Fiberglass fenders

Unlimited fiberglass has listed as 8 pounds. Does anybody know the weight of the production fenders

I would NEVER purchase another set of fenders from UNlimited.

Horrible fit/finish, and 1st time out in the sun, the resin shrunk enough to telegraph the fibers through the paint. They were 2 years old when I finally installed them and they still shrunk.

JUNK

I think he was asking for the weight of the stock fenders not the quality of Unlimited Fenders....

I looked everywhere and couldn't find it. But I think they are 25-30 lbs. I can weight one tomorrow when it stops down pouring.

Trade you snow??

How long ago was that?
I've bought two race weight E body 1970 Cuda hoods from them and they where really good quality

My 70 'Cuda body parts are all Unlimited. Good stuff. At any rate, I don't know the exact weight on the steel fenders, but I lifted the nose off by hand as one piece. My fiberglass nose is bolted together and I don't think the weight is much less. Doors and bumpers seem to be the most weight savings. Hood would be next. My hood isn't the race weight, which is probably why that part is so heavy, but still lighter than stock.

FWIW, over on Bigblockdart, they show stock fenders as 24 lbs with fender extension.

thanks that would be awesome

Got a left front 69 fender out and weighted it, has inner fender and front support on it. Looks like 26.5 pounds on my scale.

My 68 are 24 lbs each fwiw ..

Need to take off the headlight bucket and rear fender mount piece for a more direct comparison. Picked up a fully dressed fiberglass fender before and decided it wasn't worth the swap. So don't get to excited about the unlimited 8 pounder. The undressed steel fender is probably 12 pounds.

My aar fenders have headlight bucket cast in, so it would only make sense to keep it on. I also don't run the rear splash shield or lower brace so I keep those on to get a more accurate measurement of weight lost.

Unfortunately I don't have the headlight buckets on this one. Which is the one I weighted.

My aar fender with headlight bucket cast in.

My aar fender on same scale is 8 lbs.

Those inner splash shields might weigh a pound and a half depending on undercoating.

another nice option Shiloh has is that he can drive up the hill on any given day and do directly to the source.

Ok, fair enough. I see the unlimited fender lists the headlight bucket as a separate piece. I too don't run the slash shield. The steel fender can be lightend pretty much. Forgot its actual weight, but 12 # is what I think I remember. May have to take it off again and weigh it. I also lightend the bucket.

Thanks guy look like one could save 25 to 35 pounds by swapping out the fenders..well this is very tempting..

If it matters, for the amount of work and $$ to ship 'em, retro fit the working lights, straighten them out, fit, paint along with care, it might be worth it to have the steel ones dipped and they might be more resilient then the glass ones and just as light in weight. Just my 2 cents from my 6ix sense.

hum you got me thinking

I can hook you up with the chap out in Motown. I've gone to him with a few items and have been surprised with the results. It all comes down to how much percentage you want off.

I stuck with My lightend steel ones. Didn't think it was worth the effort either. Plus I didn't like the feel of the soft fiberglass ones that I felt.

Just bite the bullet and order a trunk lid while you get the fenders. Every pound counts.