Removing Fenders???

[csvt2200]

For about 4 months or so now i've had some VW sidemarkers on my car. I've been thinking about this for awhile now, but just been putting it off. I need to get some kind of silocone on the backside of the sidemarkers so my fenders don't rust from cutting out the holes to install them. So I'm wondering how hard it is to get the fenders off? I havn't really looked into it really, I know theres like 5 or 6 bolts under the hood, but not sure where to go from there. Tried searching but came up with nothing in the old forums...

 

[csvt2200]

I know someone has replaced a fender on a contour before...

 

[striker2]

aside from the ones under the hood there is one under the cowl, 2 inside the fender liner back by the door, 2 bolted to the bumper and IIRC 2 behind the turn signal that bolt to the header panel.

 

[BrApple]

ford cd maybe :shrug:

 

[dyaballikl]

so, you're going through all this trouble just to avoid some rust under your side markers that's probably already there? i'd just sand down a bit and use a little primer around the hole.

 

[FavoriteMystaque]

Watch out, the bolts to the bumper will break unless your car has avoided salt corrosion. Did you install the markers without disassembly?