Removing the trunk and wheel fenders

[Donk45]

I have removed all of the other silver parts pretty easily, but want to know what is involved in removing the trunk lid and wheel fenders?

thanks in advance

 

[ataDude]

I have removed all of the other silver parts pretty easily, but want to know what is involved in removing the trunk lid and wheel fenders?

thanks in advance

Fenders are pretty easy. Remove wheels and tires and from underneath, you'll see four hex-head bolts holding them on to the inner fender. Don't remember the size but their wrench size is probably 8-10mm. The lights must be disconnected, also... pinch clips there.

Open the trunk and note the hinge bolt on which the hood is mounted. Remove the rubber end caps and then remove that one bolt and again, waa-lah. I believe the bolt head and nut wrench sizes are 10mm. The front trim strip will be removed at the same time. After trunk lid removal, you'll see that the front trim piece is just clipped onto the trunk lid.


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[Donk45]

Thank you kind sir.


Sucks that I have to removed the wheels.

 

[ataDude]

Thank you kind sir.


Sucks that I have to removed the wheels.

Oh, you can fiddle for hours without removing the wheels... so I've heard. I wouldn't want to try it, though. :yikes:

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[pauly1]

I used my bike lift/jack under the front frame, lift both wheels off the ground, put a couple of 4 X 4 post pieces under the lower A-arms and let the :spyder2: back down to rest on the 4 X 4's. Remove the lug nuts and wiggle the wheel assy out. Per the previous post, the 4 bolts are available from the bottom. I don't believe you can get at the bolts withour removing the wheel.

Alternatively, you can just unbolt the fender support and then remove the fender from the support. I prefer the first way as the alignment is maintained.

 

[Wheelz]

you dont have to remove the wheels...just remove the bolts that fasten the fender suports to the hub...you could push the fender lights thru the fender and unbuckle the staps that hold the harness to the supports...easy peezy

 

[bjt]

Removing the wheels is the way I did it. Here are two pics that show the fender mounting bolts with the wheel off. Notice there are three bolts per bracket but only two go through to the fender. The third one holds on the fender brace, stiffener or whatever you want to call that piece. The two bolts side by side, on the same side of the bracket, are the ones you want to remove.

This will be what you're left with (minus the dirt )

hmmm... I notice I was out working on the Spyder with my slippers and jammies on... pps: Nope, I'm not addicted at all.

I searched for a detailed post I had (with many pics) about removing the fender tip lights and fenders but it must have been in one of the older iterations of SpyderLovers whose posts are now gone.