AlabasterC55

Driving home from a meeting this morning on the highway and my passenger wheel well arch must have been struck by something. Broke it loose from the clips or bolts on the bottom and basically shredded the damn thing. So i had to limp the car home at 10mph because it was rubbing all over the place and i didnt have anything with me to secure it to the car.

HELP! I am planning on jacking the car up on that side, taking off the wheel and seeing the extent of the damage. Anyone have any experience with the plastic wheel well? Is this going to be costly? Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Also I am in the Ormond Beach, FL area so if anyone is around here and could lend a helping hand that would be awesome. Will snap pictures once i get everything off the car. Thanks!

AlabasterC55

okay good news so far, It looks like the only piece that was affected was the piece that covers the front underside corner underneath the front bumper as well as the front portion of the wheel well, where it attached to a much larger piece. Anyone have a PT# or place where i can look up the part. Looks like i should be able to replace it myself. No wiring damage.

AlabasterC55

Well just so this thread is worth something, here is the part # for the Passenger side wheel well that runs from the front bumper to the well. Ordered part, have the old one removed, looks like it went through a blender.

#2036983030

Saaboteur

There are three pieces that constitute the fender liner. Rear, mid and front/lower. It's not too bad to remove and reinstall - each one is held on with several fasteners, a mixture of pop type plastic clips, screws or plastic washer/nuts. Did you remove the damaged one already? When I bought my car in November, one of the front/lower pieces needed to be replaced. Bloody thing cost me nearly C$100.

If you need to pay a shop to do the removal and reinstallation, I urge you not to! It's very simple, just jack up the car, remove the wheel and off you go. 15 minutes tops, unless one of the fasteners is buggered. But that's unlikely, as God bless the Mercedes engineers, the only ones that could really get seized are the bolts or nuts, and the nuts are plastic so they don't rust.

AlabasterC55

Thanks man! Yeah I was relieved to find out that is was only the front/lower when i got the wheel off the car. I already took the damaged piece out, and ordered the new one $85 with the clips/bolts/screws i needed. Not terrible, and I can definitely install the part when it comes in by myself

The scary part was being on the side of the highway with all that plastic dragging by the wheel. Once i got it home and got the wheel off, i was relieved.

kent426

How much did it cost? I broke mine last year at a track event hitting cones.

AlabasterC55

It was about $85 total with the clips. The dealership wanted $120 without the clips. FYI

TruTaing

These fender liners between the tire and the fogs falls off far too often.... Good thing they're relatively affordable to replace!

tw2

Thats unlucky. I had to remove part of it to take the bumper off and it was not easy, it felt like there were hundreds of clips and screws everywhere.

Lenin

Here is a little trick I used when this happend to me. Use a heat gun (or a hair dryer) to heat up the area that may be coming in contact with the tire and while it is hot, push it forward with a stick. Then (while it is still hot and pushing it with a stick) spray some water on it so that it will keep the shape you want.