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Lighter is Good/Bad/etc 120-130

posted by  RepairmanJackal on  Mon Nov 21 06:01 CST 2005
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I'd guess that lighter weight might give you a marginal improvement in fuel economy.

I imagine that the main issue is that they are unsavagable after a fender-bender.
But the trade off in rust prevention is probably worth the "disposable" nature of the fenders. My 220's orginal fenders were quite badly rusted. Many for-sale amazons suffer the same fate. I was lucky that the original owner already had new fenders and a nose for my car.

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1967 P220 Amazon, 1972 145S, 1976 245 DL, 1983 245 DL, 1986 745 GLE, 1990 745 GL, 1995 945....
You mean to tell me that Volvo makes cars that are *NOT* Wagons?!?






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New fiberglass fenders? [120-130]
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