Removing and installing rear spoiler — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Heat first, then separate: the diffuser comes away from its adhesive joint and fasteners before the spoiler itself is warmed, wedged off the bumper cover and, if needed, cut free along the adhesive bead. Installation reverses it with fresh double-sided tape: the diffuser is engaged on the spoiler, the protective film is peeled with its ends left outside, the spoiler is set on the bumper reinforcement, aligned, and then the film is pulled and the spoiler pressed home from the centre outwards. Even pressure from inside and outside seats the diffuser.

Fits: VW Caddy III (2K, 2004–2015); platform code 2C0

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• Warm the bonded area with the hot air blower before pulling; cold adhesive takes paint with it.
• Use the removal wedge between spoiler and bumper cover; no excessive force.
• Leave the ends of the tape's protective film reachable from outside before fitting the spoiler.
• Align the spoiler on the bumper reinforcement before pulling the film; there is no second attempt.
• Press the spoiler along the bond from the centre outwards; press the diffuser evenly from inside and outside.

Written for this job from the workshop steps below · TorqFix editorial.

📋 Procedure

1. Before removing, gently heat diffuser (5) in bonded area (4) using hot air blowerV.A.G 1416.
2. Detach diffuser (5) from adhesive joint and fasteners on rear spoiler (3).
3. Before removing rear spoiler (3), gently heat it with hot air blowerV.A.G 1416.
4. Carefully fit removal wedge3409 between rear spoiler (3) and rear bumper cover (1).
5. Pull rear spoiler (3) off rear bumper cover (1) making sure not to use excessive force. [Note: If necessary, use a craft knife to cut through adhesive bead (2) when pulling off the rear spoiler.] [Note: When installing the rear spoiler, ensure that the paintwork of the rear bumper cover is not damaged.When installing the diffuser, press it on firmly, applying even pressure from both inside and outside.]

6. Attach diffuser (5) to rear spoiler (3), and engage it.
7. Pull protective film off double-sided adhesive tape on diffuser (5) and on inner side of rear spoiler (3).
8. Ensure that ends of protective film of double-sided adhesive tape are accessible from the exterior.
9. Fit rear spoiler (3) to reinforcement on rear bumper cover (1).
10. Align rear spoiler (3), and pull off protective film.
11. Firmly press rear spoiler (3) on rear bumper cover (1) along area to be bonded, working from centre outwards.

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