Removing and installing front lid lock (front): Audi R8
Step-by-step removing and installing front lid lock (front) for the Audi R8: 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: Audi R8 (4S, 2015–)
📋 Procedure
- Remove front panel of luggage compartment pan General body repairs, interior70Luggage compartment trim panels; Overview of fitting locations - luggage compartment trim panels.
- Remove bumper cover trim Removing and installing bumper cover trim.
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Unplug connector (6) and move connector (7) clear.
- Prise off circlip (3) and move Bowden cable (2) clear.
- Remove bolts (4).
- Guide front lid lock (5) downwards and disengage Bowden cables (1).
- Take out front lid lock upwards.
- Adjust front lid lock .
- Adjust Bowden cable for front lid lock .
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- Removing camshaft timing chain from camshafts – Audi A6/A7 C7 · 38 torque figures
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- Checking fuel system pressurisation pump G6 (electrical test) - 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder engines (generation I)
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- Removing and installing headlight housing - vehicles up to model year 2012
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The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
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