Note: For part numbers of front fenders and their fasteners, see here.
Removal
We put the car on the handbrake.
Disconnect the battery terminal.
We jack up the car (or lift it on a lift to a height suitable for convenient work (electrohydraulic lift type P-3.2 G).
We remove the wheel.
We remove the bumper (see here).
We remove the headlight (see here).
We remove the front fender liner as follows:
- unscrew six screws 1, figure 8-1;
- unscrew nut 4 and remove side mudguard 5;
- we remove the fender liner fasteners 2 and 3, and remove the front wheel fender liner itself.
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Note: Removing the mudguard is also described in detail here.
Figure 8-1 - Front wheel arch protective liner: 1 - screw for fastening the protective cover; 2 - retainer; 3 - retainer; 4 - nut; 5 - side mudguard; 6 - protective cover of the front wheel arch
We remove the turn signal from the wing. (see here).
Overcoming the resistance of the plastic holders, we move the upper edge of the wing trim toward the center of the car, after which we move the lower edge of the trim upward and remove trim 1, Figure 8-3.
Figure 8-3 - Removing the front fender trim: 1 - Front wing trim
Remove the air intake grille seal.
We unscrew bolts 1, 3, 4, figure 8-4, and nut 5 fastening the wing to the body and remove the wing 2
Figure 8-4 - Removing the front wing: 1 - four upper mounting bolts (to the engine compartment frame); 2 - front wing; 3 - front mounting bolt (to the lower cross member of the radiator frame); 4 - lower mounting bolt (to the threshold); 5 - rear mounting nut (to the body pillar)
Installation
Remove all fasteners and nuts, clean the body and wing surfaces from foreign objects, remnants of gasket material, then clean all corrosion spots down to bare metal
Degrease cleaned metal surfaces with white spirit.
Cover these areas with soil.
We install all the fasteners and nuts provided by the design, as well as insulating gaskets; it is also possible to cover the connecting surfaces with bitumen mastic. Thickness - 2.5 mm, width 2 cm. If mastic was applied, it is necessary to wait some time for it to dry before installing the wing (see instructions for mastic). If insulating gaskets are installed, their dimensions are the same as the old gaskets.
We install the hood and tighten the wing mounting screws, but not all the way, leaving enough travel to adjust the gap.
We adjust the gaps between the wing, hood and front door. For ease of adjustment, you can use a rubber hammer, tapping and adjusting the fairly loosely fastened wing until the difference in gaps between the body parts disappears.
We finally tighten the screws securing the front wing.
Install all removed parts in reverse order.