Separating seat pan cover and padding - seat pan without seat depth adjustment — AUDI
Separating seat pan cover and padding - seat pan without seat depth adjustment on Audi: 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 A4 B8 (8K, 2007–2015)
- Renewed: upholstery clips
📋 Procedure
- Detach seat cover and padding from seat pan .
- Detach cover (1) at rear and side from padding (2).
- On vehicles with convenience seat, unclip fastening strip (3) at front face of padding from clips (4).
- Unclip fastening strip (4) of cover (1) on padding (3) 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).
- On equipment version with leather seats, use upholstery clip pliersV.A.G 1634 to fit new upholstery clips.
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