Removing and installing anti-theft cover panels — AUDI
Removing and installing anti-theft cover panels on Audi: 10 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform code 42
📋 Procedure
- Remove door trim 70.
- Remove cover panel for door shell .
- Remove bolts (2) and (3).
- Detach anti-theft cover panel "“II”"(item 1).
- Remove bolt (1).
- Disengage anti-theft cover panel "“I”"(item 3) at mounting bracket (4)(arrow A).
- Pull anti-theft cover panel "“I”" downwards until operating rod (2) for door opener is free.
- Detach anti-theft cover panel "“I”".
- Install cover panel for door shell .
- Install door trim 70.
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