Fender panel mounting structure

A fender panel mounting structure, comprising:

• an upper portion inner side end portion of a fender panel that is disposed at a vehicle body front portion side surface;
• a vehicle body side structural member that is disposed further toward a vehicle lower side than the upper portion inner side end portion of the fender panel, and that is a mounting mate of the fender panel;
• and
• an impact absorbing bracket having a fender panel mounting portion at which the upper portion inner side end portion is mounted, a vehicle body mounting base portion that is mounted at the vehicle body side structural member, a pair of supporting leg portions that are plate-shaped, and that connect the fender panel mounting portion and the vehicle body mounting base portion in a vehicle vertical direction, and at which are formed folded portions that are folded over from one end to another end at height direction intermediate portions of the respective supporting leg portions, and that are disposed such that plate surfaces thereof form an angle as seen from the vehicle vertical direction, and a connecting portion that connects the pair of supporting leg portions to one another further toward a vehicle lower side than the fender panel mounting portion, the impact absorbing bracket deforming and absorbing energy due to an input of collision load from a vehicle upper side.