I'm taking the front fenders off my 89n/a.
I've removed the bolts under the hood and the bolts under the fender.
The front of the fender is loose but it feels like they are bolted back by the doors. Are there bolts in the door jam that i can't see?

Thanks

 

Three bolts inside and then there's also one that holds the fender to the front nose panel. It can be accessed through the headlight area. Put the lights up and stick your finger in there. You'll feel it.

 

There are three bolts where the fender meets the door?
If so do I have to remove hte doors to take the fenders off?

 

No. You can reach them from the tire area. 10mm socket. they are up against the outer edge of the fender. If you can't find them, pm me and I'll shoot you my phone number

 

Ok, I removed all those.
So I guess it's just the glue holding them.
Thanks for the help

 

Where the fender meets the door jamb. Door removal is definitely not required. I believe the 89 used plastic fender shields which need to be removed to gain access to the door jamb bolts. On the early cars there is no fender shields and this area gets heavily undercoated so the bolt heads can be buried in undercoat.

 

late cars got the undercoat as well. Once the bolts are out, take a razor around the edge of the fender where it meets the body- then pry lightly on the bottom of the fender and the body - once the glue starts to separate your home free- be patient or youll tweek the fender.

 

Sorry to bring this up after so long, but after trying and failing on my 84, I was wondering if anyone had some inner pics of the fender (parters???). I just need to know where the bolts are, excluding the engine bay bolts and the one attached at the nose panel.

PLEASE HELP ME! I am down to my last parts fender, and I don't want to mess it up. Also, should I use a propane torch to loosen the undercoating, or will it come off fairly easily?

 

There is one bolt under the rubber shield on the headlight that you may have to remove the rubber shield to get to. There should be three more holding the lower valance and fender together. You can cut the undercoating around the three bolts near the door and you may have to hammer the socket onto those to loosen them. Use a box blade to cut up and down the upper fender adhesive and then go underneath with the blade to cut along the fender from inside the wheel well. Slowly pry along the top to release and it should come off.

 

There is also a bolt on the outside on the very bottom along the rocker. There are 8 other bolts besides the ones along the top (1 by the headlight, 3 to the valance, 3 along the door jamb and 1 on the rear bottom edge).

 

That helps, but I'd really like to see a loose fender interior to get a better idea of where the lower holes are.

Thanks.

 

The only reason is that I couldn't for the life of me get one of these off previously.

 

Alex, the easiest way to undo the door jam bolts is to put your socket on a long extension, and heat up the socket with a torch (even a cigarette lighter will work) and then just push the hot socket through the undercoating onto the bolt head.

I have a fender in my garage and can take pictures later of the mounting locations.

 

Pic borrowed from ebay but here are the locations of the 8 bolts....

 

PERFECT!

Thanks guys, esp. the last 2. Got to get rid of the current eyesore while I wait to get my turbo nose hardware:

NOT MY FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!