Separating cover and padding, double cab — AUDI
Separating cover and padding, double cab on Audi: 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: platform codes SF, SG
📋 Procedure
- Remove seat padding .
- Remove seat padding from vehicle.
- Detach profile sections from mountings on underside of seat padding.
- Remove cover (1) and padding (2) from rear seat frame (3).
- Remove backrest .
- Press button of respective left head restraint guide (4).
- Pull out respective head restraint (6).
- Press down padding in the rear area of the head reastraint guides.
- Press catches.
- Pull head restraint guides (4) and (5) out of backrest.
- Detach profile sections (8) from mountings (7).
- Remove cover (3) and padding (2) from backrest frame (1).
- Installation is carried out in reverse order.
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