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I'll take some pictures and post something proper up next time I take the fender off, but it basically boils down to:
1. lift car, remove wheel
2. remove wheel liner (couple of those push-tabs and some plastic 10mm nuts)
3. disconnect and remove the charcoal canister (this allows access to the 3 bolts holding the fender on near door hinge)
4. reach up and unplug the wire to the gas filler door lock mechanism (I no longer have this lock mechanism or wiring on my car, but other cars will have it)
5. open the fuel filler door and remove the 10mm bolt in there (not 100% sure this one was required or not)
6. from the backside of the fuel filler cup, press on the black plastic tabs that hold the plastic cup to the fender-portion of the fuel filler area
7. remove the headlight. The headlight tray comes out as part of the fender, so make sure you unplug the wiring & vent hose for the headlight
8. now time to unbolt the fender from the car... start with all the torx screws up top (with frunk lid open) between fender & frunk. The last one is on a piece of the fender that's tucked in under the hinge for the frunk lid.
9. open the 3 that are exposed behind the charcoal canister (all 10mm) top middle and bottom back near the door hinge area. The top one is a bit of a pain to reach, I needed a couple of extensions connected together to get my socket up there.
10. I found that loosening the bolts (but not fully opening them!) holding the frunk hinge to the frunk was necessary to gently rock the fender loose from under it.
NOTE: I have removed a bunch of wiring, trim, etc... from this car, so there might be additional steps required for other cars, but I don't think so. I think that's about it above.
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