Installing side member extension: VW Touran I
Step-by-step installing side member extension for the VW Touran I: 10 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Touran I (1T, 2003–2015)
📋 Procedure
- Immediately before bonding the side member extension, clean bonding surface thoroughly with adhesive removerD 002 000 10.
- Insert brackets (5) in side member (2) and press in pins (6).
- Set side member extension (1) from above (arrows) evenly into retaining strip (3) and press side member extension (1) onto rear retaining strip (4) until the two parts engage (arrow b).
- Push side member extension towards rear (arrow a) until there is no gap between side member extension and wing (arrow b).
- Tighten bolt (3) on wing.
- Now pull protective backing (4) off side member extension (1)(arrow c).
- Press side member extension on forcefully in bonding area (5).
- Now pull protective backing (6) off rear section of side member extension (1)(arrow d).
- Likewise press side member extension on forcefully in bonding area (7).
- Tighten bolts (2).
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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.
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