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Audi A6 Typ 4G: C-Pillar Trim Panel, Removing and Installing

C-Pillar-Trim Panel, Removing and Installing, Sedan

Special tools and workshop equipment required

  • Pry Lever -80-200-
  • Omega Clip Tool -T40280-

Removing

  WARNING

Follow all Safety Precautions when working with pyrotechnic components. Refer to → Chapter "Pyrotechnic Components Safety Precautions".

- Remove the rear outer belt guide. Refer to → Chapter "Rear Seat Belt Guide, Removing and Installing, Sedan".

- Remove the headliner and lay it on the seats, do not remove the windshield. Refer to → Chapter "Headliner, Removing and Installing, Sedan".

  Caution

  • Remove the headliner and lay it on the seats when performing the following work. Do this very carefully because the headliner can be creased easily.
  • Replace the headliner if it is bent.

- Remove the expanding clips -1- with the Pry Lever -80-200-.

- Unclip the C-pillar trim panel -2- from the C-pillar using the Pry Lever -80-200--arrows- and remove it.

Installing

  WARNING

  • Follow all Safety Precautions when working with pyrotechnic components. Refer to → Chapter "Pyrotechnic Components Safety Precautions".
  • Do not pinch the head curtain airbag when installing the C-pillar trim.

Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - C-Pillar Trim Panel, Sedan".

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C-Pillar Trim Panel, Removing and Installing, Avant

Special tools and workshop equipment required

  • Pry Lever -80-200-
  • Omega Clip Tool -T40280-

Removing

  WARNING

Follow all Safety Precautions when working with pyrotechnic components. Refer to → Chapter "Pyrotechnic Components Safety Precautions".

- Remove the luggage compartment side trim. Refer to → Chapter "Luggage Compartment Side Trim Panel, Removing and Installing, Avant".

- Remove the rear outer belt guide. Refer to → Chapter "Rear Seat Belt Guide, Removing and Installing, Avant".

- Unclip the C-pillar trim -1- from the C-pillar using the Pry Lever -80-200- in direction of -A arrows-.

- Remove the upper C-pillar trim from the bracket on the body in direction of -arrow B- by moving the trim toward the inside and pulling it downward at the same time.

Installing

  WARNING

  • Follow all Safety Precautions when working with pyrotechnic components. Refer to → Chapter "Pyrotechnic Components Safety Precautions".
  • Do not pinch the head curtain airbag when installing the C-pillar trim.

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Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

- When installing the C-pillar trim -3-, make sure the retaining strip -2- fits into the cut-out in the body -arrow- and in the headliner -1-.

Installation notes, for example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - C-Pillar Trim Panel, Avant".

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