Chrysler Repair: I need to take off my 99 300m passenger fender., strut assembly, postal mail

Question
I need some directions on how to remove the fender and wheel well.  Thanks for your help!

Answer
Hi Russ,
The basic steps are:
remove headlamp housing
remove front bumper facia as necessary to clear path
remove bolt attaching fender to rocker panel
from inside door opening remove bolts attaching fender to hinge pillar brackets
remove bolts attaching fender to radiator closure panel
from the engine compartment, remove bolts attaching fender to inner wheel house panel
remove fender

The wheel house splash shield steps are:
hoist and support vehicle on safety stands
remove front wheel
remove strut assembly
remove screws attaching speed sensor bracket Move bracket to access speed sensor wire connector
Remove fasteners attaching splash sield to inner wheel house
remove splash shield.

There are some separate instructions for the headlamp housing, and the bumper facia, and the strut assembly.

I can xerox copy and postal mail you those pages if needed. These are the steps I can easily give you by typing them into this reply.
Roland



great job. Helps me to realize what is and what is not doable by me. Thanks again, Roland. Outstanding!


Hi Russ,
Thanks for the kind remarks and nomination. I notices a small typo in the 6th step of the fender removal so changed it to read "from the engine compartment...  If you don't have to remove the splash shield it would appear that the fender itself is not so bad a job.  I found a set of step for removing the headlamp housing:
Open the hood
Remove the large rubber grommet from splash shield to gain access the fascia fasteners.
Remove fasteners attaching fascia to the front fender and splash shield, using access hole in splash shield
Remove the push pins attaching the fascia to the upper radiator closure panel
Remove jackscrews attaching headlamp housing to crossmember and remove the lamp housing to gain access to the lamps.
Roll the fascia forward to clear way for headlamp housing removal
Disconnect the bulb connectors from back of lamp sockets.

There are a couple of pages that show all this in my manual. Use the 'thank and rate' tab where you can list a postal mailing address and I'll xerox a copy and mail it to you, if you like.

Roland