My rottweiler chewed up my fender, repair options?

[Doomgaze]

So my rottie usually takes naps in the shade from my jeep but she's never tried messing with it before. I let her out for a bit this morning and came back to this.

She also chewed off one of the plastic hinge covers, but I have replacements for those. There are like 2 deep scratches in the hinge I'm gonna fill with touch up paint to stop rust, but aside from that the hinge is fine. It's this fender flare I'm concerned with. What's are my options here? I could sand, fill, and paint the gouges in the paint, but is there a place I can get a replacement plastic trim without paying for the whole fender? If I do buy the whole fender, do I just order it painted firecracker red or do they have to do a color match? Is there any compound I could form and paint over that bottom trim to give a similar appearance?

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[TaxPhan]

Damn! I can't help you. But if it makes you feel better, our St. Bernard took the couch cushions off and proceeded to eat out the inside of the couch. You can't see it when we put the cushions back on, but sinking a foot down upon sitting is a dead giveaway.

 

[Coder]

Might want to have a paint and body shop take a look at it and see if it's repairable, if not, time for a new fender they come unpainted so you'll have to have it painted to match.

Here's a link to one of the site vendors AllMoparParts.com they offer about 30% off retail price:
https://parts.allmoparparts.com/aut...gas-engine/body-cat/exterior-trim-fender-scat

 

[dsgrey]

Dang! Had a neighbor with a Great Dane that licked all the texture off their interior walls from the floor to about 3' up. Pretty penny to get that fixed.

 

[Doomgaze]

That site lists the same fender flare as fitting both rubicon and non-rubicon, which doesn't seem right. How can I be sure i'm getting the rubicon fender?

 

[Ahmed]

You need such a thing
Put it above this distortion and also benefit from the way it works.

 

[Doomgaze]

Looks like butt

 

[Dkretden]

Other than a body shop and a week of repair time, the only other advice I can give you is to get rid of the dog.

 

[Doomgaze]

Other than a body shop and a week of repair time, the only other advice I can give you is to get rid of the dog.

Not gonna happen, the dog is one of my best looking mods.

Metalcloak has got you and it won't happen again so you can keep the dog.

https://metalcloak.com/overland-tube-fenders-jl-wrangler-front.html

https://metalcloak.com/overland-tube-fenders-jl-wrangler-rear.html

Not bad but a little pricey.

 

[Coder]

When the description says "OFF-ROAD TIRES" it's for the rubicon

 

[bkjolly]

So my rottie usually takes naps in the shade from my jeep but she's never tried messing with it before. I let her out for a bit this morning and came back to this.

She also chewed off one of the plastic hinge covers, but I have replacements for those. There are like 2 deep scratches in the hinge I'm gonna fill with touch up paint to stop rust, but aside from that the hinge is fine. It's this fender flare I'm concerned with. What's are my options here? I could sand, fill, and paint the gouges in the paint, but is there a place I can get a replacement plastic trim without paying for the whole fender? If I do buy the whole fender, do I just order it painted firecracker red or do they have to do a color match? Is there any compound I could form and paint over that bottom trim to give a similar appearance?

This is a problem I would have. You could see if someone who's done a fender chop has the trim and get a body shop to fix the rest or maybe get lucky and find someone that's replaced the entire fender set with aftermarkets. She looks like she's just a puppy so it's to be expected.

 

[bkjolly]

Not gonna happen, the dog is one of my best looking mods.

Not bad but a little pricey.

Not sure that would work either lol. I've have Rottie puppies that have chewed tile, bricks, my current puppy likes 2x4's.

 

[blnewt]

Nice looking Rottie, sure miss ours. Might use a vented nylon muzzle on the pup when left unattended, if it's not for long durations.
Good luck w/ the repairs.

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