Answers.Body: <p>That is a <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3788">Vehicle, Mudguard 2 x 4 with Arch Studded</a> (and a darn hard part to figure out at that).</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I've spent about half an hour yesterday looking for this on Bricklink and failed miserably. Thanks!
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Answers.Text: Very nice - The crop was from a vehicle I found on the net - strangely enough I have many more that do not show up as mudguards - some of them are part of a "chassis" as well... I guess I will need to photograph them all :)
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Answers.Body: <p>i'm calling those things "fenders" (don't know the "official" name, too). </p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong><br>
  if found <a href="http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Pick-A-Brick-ByTheme" rel="nofollow">wheel arch 2x4</a> in the LEGO-shop. this isn't exactly what you were looking for, but looks like a "newer version" - so maybe we should call those pieces "wheel arches" in the future.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a bunch of second hand bricks and some are "wheel wells" for the lack of better words.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to find out how I use them for example at bricklink, but then I need to find the name for such a thing first</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/iDPJA.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
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Comments.Text: I call these mudguards or wheel arches
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Title: What are the arched things above a wheel called?
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ThreadText: # What are the arched things above a wheel called?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2011-10-25)
  
  I have a bunch of second hand bricks and some are "wheel wells" for the lack of better words.
  
  I would like to find out how I use them for example at bricklink, but then I need to find the name for such a thing first
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/iDPJA.jpg)
  
  **Tags:** part-identification, terminology
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I call these mudguards or wheel arches  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2011-10-25. Score: 20 | Accepted answer
  
  That is a [Vehicle, Mudguard 2 x 4 with Arch Studded](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3788) (and a darn hard part to figure out at that).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Very nice - The crop was from a vehicle I found on the net - strangely enough I have many more that do not show up as mudguards - some of them are part of a "chassis" as well... I guess I will need to photograph them all :)  
  > **username_3**: I've spent about half an hour yesterday looking for this on Bricklink and failed miserably. Thanks!  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2011-10-25. Score: 6
  
  i'm calling those things "fenders" (don't know the "official" name, too).
  
  **EDIT:**  
  if found [wheel arch 2x4](http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Pick-A-Brick-ByTheme) in the LEGO-shop. this isn't exactly what you were looking for, but looks like a "newer version" - so maybe we should call those pieces "wheel arches" in the future.
  
  
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