How to remove driver side fender

tla280 · September 2nd, 2010, 06:08 PM

Anybody have a link to a step-by-step with some pictures maybe?

Also I'm having problems with two of the bolts. The nut is turning the whole bolt and I can't get to the back of it. Any suggestions?

rc5liter · September 2nd, 2010, 06:22 PM

Do you have room to cut the bolts and replace them when you reassemble?

tla280 · September 2nd, 2010, 08:52 PM

Don't know. Didn't have anything to cut them with. I do have a dremel I might try to do just that with. After this post I went back out and proceeded to strip the head off another one, just so stuck that its all I could do.

My only concern with cutting the two others is that I don't have access to the back at all. Unless you gain it at some point by taking the front end off, which I haven't done. So when I go to replace the finder it would be a problem. I'm thinking they might me long enough that I can use a pair of small locking pliers to hold the bolt as I back the nut off..

rc5liter · September 2nd, 2010, 09:33 PM

you may have to take off or loosen the front cover. i replaced my front cover about 8 years back. i dont remember the details but i remember i had a hard time with it. if i remember right i cut part of the old one off in frustration.

tla280 · September 3rd, 2010, 10:46 PM

haha yeah rc thats what I was about to do with mine but I decided not to, even though they are damaged already. I was hoping I wouldn't have to take the front cover off but it needs replacing none the less

September 2nd, 2010, 06:08 PM	#1
tla280 Newbie 1987, Mustang, LX 5.0 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: L Burg, VA Posts: 29 iTrader: 0 reviews	How to remove driver side fender Anybody have a link to a step-by-step with some pictures maybe? Also I'm having problems with two of the bolts. The nut is turning the whole bolt and I can't get to the back of it. Any suggestions?

September 2nd, 2010, 09:33 PM	#4
rc5liter Regular 1988 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Race City, NC Posts: 65 iTrader: 0 reviews	you may have to take off or loosen the front cover. i replaced my front cover about 8 years back. i dont remember the details but i remember i had a hard time with it. if i remember right i cut part of the old one off in frustration. Last edited by rc5liter; September 2nd, 2010 at 09:35 PM.

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September 2nd, 2010, 06:22 PM	#2
rc5liter Regular 1988 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Race City, NC Posts: 65 iTrader: 0 reviews	Do you have room to cut the bolts and replace them when you reassemble?

September 2nd, 2010, 08:52 PM	#3
tla280 Newbie 1987, Mustang, LX 5.0 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: L Burg, VA Posts: 29 iTrader: 0 reviews	Don't know. Didn't have anything to cut them with. I do have a dremel I might try to do just that with. After this post I went back out and proceeded to strip the head off another one, just so stuck that its all I could do. My only concern with cutting the two others is that I don't have access to the back at all. Unless you gain it at some point by taking the front end off, which I haven't done. So when I go to replace the finder it would be a problem. I'm thinking they might me long enough that I can use a pair of small locking pliers to hold the bolt as I back the nut off..

September 3rd, 2010, 10:46 PM	#5
tla280 Newbie 1987, Mustang, LX 5.0 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: L Burg, VA Posts: 29 iTrader: 0 reviews	haha yeah rc thats what I was about to do with mine but I decided not to, even though they are damaged already. I was hoping I wouldn't have to take the front cover off but it needs replacing none the less

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