> 1) Buy new front apron for a whopping $2250
Don't forget, you'll still need to pay a body man to fit and paint that.
> 3) Pay my body shop guy $1200 to repair my current apron
> (I'm skeptical about this - in particular the space above the
> grill is crimped a bit, I'm not sure how they could ever get
> it to look right again):
That's the way I would go ... damage doesn't look all that bad to my
non-expert eye. That crimp can be worked back very nearly right with hammer
and dolly, then the final profile set with a few thin coats of plastic
filler.
Haven't tried the 'glass front apron yet, but I paid a body shop to install
glass rear fenders some years ago. They never did fit right, and I don't
think it's coincidence that the paint on them cracked after just a few
years. Lots of interesting little problems too, like the captive nuts were
metric so they couldn't use the special bolts that go in the rain gutter.
Randall
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