Removing and installing upper D-pillar trim: VW Sharan I / SEAT Alhambra
Step-by-step removing and installing upper D-pillar trim for the VW Sharan I / SEAT Alhambra: 11 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Sharan I / SEAT Alhambra (7M)
- Renewed: with new ones
📋 Procedure
- Disengage locking lugs and unclip cap and remove upwards or unclip cap and fold upwards
- Unscrew belt guide fitting or
- Starting from bottom, carefully lever off trim from D-pillar using removal lever80 - 200
- Lever clips out of mounting holes of D-pillar, replace with new ones and insert in trim mountings
- Further installation is performed in the reverse order of removal
- Lever out covers and remove cross-head screws
- Disengage locking lugs and unclip cap and remove upwards or unclip cap and fold upwards
- Unscrew belt guide fitting or
- Starting from bottom, carefully lever off trim from D-pillar using removal lever80 - 200
- Lever clips out of mounting holes of D-pillar, replace with new ones and insert in trim mountings
- Further installation is performed in the reverse order of removal
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