Removing and installing cover and padding - fixed rear seat backrest — AUDI
Removing and installing cover and padding - fixed rear seat backrest on Audi: 13 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: Audi A6 C6 (4F, 2004–2011)
📋 Procedure
- Remove seat bench .
- Remove backrest .
- Remove centre armrest .
- Cut through upholstery clips (2).
- Use screwdriver to prise out fastening strip (4).
- Remove bolts (7) (2x).
- Pull side airbag (6) downwards out of protective cover (5).
- Remove side airbag on opposite side in the same way.
- Remove cover and padding from outer backrest frame.
- Fold back cover (1).
- Cut through upholstery clips (2).
- Remove seat cover (1).
- Use upholstery clip pliersV.A.G 1634 to install new upholstery clips.
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