I want to paint the lower part of my stock fender. Do I have to remove the full fender to separate the 2 pieces? I took out 4 torx bolts holding it to the body and drilled out 2 rivets on top. It is still hanging up on something. Is there 2-sided tape or something else I'm missing? Thanks for any help.
2015 Front Fender Removal
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I want to paint the lower part of my stock fender. Do I have to remove the full fender to separate the 2 pieces? I took out 4 torx bolts holding it to the body and drilled out 2 rivets on top. It is still hanging up on something. Is there 2-sided tape or something else I'm missing? Thanks for any help.
Painter probably the best to answer this question. There are probably some ytube videos on how to do it.
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If you're referring to the mud flaps behind the front wheels, they're held in place by the 2 rivets on top you drilled out, but there are also 4 M6 bolts going into the body via clip-nuts. IIRC, there's also some double-sided tape, but it's been a while since I removed mine and I can't remember where.
Here's a close-up of the parts diagram for the Fender/Mud Flap -
The two rivets are marked 33 and the 4 M6 bolts are marked 26
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There is double sided tape under the rivets. I used heat gun to help remove .
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I find wood shims used for squaring doors and windows also work well for loosening double-stick tape. They're usually thin enough to deform before breaking anything if they should encounter anything stronger than foam tape.
