I took mine off last night to straighten out accident damage and put on TJ flares. Mine is a 1985.
I started with the 5 torx under the hood, then the 2 on the door. There are two on the bottom of the jeep behind the wheel that need to come off, and a small bolt (not a torx screw) in front of the wheel that connects the fender to a "rod" attached to the engine or body, (not sure where that rod ends up).
You will have to take the header panel off. There are 4 bolts on top where it attaches to the core support (holds the radiator on). You don't have to take out the lower turn signal cover or the headlight, but you will need to detach the bulbs. You will need to take the grill off seperatly, as there is another bolt on the bottom of the header panel that is attached to the body. Also, I think, you need to remove the corner lights to remove the headlight windows. I did it, but it may not have been necessary.
Then there are two nuts on each side that hold the header panel to the fender that you will have to squeeze your arm to reach. Pull back the splash plastic in the inner fender well and stick your hand up there. You will have to remove these totally by feel as you can't see what you are doing. By this point, you will have seen where the header panel is attached and will recognize the location of the nuts that I am referring to.
I think, by that point, you are ready to pull back the header panel and that will expose 2 more torx head screws that you will need to remove, and with a little wiggling, you can remove the fender. Be sure that the driver side door is shut.
Also, you do not need to remove the fender flare, but if you don't, be aware that the whole inner plastic splash panel will come out with it.
I think that write up is about as clear as the mud we all splash through, but it really wasn't a difficult task, it was more time consuming than anything.