Removing and installing trim panel for B-pillar (rear door) — AUDI
Removing and installing trim panel for B-pillar (rear door) on Audi: 11 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 Q7 (4M, 2015–)
📋 Procedure
- Move door window to "“open”" position.
- Remove window frame trim General body repairs, interior70Door trim (rear); Removing and installing window frame trim.
- Pull window guide (5) out of trim panel for B-pillar (1).
- Pull sealing lip (2) for window guide off bonded area on trim panel for B-pillar.
- Remove bolts (arrows A).
- Slide trim panel for B-pillar downwards (arrow B); lug (3) will be disengaged from door shell (4).
- Pull trim panel for B-pillar towards front out of surrounding section and remove upwards from door.
- Remove any residual adhesive with adhesive strip removerVAS 6349.
- Clean bonding surface with cleaning solutionD 009 401 04.
- Apply primerD 355 205 A2 to bonding surface using applicatorD 009 500 25 and allow to flash off.
- Pull protective film off adhesive strip and attach trim panel for B-pillar.
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