Patricia634 makes a good point about checking the other posts, but honestly, if you're already doing the work, just replace the whole run. Those 8-year-old panels are halfway through their life anyway, especially with our wet weather. You'll end up with a fence that looks brand new and matches perfectly, instead of having one fresh section next to older, fading wood. It's more money now, but you won't be fixing another panel in two years.

Honestly Abbychen, it's part of a bigger trend where people just rename things without asking.

That's so true about being too close to the problem. It's like muscle memory takes over and your brain just stops looking for a better way. You get stuck in a tunnel. Last week I spent an hour trying to fix a printer jam, pulling out little bits of paper. My kid walked over, opened the back tray I forgot existed, and pulled the whole crumpled sheet out in one go. Felt my whole face get hot.