Removing and installing trim panel for C-pillar on door: Audi A8 D4
Step-by-step removing and installing trim panel for C-pillar on door for the Audi A8 D4: 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 A8 D4 (4H, 2010–2017)
📋 Procedure
- Remove door window .
- Remove window guide (2) as far as shown in illustration .
- Remove bolts (1) and (3).
- Remove cover panel for door shell .
- Remove bolt (1) at guide (2) for door window.
- Slide triangular C-pillar trim (1) downwards (arrow); lug (2) at top will be disengaged from body cut-out (3).
- Pull triangular C-pillar trim upwards out of door opening.
- Install cover panel for door shell .
- Install window guide .
- Install door window .
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