Removing and installing inner door seal, Cabriolet — VW
Removing and installing inner door seal, Cabriolet on VW: 13 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
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- Fit front end of inner door seal on body flange marking (arrow).
📋 Procedure
- Remove dash panel end cover General body repairs, interior70Dash panel; Removing and installing dash panel end cover.
- Release side panel trim General body repairs, interior70Trims, interior; Removing and installing side panel trim.
- Remove sill panel strip General body repairs, interior70Trims, interior; Removing and installing sill panel strips.
- Pull inner door seal (1) off body flange (2) at the bottom of the A-pillar, at the sill panel trim and at the bottom of the B-pillar.
- Unclip rubber clips (3) on B-pillar.
- Pull inner door seal (1) off intermediate plate (4).
- Fit inner door seal (1) on the corner of B-pillar and engage rubber clips (3).
- Press inner door seal onto flange of intermediate plate (4).
- Fit front end of inner door seal on body flange marking (arrow).
- Press inner door seal evenly onto body flange (2).
- Install dash panel end cover General body repairs, interior70Dash panel; Removing and installing dash panel end cover.
- Install sill panel strip General body repairs, interior70Trims, interior; Removing and installing sill panel strip.
- Install side panel trim General body repairs, interior70Trims, interior; Removing and installing side panel trim.
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