Attention! When replacing a wing, avoid damaging adjacent body elements.
The front wing replacement must be carried out in the following order. Apply the parking brake, loosen the wheel fastenings and place the car on stands or lift it on a lift. Fix the relative position of the wheel and its hub (paint, marker), remove the wheel from the side of the wing being replaced.
Raise and secure the hood in the open position, remove and, if necessary, replace the following parts:
- front wheel arch trim;
- front wheel arch cover;
- lower trim on the headlight;
- front additional direction indicator.
Open the door and through the slot from the inside of the car, unscrew the bolts (1, Fig. 18.19) fastening the wing to the front body pillar.
Loosen the bolt securing the front wing to the body frame (arrows, 10 pcs.) from the engine compartment side. When unscrewing the bolts, make sure not to lose the nut washers.
Using a marker, mark the position of the hinges on the hood and fix the position of the hood on the body with wooden blocks so that after removing the fasteners there is no damage to the windshield, hood, body parts and paintwork. Remove the hood as described below.
Attention! The wing sits firmly on the body thanks to its protective anti-corrosion layer and sealant. To remove the wing, it is necessary to heat the protective layer with an industrial hair dryer with a flat nozzle in the upper and rear (lower) sections of the wing from the bottom of the body.
Using a scraper, remove the protective coating by heating and separating it, section by section, from the area where the wing meets the body. Otherwise, the mating surfaces of the wing and body will be deformed. Remove the wing by separating it from the body using a sharp plastic tool inserted between the wing and the body.
The front wing should be installed in the reverse order, while it is necessary to clean the contact surfaces of the wing and the body from the remains of the anti-corrosion coating and, if necessary, straighten them. Restore the paintwork.
Place the wing in place and tighten the screws by hand. Make sure that the seal does not come out, especially in the area of the headlights. Install the hood (see below) and align the gap in the joint between the hood and the wing by moving the hood. The gap should be uniform along the entire length, measuring 4.0±0.75 mm. The plane of the hood may be recessed from the plane of the wing by no more than 1.0 mm.
Check the gap in the joint between the wing and the front door by moving the wing. The gap should be uniform along the entire length and 4.5±0.5 mm. The plane of the door should protrude above the surface of the wing by 1.0 mm.
Tighten the front wing mounting screws to a torque of 0.5 kgf·m (5 N·m). Restore the anti-corrosion coating of the body bottom and the inner surface of the wing.
Install the wheel on the hub according to the previously applied boundaries. When installing the wheel, the threads of the bolts and holes in the hubs must be dry.
The final tightening of the wheel mounting bolts should be carried out with the vehicle standing on its wheels. Tighten crosswise, with a torque of 14.0 kgf·m (140 N·m).