72 plastic inner fender wells

[Regmon]

Hello, I'm looking at replacing my cracked 72 inner fender wells. My question is, has anyone done this without removing the fenders? If so what was your experience like?. Thanks for any help.

[Leghome]

I replaced mine without removing the fenders without any problems. being plastic they inners flex enough.  My only problem came from a couple of the holes not aligning real well. Simple problem to fix.

[MC1of80]

Absolutely can be done without removing the fenders. Also without removing the front tires if you like. You will need to jack the front up though to do it with the tires on. 

I usually jack up the front end and remove the tires also. Soo much easier. 

If you are really brave, you can do it with the tires on and not jacking the front up. Not fun though. Lolol

[Canuck]

Note that the inner fenders from The Parts Place are the good quality ones. There are other ones out there that are not as good of quality.

[Regmon]

Thanks everyone. This info helps out very much..

[Blake350]

For easier install, definitly raise her up and pull wheels...like was  said, you can work most of the bolts in  -a couple holes may have to be enlarged slightly but the washered bolts more than cover it...I also think mine came from the parts place as well

[71MonteCarloMD]

On 3/15/2020 at 10:03 PM, Canuck said:

Note that the inner fenders from The Parts Place are the good quality ones. There are other ones out there that are not as good of quality.

+1 to what Aaron said as what Larry shared, I had to modify some holes but quality is very sturdy and flexible!