Removing and installing bolted retaining strips — VW
Removing and installing bolted retaining strips on VW: 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: platform codes 5C7, 5C1
📋 Procedure
- Remove respective side trim panels from convertible top .
- Unscrew bolts (6) from retaining strip (1) or (4).
- Remove shims (5) and retaining strip with seal from control link (7) or (8).
- Pull seal (2) or (3) out of retaining strip profile.
- Press seal into retaining strip profile and install retaining strip.
- Fit shims (5) to the correct positions.
- Tighten bolts (6).
- Check door window adjustment .
- Check side window adjustment .
- Install respective side trim panel to convertible top .
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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