Removing and installing sill panel trim: Audi A6 C5
Step-by-step removing and installing sill panel trim for the Audi A6 C5: 14 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 C5 (4B)
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- When installing sill panel trim (4), make sure it engages fully in holder (1) as shown in detail view.
- Bonding area must be free from dust and grease.
📋 Procedure
- Remove outer sill moulding .
- Unscrew bolts , , and start by pulling sill panel trim out of holder .
- Then pull forwards out of rear trim and detach.
- Start by fixing sill panel trim in position at holder
- Screw in bolts , working from front to rear.
- Screw in bolts and .
- Unscrew bolts at wheel housing liner (2x).
- Unscrew oval head bolts (2) and detach holder (1).
- Expanding nut (3)
- When installing sill panel trim (4), make sure it engages fully in holder (1) as shown in detail view.
- Unscrew bolts (2) and (6) and detach rear sill panel trim (3).
- Wheel housing liner (5)
- Rear wheel housing liner is additionally bonded with double-sided adhesive strip.
- Bonding area must be free from dust and grease.
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