Removing and installing panel seals and retaining strip on glass panel — VW
Removing and installing panel seals and retaining strip on glass panel on VW: 11 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: VW Passat CC (357, 2008–2012), VW CC (358, 2012–2017)
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- Bonding surface must be free of dust and grease.
📋 Procedure
- Removing glass panel for panorama tilting sunroof:
- Pull off damaged seal or retaining strip.
- Remove remaining adhesive residues with adhesive strip removerVAS 6349.
- Bonding surface must be free of dust and grease.
- Clean complete bonding surface with cleaning solutionD 009 401 04.
- Now apply glass/paint primer D009 200 02 evenly in one stroke using applicatorD 009 500 25.
- Observe flash-off period.
- Gradually pull protective backing off adhesive tape and press on seal or retaining strip.
- If the seal is excessively long, any excess length is evenly compressed.
- Press on seal or retaining strip evenly and all round twice using roller3356.
- Installing glass panel for panorama tilting sunroof:
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