Separating seat pan cover and padding - seat pan with seat depth adjustment — AUDI
Separating seat pan cover and padding - seat pan with seat depth adjustment on Audi: 18 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 A4 B8 (8K, 2007–2015)
- Renewed: upholstery clips
📋 Procedure
- Remove cover and padding from seat pan and seat depth adjuster .
- Unclip fastening strips (2) from fasteners (5).
- Disengage cover from lugs (4) on both sides.
- Detach mounting bracket (3) with padding for seat depth adjustment from cover (1).
- Detach cover (1) as far as possible from padding (3).
- Release fastening strip (4) from clips (2).
- Detach cover from padding.
- Unclip contour wire (3) (inserted in pouch (4) of cover (5)) from clips (2).
- Detach cover from padding (1).
- Use pliers (4) to pinch off upholstery clips (3).
- Detach cover (1) from padding (2).
- Detach cover (1) as far as possible from padding (3).
- Release fastening strip (4) from clips (2).
- Unclip contour wire (3) (inserted in pouch (4) of cover (5)) from clips (2).
- Detach cover from padding (1).
- Use pliers (4) to pinch off upholstery clips (3).
- Detach cover (1) from padding (2).
- On equipment version with leather seats, use upholstery clip pliersV.A.G 1634 to fit new upholstery clips.
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