How to: D9 Wing swap (including some rust traps)

[bangernom1cs]

When I bought this car there had been a small scrape on the OSF wing so eBay provided a nice 2nd hand replacement,
ready coloured. Good job I left it a bit as some idiot knocked another dent in it ...on my own drive way!
I had a strut to change at the same time so it seemed a good job to both at the same time.
So... a both wings.


You need to remove the grill and headlamp


Remove the wheelarch liners


You'll need to remove the accumulated crud here which drains from the scuttle area as there is
a hidden bolt below the leaf that is visible.


Unbolt a number of bolts around the wing...here is the A post


And the indicator (D9)


Behind the headlamp we have a turn buckle arrangement.and some bolts
There are 3 bolts which hold the lamp itself on on. Fortunately the offside is easiest to deal with.
(I soaked a number of these bolts the day before as they are exposed to the weather)


The worst are just behind the wheelarch liner where it meets the bumper and wing..these were very stubborn indeed.



There is also, I found, a potential rust trap in part of the chassis which benefited from a drainhole and some spray waxoyl. A bit pedantic I know, but in a crash..well who knows. Was showing signs of rust along the bottom seam.


You can see how easy it is to deal with the strut like this!
Yes I did do the discs too as they were shot!


A quick cleanup and reverse procedure with all the hidden bolts and exposed stuff greased up just in case they need to
come off at a later date.


Easy job!

[steve_earwig]

A nice little job, looks like a very good match too! I'll copy this over to the Knowledge Base in a mo but just one thing:

Behind the headlamp we have a turn buckle arrangement

Is this to hold the bumper onto the wing?

[bangernom1cs]

Hi,
Yes, the turnbuckle does indeed clamp the wing to the bumper.
I was very lucky with the colour match. Came of a car that was 3 years older than mine.
Another cab by coincidence, so when this car dies that wing will have done about 750,000 miles!

T

[FarmerPug]

a fantastic bit of work there, definatley worth the knolegde base.

[steve_earwig]

'tis done I just thought it worth saying what that clip was because it might help someone taking a bumper off too.