Front Fender Removal?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Jasper GA
Front Fender Removal?
This may be one of the lamer posts ever seen on this forum, but are there any tricks/pitfalls involved in removing the driver's side front fender in a '98? I need to gain access to the Accusump that I had mounted in the fenderwell.
Racer
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From: Montreal Drive it like you test it !
Front fender removal
1. Raise the vehicle and suitably support.
2. Remove the tire and wheel.
3. Remove the wheelhouse filler panel.
4. Remove the rear inner panel.
5. Remove the bolts attaching the fender opening to the wheelhouse
6. Remove the bolt under the fender to the rocker panel.
7. Remove the bolt attaching the fender rear center flange to the hinge pillar.
8. Remove the fascia front close-out panel.
9. Remove the bolts from the fascia to the skid bar.
10. Remove the headlamp housing.
11. Lower the vehicle.
12. Remove the bolts attaching the fender to the wheelhouse upper front flange.
13. Remove the nuts attaching the fascia to the fender reinforcement studs.
14. Remove the bolts attaching the fender to the upper hinge pillar fender bracket.
15. Remove the screws attaching the fender ot the upper wheelhouse flange.
16. Remove the fender.
1. Raise the vehicle and suitably support.
2. Remove the tire and wheel.
3. Remove the wheelhouse filler panel.
4. Remove the rear inner panel.
5. Remove the bolts attaching the fender opening to the wheelhouse
6. Remove the bolt under the fender to the rocker panel.
7. Remove the bolt attaching the fender rear center flange to the hinge pillar.
8. Remove the fascia front close-out panel.
9. Remove the bolts from the fascia to the skid bar.
10. Remove the headlamp housing.
11. Lower the vehicle.
12. Remove the bolts attaching the fender to the wheelhouse upper front flange.
13. Remove the nuts attaching the fascia to the fender reinforcement studs.
14. Remove the bolts attaching the fender to the upper hinge pillar fender bracket.
15. Remove the screws attaching the fender ot the upper wheelhouse flange.
16. Remove the fender.
