well the passenger side wheel rides on the side of road where all the salt lays. Probably fully coats the wheel well and pelts it pretty good all winter.

If it was me, I would fix it. But it would only cost me about $300 because I could do it all myself. I can't say what it would cost you.

You could do a patch job would a 1" lap with stitch welds and plug welds, using a strut tower section from a yard. But you would need to know how to weld and measure the position.