jgkurz Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Hi all, I damaged the passenger fender on my low mileage 77 280z and am looking for a replacement. I am surprised how hard it is to find a good fender theses days. I remember when Z parts were plentiful. It it looks like those days have passed. I have heard that 240z and 280z fenders are not identical. Can anyone explain what the differences are, even if they are subtle? Thank you, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 starting with the 260Z there is a plastic inner fender that is attached and has some supports on the fender inner surface. Other than that, dimensionally and all the bolt holes are identical. Just the earlier fenders don't have the provision for stabilising the outer edge of that plastic inner liner (keeps road spray off the back of the headlight bucket and philipps headed screws...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgkurz Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, Tony D said: starting with the 260Z there is a plastic inner fender that is attached and has some supports on the fender inner surface. Other than that, dimensionally and all the bolt holes are identical. Just the earlier fenders don't have the provision for stabilising the outer edge of that plastic inner liner (keeps road spray off the back of the headlight bucket and philipps headed screws...) Thanks Tony! I ended up buying a lower patch and graphed it in to the damaged area on my perfect original fender. I could not find a high quality used fender. Edited July 18, 2019 by jgkurz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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