Removing and installing retaining plate, manually adjustable interior mirror — VW
Removing and installing retaining plate, manually adjustable interior mirror 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: VW Polo 6C (2014–2017)
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- Wear hand protection (rubber gloves).
- Press retaining plate (do not use force) against windscreen for 15 seconds.
- Interior mirror can be installed after 15 minutes.
📋 Procedure
- Remove retaining plate from mirror base.
- Remove PUR adhesive sealant from retaining plate using a wire brush.
- Grind off the three spacer protrusions on bonding surface. To do this, use sandpaper (360/400 grain) laid on flat surface.
- Keep sanded surface clean and free of grease.
- Scrape down PUR adhesive sealant and glass/paint primer down to ceramic layer on windscreen using glass scraper.
- Clean bonding area with adhesive remover D 002 000 10 or cleaning solution D 009 401 04.
- ⚠ Do not damage ceramic coating. Scratches will remain permanently visible. — Cut nylon mesh fabric exactly to size of retaining plate. [Note: Wear hand protection (rubber gloves).]
- Apply adhesive evenly to retaining plate.
- Place nylon mesh fabric on retaining plate.
- Dab nylon mesh fabric with tube while applying further adhesive.
- Press retaining plate (do not use force) against windscreen for 15 seconds.
- Remove excess adhesive with a cloth. [Note: Interior mirror can be installed after 15 minutes.]
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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.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
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