Removing and installing window slot trim strip: Audi A1
Step-by-step removing and installing window slot trim strip for the Audi A1: 13 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 A1 (8X, 2010–2018)
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- Removal tool T40219 must be positioned as close to retaining hooks as possible.
- For installing, you can coat the bottom edge of the window slot trim strip with tyre assembly paste.
📋 Procedure
- Lower door window.
- Remove door trim General body repairs, interior70Door trim (rear); Removing and installing door trim (rear).
- Remove trim panel for C-pillar .
- Remove inner window slot trim strip .
- Insert removal tool T40219 in door at C-pillar.
- Move removal tool T40219 sideways so it is next to retaining hook (4) for window slot trim strip (3) and apply at retaining strip (2).
- Press removal tool T40219 lightly in direction of (arrow) to release component.
- Carefully pull window slot trim strip upwards off door flange using removal tool T40219.
- Detach window slot trim strip.
- Removal tool T40219 must be positioned as close to retaining hooks as possible.
- To do so, insert removal tool T40219 in door at C-pillar and move sideways to reach dimensions (a) and (b).
- The dimensions are measured from the B-pillar on the window slot trim strip. [Note: For installing, you can coat the bottom edge of the window slot trim strip with tyre assembly paste.]
- Position window slot trim strip (1) at trim panel for B-pillar on door seam and press on evenly (arrows A); retaining strip (2) should engage audibly.
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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.
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