I did a bad thing last night. I hopped a curb, fairly hard. Tire had to be replaced, and I needed a front-end alignemtn, but other than that, the structure of the vehicle seems ok. The only issue seems to be that somehow, the right front fender has slid back about 1/4 inch. It's pinning the passenger side door closed, and is pulling back on front fascia and headlight.

I can clear see on some of the mounting points that the fender has slid, and I think if I loosen all points, I can return the fender and fascia back to the correct positions.

So, anybody got a diagram or illustrated instructions?

 

here is a link to the service manual for these cars.It shows you how to remove everything you are looking at

http://www.majormotorshotrods.com/_d...ice_Manual.pdf

 

You, sir, ROCK.
thank you.

Now my only barrier to success is figuring out how to remove the two bolts holding the fender to the A-pillar if I can't get the door open.

 

Hi there? Were you able to manage to remove the two bolts holding the fender to the A-pillar? I am having the same problem right now.

 

I hate to break some abd news but you may have tweaked the frame rail on that side both accidents i had flexed at that point. when you remove the fender look up and down the frame rail where it meets the firewall where your complaining about the crunched spot.

 

I did get those bolts undone. I loosened all of the other bolts on the fender, and pulled it so it slide forward just enough to allow the door to open. Then I locked the finder in place by tightening a few key bolts, so that it would not slide back. This allowed me to open the door and access the 2 final bolts.

The most annoying item was that the rocker panel had to be removed also, which was much more difficult than I expected. I ended up breaking half of the locking clips with my clumsy movements.

Once I had the fender off, I inspected the chassis and the frame. From the underside of the vehicle, everything looks ok. There is definite crumpling of the top of the frame in the engine bay, just forward of the battery.

I actually got everything back on and re-aligned to compensate for the crumple point, so only the trained eye could see that something is wrong. Still, the front right and rear left wheel gaps are asymmetric, so I'll be taking it to a body shop next month to see about getting the frame stretched back into place, relative to the body mounting points.

 

Yup just get that frame rail pulled back out and get a 4 wheel alignment and it will probably be straighter than its was from the factory =)

 

that would be nice. I'll keep you all informed.