Removing and installing bumper cover »Cross Polo« — VW
Removing and installing bumper cover »Cross Polo« on VW: 14 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 code 601
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- When fitting the rear bumper cover, make sure that it runs parallel along the left and right guide profiles.
📋 Procedure
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- Remove bolts (4) on left and right sides in area of wheel housing liner.
- Remove bolts (3) (pointing upwards) on left and right.
- Remove bolts (6) and remove clip (7).
- Pull rear bumper cover (1) out of fasteners in lateral guides (arrows b).
- Release fasteners (arrows a) at lateral guides (2).
- Pull rear bumper cover (1) parallel off vehicle (arrows c).
- Remove connectors of all installed electrical components.
- Fit rear bumper cover (1) with the aid of a second mechanic (arrows a).
- Connect connectors of electrical components. [Note: When fitting the rear bumper cover, make sure that it runs parallel along the left and right guide profiles.]
- Push rear bumper cover (1) onto centre guide profile and onto left and right guide profiles (arrows b) until they engage audibly with each other.
- Check that parts are parallel and gaps are even 00; Karosseriespaltmaße; Karosserie hinten.
- Fit bolts (3), (4) and (5) in place and tighten.
- Fasten clip (6).
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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.
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