Removing and installing trim panels for base of centre armrest — AUDI
Removing and installing trim panels for base of centre armrest on Audi: 12 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 C6 (4F, 2004–2011)
Don't miss
- Ensure that the trim engages correctly.
📋 Procedure
- Remove centre armrest (front) .
- Remove storage compartment for centre armrest (front) .
- Fold base of centre armrest (2) upwards as far as it will go (arrow).
- Lever out gasket (1) using a small screwdriver.
- Unclip front trim for base of centre armrest (1) using a small screwdriver (arrow) and then remove trim.
- Fold base of centre armrest (1) downwards as far as it will go (arrow).
- Open centre armrest (front).
- Unhook retaining tab (3) of rear trim for base of centre armrest (2) at support for centre armrest (front).
- Remove rear trim for base of centre armrest.
- Ensure that the trim engages correctly.
- Install centre armrest (front) .
- Install storage compartment for centre armrest (front) .
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
- Checking multi-function switch F125 with 8-pin connector
- Removing and installing master cylinder – Audi TT Mk1
- Checking ignition coils with output stages – Audi TT Mk1 1.8
- Removing and installing air supply unit (vehicles with 6-cylinder and 8-cylinder petrol engines)
- Removing moulded headliner – Audi A8 D3
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.