Front Fender Liners - OEM Felt or Plastic

[Dread61]

I found this thread from last year about Fender liners, https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/972010-Front-fender-liners?highlight=Fender+liners

- On my right side, the front half is gone and the left side is in bad shape. My question, does it matter if I use the oem felt material or purchase plastic liners for a B8 A4 or an A4 Sline?

[Slvrbul8]

Any material will work. Felt or plastic

[Smac770]

I think even Audi dropped the nicer ones for cheap plastic for B8.5. They both get the job done, just a matter of how long it lasts.

[Dread61]

I agree. I decided to go with this, https://www.ebay.com/itm/350805448407 or https://www.ebay.com/itm/185698783291?

I thought I might as well get both sides vice waiting for the other side to fall apart.

[A4Qwattro]

The plastic ones are more durable and better. The felt holds water and salt during the winter and acts like a scotchbrite pad on the fender leading to fender rust on the B8.

I have a 2001 A4 with original plastic liners. Fender liners falling apart was never an Audi issue until they started using the felt.

[Dread61]

Yep, I just pulled the trigger on https://www.ebay.com/itm/185698783291?
It's advertised as Plastic and comes with the clips.

Thanks for the info fellers.
D61

[Fresh.S4]

That's me!
I somehow go through liners every 6mos.
I just pull the cloth ones from the junkyard so they've kinda already lost their rigidness.

Let me know how those plastics work becaus I'm gonna try those next.

[egebhardt]

Wait. What?
They only last 6 months?

[A4Qwattro]

Wait. What?
They only last 6 months?

They might be lowered? I can see how rubbing would destroy the fabric ones pretty quickly. Otherwise at stock height in So Cal, they should last longer.

[Tronn]

Yep, I just pulled the trigger on https://www.ebay.com/itm/185698783291?
It's advertised as Plastic and comes with the clips.

Thanks for the info fellers.
D61

Did you get these installed? How was the fitment if so?

[Fresh.S4]

Yea, what's the update!?
Shredding through another set lol.

[Dread61]

Oh, I'm sorry. I finally got them (from Taiwan). Deep sigh!

They are a hard bendable plastic, 4lbs each. All the holes lined up and I put it on both sides in about 90 mins.
The Workshop manual helped me out. I did not know there were two bolts over the output shafts that had to be removed to take off the remnants of the old liners. I can hear a bit more road noise now, but not enough to make any sort of difference to the joy of driving the car. One thing I forgot to order was the lower spoiler (if that's what it's called) for in front of the wheel.

- They did not come in two seperate pieces. Each fender liner front and back pieces were held together with plastic rivets at the top of the wheel well. Another thing, I did not like the new clips, so I reused most of the old ones. I do not thnk it's recomemded but the old ones has a more secure feeling to them.

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