Removing and installing roof side member strip: VW Touareg II
Step-by-step removing and installing roof side member strip for the VW Touareg II: 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 Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)
📋 Procedure
- Remove trim strip .
- Remove rear side window.
- Remove pop rivets (2) and (3).
- Carefully release roof side member strip in bonding area (4) and remove from vehicle.
- Remove existing adhesive residues with adhesive remains removerVAS 6349.
- Immediately before bonding, clean bonding surface thoroughly with adhesive remover D 002 000 10.
- Move roof side member strip (1) into installation position.
- Secure 1st pop rivet (2) in centring hole (5).
- Secure remaining pop rivets (3).
- Pull off protective film (4).
- Press roof side member strip (1) on forcefully in bonding area.
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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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