Removing and installing cowl panel trim — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Access is the bumper cover trim, headlight trims, wheel housing liners on both sides and the wiper arms. The quick-release fasteners are undone, the trim is lifted vertically out of the windscreen surround from the glass edge with soap solution, the front lid gas struts are unclipped from their ball-head pins at the bottom, and the trim is pulled rearwards out of the luggage compartment pan slot. Refitting reverses this, with soap solution applied to the windscreen surround to press the trim home.

Fits: platform code 42

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• Lift the trim vertically out of the windscreen surround; pulling it back tears the lip.
• Soap solution at the glass edge on removal and on the surround for refitting.
• Front lid gas struts off their ball pins first: lift the retaining spring with a small screwdriver.
• Trim exits rearwards out of the luggage compartment pan slot, not upwards.
• Prop the front lid securely while the gas struts are disconnected.

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📋 Procedure

1. Remove bumper cover trim .
2. Remove trim for headlight and wheel housing liner (left and right) .
3. Remove wiper arms Electrical system92.
4. Release quick-release fasteners (1).
5. ⚠ Risk of damage to cowl panel trim.Apply a small quantity of soap solution to transition between windscreen and cowl panel trim and pull cowl panel trim (4) vertically upwards out of windscreen surround, starting at edge of windscreen (arrows A). — Detach cowl panel trim (4); to do so, carefully lift cowl panel trim vertically out of windscreen surround (arrows A).

6. Disengage gas struts (2) and (3) for front lid at bottom.
7. To do so, lift retaining spring (2)(arrow) with a small screwdriver (1) and pull gas strut (3) off ball-head pin.
8. Pull cowl panel trim to rear out of retaining slot of luggage compartment pan (arrow B).
9. To make it easier to press cowl panel trim on, apply a small quantity of soap solution to windscreen surround.

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