Removing and installing bumper cover, estate — VW
Removing and installing bumper cover, estate on VW: 16 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 AU1, BX5
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- Ensure joints are parallel and shut lines are equal 00Body gaps; Body, rear.
📋 Procedure
- Remove tail lights in side panel Electrical system94Tail lights; Removing and installing tail light.
- Undo bolts (3) in wheel housing (pointing upwards) on left and right.
- Remove bolts (4) on left and right sides in area of wheel housing liner.
- Remove spreader rivets (5) from underneath.
- Pull bumper cover (1) out of guide fasteners on left and right (2) of side panel (arrows a).
- Release bumper cover (1) upwards from fasteners (arrows b).
- With the aid of a second mechanic, pull bumper cover (1) off vehicle in parallel (arrows c).
- Unplug connectors to electrical components (where installed).
- Connect connectors to installed electrical components.
- Guide bumper cover (1) onto vehicle in a parallel movement (arrows a).
- Press bumper cover (1) onto guides on left and right (2) of side panel until they engage with each other (arrow b).
- Ensure joints are parallel and shut lines are equal 00Body gaps; Body, rear.
- Clip in spreader rivets (7) from underneath.
- Screw in bolts (6) on left and right sides in area of wheel housing liner.
- Screw in bolts (5) in wheel housing (pointing upwards) on left and right.
- Install tail lights in side panel Electrical system94Tail lights; Removing and installing tail lights.
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