Removal Procedure
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Chevrolet Corvette. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle in General Information.
- Remove the tire and wheel. Refer to Tire and Wheel Removal and Installation in Tires and Wheels.
- Remove the wheelhouse filler panel.
- Remove the rear inner panel.
- Remove the fender opening to the wheelhouse bolt.
- Remove the fender to the rocker panel bolt.
- Remove the fender rear center flange to the hinge pillar bolt.
- Remove the fascia front close-out panel. Refer to Close Out Panel - Front Bumper Fascia Lower in Bumpers and Fascias.
- Remove the bolts attaching the fascia to the skid bar.
- Remove the headlamp housing. Refer to Headlamp Capsule Replacement in Lighting Systems.
- Lower the vehicle.
- Remove the fender to the wheelhouse upper front flange bolts.
- Remove the fascia to the fender reinforcement studs nuts.
- Remove the fender to the upper hinge pillar fender bracket bolt.
- Remove the fender to the upper wheelhouse flange screws.
- Remove the fender.