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how do take the front fenders off ad how many bolt are there if have pics that mite help i'm getting my car ready for welding thanks:help:

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few bolts run along the top of the fender, few down the nose, one big bolt at the bottom near the doors, other than that is just the support brackets and antenna that need to be removed

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When I removed my fenders the bolts for the nose cone were a pain in the **#, they actually came unscrewed from the nosecone before the nut even broke loose. Be carful!!!

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Hood comes off first , hinges are covering the fender, ground effects need to be removed. There's one big bolt at the lower rear corner of each fender, a bunch of bolts along the top that you can see, then three on each fender that hold the nose cone to the fender. Those are the ones that are usually stuck. Be prepared for those to just rip off, so you will need to remove the nose to install new retainers if that happens. You need to pull the belly pan/ air dams to get to the bolts from below.

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someone has already removed the antenna and left bare wires anyway i do ground fx the 84 ones so where are the bolts on them also i'm trying to leave the hood on

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The hood has to come off, the hinges are bolted to the fenders

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doesn't have to come off, just have to remove the bolts, slide the fender out, and put the bolts back in, hood lines right back up where it was

that's if you are doing one side at a time

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i'm taking the hood off now as i need the whole front end off to the inners for the welding of the battery trays but can i take both fenders off with the nose still atached to them then take the headlights off also i have 1984 ground fx on as you see

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Uhm. I guess. I don't see how you wouldn't end up warping/bending/ruining a fender trying it that way.

It takes all of 20 minutes to take a front end off a thirdgen.

-- Joe

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Or worse, breaking the mounting tabs on the nose cone. They tear off pretty easy.

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True. I've got an absolutely mint 85-90 formula cover that has a broken off tab on the top left corner.

-- Joe

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uh no no dont do that bad idea ive done it this way was more of a pain than doing it the correct way