Zonda_
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Is there a guide anywhere? I want to swap them over in as short a time a possible.
How to remove front wings?
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mondo
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thurs nowt hard about it !
just look for all the bolt ole positions on the new wings an away yer go wi a spanner !
The lights just unplug
just look for all the bolt ole positions on the new wings an away yer go wi a spanner !
The lights just unplug
bustersbus
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Easier if ye take the inner wings and outer wings off at the same time
iannotts
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You'll need a 13mm socket on a long extenstion bar and a couple of 10mm spanners. Then as mondo says
4 or 5 up 13mm heads up the door pillar then the 10mm spanners where ever else its attached.
4 or 5 up 13mm heads up the door pillar then the 10mm spanners where ever else its attached.
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mondo
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Wey start by tekin off the wings yer wanna purron ! then yer'll see wots t do fer when yer tek off the ones yer dunt want !
D'yer want our lass t come n do em for yer?
D'yer want our lass t come n do em for yer?
HybridGirl
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Oy Zonda. Mondo only lives up the road from you. Am sure he'll pop round un help yer.
iannotts
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The clue is in post #4
Zonda_
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Be nice if he could, got other jobs to do on them as well. They're both in Scarborough.
HybridGirl
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Give us a list of wot else needs doin then!
Zonda_
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Seats from one to another, another simple job I'm sure but it's always easier if you've got someone who's done it as you can work far quicker. Seatbelts from one to other and basically anything that mine needs that the other one has!
mondo
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WTF They doin in Scarbro FFS ?
gerrem ome an i'll pop down n gi yer anand!
gerrem ome an i'll pop down n gi yer anand!
HybridGirl
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Yer seem to be very obsessed wi doin stuff quickly?! Ave yer got a time limit or summat?
Zonda_
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I've owned it for 3 months and not driven it and have no other car and paying money for storage!!
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Looks like ya need to get it sorted then.
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Best bet is to take the lot off in one go.
Take the wheel spats off, then you can see up the back of the wing if you stick your head into the wheel arch, the top bolt is accessable from the engine bay (a little metal tab bolted to the bulkhead), the others down the bulkhead will need a extension bar as mentioned before. Then there is the inner arch to bulkhead screws - I ground these off, no point wasting time, then you have 2 or 3 at the front that hold it onto the chassis, another one in the wheel arch that holds it onto the chassis.
Then you need to remove the radiator surround, which screws/bolts onto the wing with a few screws bolts. The most difficult bit will be the bolts on the bulkhead, they could be pretty stuck, I was changing the bulkhead so I just ran an angle grinder down the middle of the pillar and battered the bolts from the inside to break up the rust, they they just screwed right out, if you can give each of them a few sharp taps with a small hammer you will be able to do the same thing. You don't need to remove these just loosen them enough to let the wing slide off.
I cut my wing looms and then just rejoined with solder and heatshrink when I was rebuilding them, the light fittings can get all corroded and will fall apart, you will be easier cutting the loom mid way up (then relocate it to run along the top of the inner wing instead of hiding away in a pile of muck and sharp edges).
Take the wheel spats off, then you can see up the back of the wing if you stick your head into the wheel arch, the top bolt is accessable from the engine bay (a little metal tab bolted to the bulkhead), the others down the bulkhead will need a extension bar as mentioned before. Then there is the inner arch to bulkhead screws - I ground these off, no point wasting time, then you have 2 or 3 at the front that hold it onto the chassis, another one in the wheel arch that holds it onto the chassis.
Then you need to remove the radiator surround, which screws/bolts onto the wing with a few screws bolts. The most difficult bit will be the bolts on the bulkhead, they could be pretty stuck, I was changing the bulkhead so I just ran an angle grinder down the middle of the pillar and battered the bolts from the inside to break up the rust, they they just screwed right out, if you can give each of them a few sharp taps with a small hammer you will be able to do the same thing. You don't need to remove these just loosen them enough to let the wing slide off.
I cut my wing looms and then just rejoined with solder and heatshrink when I was rebuilding them, the light fittings can get all corroded and will fall apart, you will be easier cutting the loom mid way up (then relocate it to run along the top of the inner wing instead of hiding away in a pile of muck and sharp edges).
