Removing and installing roof trim strip: Audi A6/A7 C7
Step-by-step removing and installing roof trim strip for the Audi A6/A7 C7: 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 A6/A7 C7 (4G, 2011–2018); platform code 4X
📋 Procedure
- Open front and rear doors.
- Starting at A-pillar, press roof trim strip (1) off retaining clips (arrow) using removal wedge3409.
- Pull roof trim strip (2) out of clips (1) in area of rear side window.
- Have a second person hold the roof trim strip to avoid damaging the paintwork.
- Mask area around trim strip for side window (1) with adhesive tape (3) as shown in illustration to avoid damaging paintwork.
- Pull roof trim strip (2) out of clip on side window (1) in direction of (arrow).
- Detach roof trim strip.
- Fit roof trim strip (1) in trim strip (7) for side window.
- Align the two centring pins (2) of roof trim strip with holes (3) in roof of vehicle.
- Press roof trim strip into clips in area of side window and onto retaining clips (4) so they engage audibly.
Other AUDI procedures
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- Removing engine – Audi A8 D3 · 41 torque figures
- Removing camshaft timing chain from camshafts – Audi A6/A7 C7 · 38 torque figures
- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft timing chain · 29 torque figures
- Removing and installing suspension strut, suspension strut secured with bolts
- Dismantling and assembling drive shaft, constant velocity joint VL4700
- Adjusting wing door
- Converting headlights for driving on the left or right
- Renewing rear centre bearing of three-section propshaft
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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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