Removing and installing side member trim - Audi RS 4: Audi A4 B8
Step-by-step removing and installing side member trim - Audi RS 4 for the Audi A4 B8: 18 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 A4 B8 (8K, 2007–2015)
- Special tools named: 3356
- Renewed: clips
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- Renew clips and expanding nuts if damaged.
- 4. Peel off protective film from adhesive strips (3) from rear to front; do not press on side member trim yet.
📋 Procedure
- Remove wheel housing liner (front) .
- Remove Cd panel (rear) .
- Release fasteners (2 and 3).
- Pull side member trim (1) out of fastener in area of wing (arrow).
- Open all doors.
- Carefully heat side member trim (1) with hot air blowerV.A.G 1416.
- Carefully detach adhesive (2 and 3) from side panel.
- Detach side member trim (1) together with a second mechanic. [Note: Renew clips and expanding nuts if damaged.]
- Clean bonding surface on body with cleaning solutionD 009 401 04.
- 1. Fit side member trim (2) on sill panel (1); locating lugs (3) should sit loosely in mountings.
- 2. Press side member trim (1) into mounting for wing at front (arrow).
- 3. Peel protective film off adhesive strip (rear) (item 4) and insert fasteners (4).
- 4. Peel off protective film from adhesive strips (3) from rear to front; do not press on side member trim yet.
- 5. Press locating lugs into mountings.
- 6. Press side member trim onto sill panel over entire length using roller 3356, working from rear to front.
- 7. Insert fastener (front) (item 2).
- Install Cd panel (rear) .
- Install wheel housing liner (front) .
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