Removing and installing trim panel for A-pillar and trim for windscreen frame — AUDI
Removing and installing trim panel for A-pillar and trim for windscreen frame on Audi: 15 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 A5 Cabriolet (8F)
📋 Procedure
- Remove sun visors (General body repairs, interior68Equipment; Removing and installing sun visor) and interior lights (Electrical system96Controls; Removing and installing interior light/reading light (front)).
- Remove convertible roof frame trim General body repairs, interior70Roof trim; Overview of fitting locations - roof trim.
- Remove A-pillar trim (top) General body repairs, interior70Passenger compartment trim panels; Removing and installing A-pillar trim.
- Remove seal at A-pillar .
- Remove nut from top of trim panel for A-pillar.
- Release trim panel for A-pillar at top and pull it upwards out of retaining clips .
- Pull trim panel for A-pillar diagonally upwards along A-pillar and out of bracket .
- Trim panels (left and right) for A-pillar removed
- Remove nuts (5) from trim.
- Pull trim upwards off roof frame.
- When installing, observe sequence for bolting on from inside to outside.
- Tightening sequence: work from inside outwards.
- Using a screwdriver or similar, release fastener for A-pillar (1) on side of trim for windscreen (2) in direction of (arrow) and pull it upwards out of retaining clips.
- Pull trim panel for A-pillar (2) upwards out of retaining clips (1) (2x on each side).
- Pull trim panel for A-pillar (2) diagonally upwards out of bracket (1).
Other AUDI procedures
- Removing and installing toothed belt – Audi · 56 torque figures
- 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 chain drive for oil pump – Audi A6 C5
- Removing and installing rear sealing flange – Audi A4 B6/B7
- Checking charge pressure of turbochargers – Audi A8 D2 3.3 TDI
- Removing and installing right exhaust manifold – Audi A8 D2
- Removing and installing operating unit in front of centre console E461 · 1 torque figures
Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
Seen a figure that does not match your manual? Write to us — we correct it and note when. support@torqfix.com
The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.