Removing and installing sliding sunroof seals on frame — VW
Removing and installing sliding sunroof seals on frame on VW: 10 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 code 138
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- Bonding surface must be free of dust and grease.
📋 Procedure
- Remove glass panel for panorama tilting sunroof .
- Pull off damaged seal.
- Remove existing adhesive residues with adhesive strip removerVAS 6349.
- Prepare adhesive surface with commercially available wire wool.
- Bonding surface must be free of dust and grease.
- Clean complete bonding area with cleaning solutionD 009 401 04.
- Pull protective film off adhesive tape, section by section.
- Press on seal or retaining strip.
- Press on seal or retaining strip evenly and all round twice using roller3356.
- Installing glass panel for panoramic tilting sunroof .
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