DIY – Removing and installing front wheel housing liner / wheel well cover

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Removing REAR section of front wheel housing liner

Information

  • Some of the repair illustrations show only one side of the vehicle.
  • Naturally, some steps also have to be performed on the opposite side of the vehicle as well.
  • These must be carried out as a mirror image of the steps shown.
  1. Unscrew fastening screws -1- for the wheel housing liner at the underbody.
  2. Unscrew fastening screw -1- on the inside of the wheel housing liner.
10_Schrauben an RHS vorne-hinten innen_C v2Mounting point for rear section of wheel housing liner
  1. Unscrew fastening screw -1- on the outside of the front apron.
fd2Mounting point for rear section of wheel housing liner on front apron
  1. Unscrew fastening screws -1- securing rear section of wheel housing liner to the front section of the wheel housing liner.
06_Schrauben an RHS seitlichMounting point for rear section of wheel housing liner on front section
  1. Unscrew plastic nuts -2- on the inside of the wheel housing liner.
08_Schrauben an RHS vorne-hinten innen_A v3Mounting point on inside of wheel housing liner
  1. Remove wheel housing liner.

 

 

Removing FRONT section of front wheel housing liner

  1. Unscrew fastening screws -1- on the front apron.
01_Schrauben an RHS vorne-vorne unten_AMounting point for front wheel housing liner on front apron
  1. Unscrew fastening screws -1- securing wheel housing liner to front underbody panelling.

01_Verkleidung unten seitlich

Mounting point for front wheel housing liner on underbody panelling

  1. Unscrew fastening screw -1- securing wheel housing liner to front apron.
03_Schrauben an RHS vorne-vorne seitlich

Mounting point for front wheel housing liner on front apron

  1. Unscrew plastic nut -2- securing front section of wheel housing liner to rear section of wheel housing liner.
05_Schrauben an RHS vorne-vorne innen

Mounting point for front section of wheel housing liner to rear section

  1. Unscrew fastening screws -1- securing front section of wheel housing liner to rear section of wheel housing liner.
06_Schrauben an RHS seitlich

Mounting point for front section of wheel housing liner to rear section

  1. Remove wheel housing liner.