Removing and installing folding fabric sunroof with cover and trim — VW
Removing and installing folding fabric sunroof with cover and trim on VW: 12 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 6E1, 6X1
📋 Procedure
- Open folding fabric sunroof approx. 10mm and push rear roof fold (1) upwards.
- Remove hexagon nuts (arrow) from threaded studs.
- Remove edge of folding fabric sunroof (2) from the rear clamping rail.
- Remove countersunk screws (arrows), remove retaining tab (1) from connecting piece (2). Remove connecting piece (2) from folding fabric sunroof frame. Carry out this procedure on both sides of the folding fabric sunroof.
- Remove channel (1) at rear.
- Remove folding fabric sunroof trim (2) from the rear clamping rail (3).
- Push back left and right guide coverings (1) from cable guides using a screwdriver and remove from edge of folding fabric sunroof.
- Close folding fabric sunroof. In this position, the cable guides (1) should slide out of the folding fabric sunroof guide (arrow). If this does not happen, open or close the folding fabric sunroof a few millimetres more.
- Push back folding fabric sunroof edge from the cable guides upwards.
- Pull folding fabric sunroof towards the front until the holders (1) are near the notches (arrow) in the guide rails.
- Remove folding fabric sunroof edge with holders (1) from the guide rails.
- Push folding fabric sunroof towards rear until guides on left and right release front slides (1) (unroll to front slides while pushing back folding fabric sunroof).
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