For my daily driver I priced fenders. New stock OEM fenders and used stock fenders were nearly the same price. Prepainted new aftermarket fenders were same as new OEM.

CAPA approved aftermarket fenders were 1/4 the price of new OEM. My set came and they fit without much tweaking. I had to bend a little sheetmetal around the headlights for little tabs to fit in little slots in the fenders. This was done by hand.

There is very little visible difference between OEM and CAPA. Possibly the bodyline creases are not quite as sharp on the aftermarket, but so close you wouldn't notice it especially after they get painted.

CAPA means the part is functionally equivalent which means it not only has to look identical but act identical such as crash resistance. I am satisfied with mine.

Painting as you all know is really expensive and is the only thing that I see advantageous about used fenders, if you can get a color match.

R.