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.

Dismantled parts
With some skill, you can remove the bumpers and front fenders alone. But if you want to remove the hood, rear lid, trunk lid, or doors, you will definitely...

Front of the car
Removal the radiator grille Open the hood. Unscrew the three radiator grille mounting bolts at the top of the front of the body. Push the radiator grille...

Bumpers
Removal the front bumper Remove the radiator grille. Raise the vehicle slightly. Remove both wheel arches. At the top ends of the bumper, unscrew one bolt with...

Engine hood
Removal the hood Open the hood. Where available, disconnect the windshield washer nozzle heating wire connectors. Disconnect the windshield washer hose. Before...

Wings
The front wings are unscrewed. In contrast, the rear side parts form a single welded structure with the rest of the body. Removal the mudguards Plastic...

Doors
The door needs to be dismantled only after it has been damaged. This work requires, firstly, special tools, for example, the KM-298 tool for knocking out the...

Dismantling doors
This work is taken from the chapter " Salon ", because it is important for further steps in disassembling the door. The dismantling of the front door trim is...

External view mirrors
Dismantling Remove the inner door handle, see section " Removal the door trim " in this chapter. Remove the triangular strip from the inside. To do this, use a...

Rear lid/trunk lid
Dismantling Stepped rear section: Disconnect the plug connection of the cable harness at the left hinge. Mark the installation position of the trunk lid. To do...

Sliding roof
For this "window to the sky" to function perfectly, it needs to be set up precisely. Even an amateur can do this with the appropriate instructions, but the...

Glasses
The windscreen and rear window are "dynamically bonded". This method is almost inevitable when searching for the most streamlined body shapes. The rear side...

Preservation of the car body
The Vectra has already undergone some rather expensive rust protection measures at the factory, which you can read about in the next section. Thus, the limits...

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

Cleaning the water drainage holes
Maintenance work No weld can be so tight that water cannot penetrate it. Therefore, all hollow sections in the car have holes for water drainage. If they are...

Checking the varnish
Maintenance work Damage to the varnish caused by stone impacts must be repaired before rust forms in these areas. The best product for this purpose is...

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