im having a little issue removing my fender driver side. I have a 1992 rs 305i removed the bumper with no issue. the fenders top bolts on the top removed also and two on the botton iniside on the graphics kit but there seems to be one holding it in but i cab see it. any advice?

 

What part of the fender is hanging up?

 

May be a stupid question but you took off the inner fender plastic correct? the part inside the wheel well. There are 8 bolts across the top that need to come out including the hood hinge, then the bottom there are two more just to the rear of the wheel

 

yes i removed the inner fender plastic that's how i got to the two bolts on the graphics kit . there seems to be one bolt holding it on still cant figure it out i, i believe its one bolt heres a picture . where the arrow is pointing is where its stuck

 

anyone??????????

 

Pinchweld under the car. The pinchweld may have been folded over the bolt heads by a jack.

 

Pinch weld ? Is it a washer lookalike if its that then yes it's there and it is not bent how do I remove the fender


Is it this ???

 

Thats her, it is bent (folded over). You are looking at the back side of the bolt you need to remove. You will have to start with a prybar and expose the bolt head and finish the repair with a hammer and dolly. The pinchweld which is now horizontal, should be verticle when finished. Most of the time when the pinchweld gets bent like that it bows the fender out along the door edge. Once you repair it it will really help your door to fender alingment.

 

Yea that is called the fender tab bolt they always get bent up from jacking the car up in the wrong spot u need to fold it back over straight i would also replace that spot cause it tends to start rotting in that spot due to weak metal

 

Ok I think I understand now. So basically I have to pry that metal towards me right because that's what I see when I look under the door. It's bent inward correct me if I'm wrong because that fender does not aligin with my door at all

 

You will have to pry down and towards transmission. The head of the bolt will face you when complete.

 

Better yet can you post a picture of what it's suppose to look like please

 

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Not the exact location however, the pinchweld should be straight like this all the way down the rocker panel.