Plastic fender liner replacements

[toyfiats]

I know the earlier Spiders came with a little panel to protect the inner fender cavity, but has anyone come up with an alternative to the plastic fender liners that came on the Spider 2000s? Mine are finally cracked beyond repair, but between wider wheels/tires and lowering it I'm always scrapping them, and have had to trim them (thus weakening them) over the years to keep the rubbing to a minimum. Before I go and spend $150+ on a new set I was curious to see what others have done (if anything).

[bradartigue]

The replacements aren't as good as OEM, not by a long shot, they're just cheap thin plastic. Cosmetically they look fine, and they seem to fit nicely. The bad thing about the liners, OEM or not, is they tend to trap moisture and crud between them and the car body, exacerbating the very thing they were installed to prevent.

As a preventative measure you can remove the liners, clean and coat the fender interiors with good (SEM) fender liner or trunk bed spray, then install the new liners over this for the cosmetic part if you like that.

Most enthusiasts keep their cars so clean these things aren't relevant.

[wizard124]

The patch was a cut piece of rubber. I think if my liners had multiple cracks, I would try to lay some fiberglass to the backside.