
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 09:45 AM
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Please read the post more carefully. I don't care about the price and I'm not trying to acquire one. My point is that places like Farmer's Insurance only have a steel replacement panel available in their system. I checked their internal database this morning. Most people assume it's Al because the OE one is, however the replacement one I saw was specifically marked as steel.

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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 11:23 AM
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no... thats what they want to give you

I had ap roblem with my wing w/ insurance... they see the OZ rally wing @ 400 bux

where my wing is 1500 bux.... see their difference

you have to go to mitsu, give them your vin, get a printout of the part (fender) and price and give it to them

Insurance purposely does thsi
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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That's COMPLETELY wrong. There is only 1 OEM replacement fendor from Mitsu and it's Aluminum.

THEY are quoting you on an OZ rally.
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Fireball
That's COMPLETELY wrong. There is only 1 OEM replacement fendor from Mitsu and it's Aluminum.

THEY are quoting you on an OZ rally.

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Last edited by Blue03Evo; Jun 9, 2006 at 11:56 AM.
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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Everybody go back and read my post _again_. I'm not going to the insurance company or filing a claim or anything. There's no shennagans going on. I simply have access to their database and noticed this odd fact.

At this point though I just think it's a bug in the database. Evo fenders (even replacement ones) are all Aluminum, whereas the Farmer's Insurance DB plainly states that the OE one is Al, but all replacements are steel.

Anyway, mods can probably close this now.

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