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It really all depends on how "finished" you want the end product to be. I purchased the aftermarket one and my body guy had to spend hours sanding and fitting it to look OEM. He's been my paint and body tech for years so he cut me quite a large break on the end price, but he put a lot of hours into getting just right. Needless to say he wasn't happy with the aftermarket one and told me next time to save him the trouble and just buy the OEM one.
The aftermarket models typically have the molding lines that have to be sanded, they don't fit exactly and you may have to shave several high spots down. The bow around the outer edges may have too much tension which causes the double sided tape to pull away from the fender. My tech had to re "glue" the outer edges next to the fog lamps. It looks awesome and OEM, but only to the dismay of my auto body guy. If you don't have a good auto body tech like mine it may wind up costing you more in labor hours than just buying the OEM part.
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