Car body exterior Opel Vectra B (petrol)

Radiator grille, bumpers, hood, hood cable, fender liner, fenders, side trims, doors, door linings, locks, windows, exterior mirrors, rear cover or boot lid, sunroof, windows. Measures for anti-corrosion protection, anti-corrosion coating of the bottom, holes for water drainage, varnishing.

Parts to be dismantled
With some skill, you can single-handedly remove the bumpers and front fenders. But if you want to remove the hood, rear or trunk lid, or doors, then you...

Front of the car
Removing the grille Open the hood. Unscrew the three fixing bolts of the grille at the top of the front of the body. Press the grille up until the three grille...

Bumpers
Removing the front bumper Remove the grille. Raise the vehicle slightly. Remove both wheel arches. At the top end of the bumper, unscrew one torx head bolt. At...

Engine hood
Dismantling the hood Open the hood. Where present, disconnect the heated windshield washer nozzle wire connectors. Disconnect the windshield washer hose....

Wings
The front fenders unscrew. On the contrary, the rear side parts form a single welded structure with the rest of the body. Dismantling of fender liner The...

Doors
Dismantling the door is only necessary after it has been damaged. This work requires, firstly, special tools, for example, a KM-298 tool for knocking out...

Door disassembly
This work is taken from the chapter « Salon », because it is important for further steps in disassembling the door Describes the dismantling of the front door...

Exterior mirrors
Dismantling Remove the inner door handle, see section « Removing the door trim » in this chapter. Dismantle the inside of the triangular bar. To do this,...

Rear cover / trunk lid
Dismantling Stepped back: Disconnect the plug connection of the cable harness at the left hinge. Mark the installation position of the trunk lid. To do this,...

Retractable roof
For the perfect functioning of this «windows to the sky» need precise setting. Even an amateur can do this with the appropriate instructions, but the detailed...

Glass
Windshield and rear window «dynamically linked glued». This method is almost inevitable when looking for the most streamlined body shapes. The rear side...

Preservation of the car body
The Vectra has some pretty expensive rust protection measures in the factory, which you can read about in the next section. Thus, limits are already set for a...

Checking the anti-corrosion coating
Maintenance work The protective layer on the bottom of the car must be carefully checked and, where necessary, corrected. You can do this yourself if you have...

Cleaning water drain holes
Maintenance work No welding seam can be so sealed that water cannot penetrate into it. Therefore, holes are made in all hollow profiles in the car for water to...

Varnish check
Maintenance work Damage to the lacquer from stone impact must be repaired before rust deposits spread to these areas. For these purposes, the so-called spot...

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