Removing roof spoiler — VW
Removing roof spoiler 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 6S1
- Special tools named: puller
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- When removing roof spoiler, cutting wire should not be used due to the risk of damage to the painted areas. — Remove bolts (6).
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ When removing roof spoiler, cutting wire should not be used due to the risk of damage to the painted areas. — Remove bolts (6).
- Clean dirt from all joints so that no parts of the body kit are damaged in the painted area.
- All painted areas around contact area and gap between roof and rear lid should be masked off.
- Place cutting cord (8) around a corner of the spoiler.
- First cut through outer adhesive tape (4) and outer adhesive point (3) with puller handles (7) and cutting cord (8).
- Heat roof edge spoiler (1) in area of adhesive tape (2) and pull off roof edge spoiler.
- If the adhesive tape (2) will not release, cut through adhesive tape, up to centre of roof edge spoiler, using puller handles and cutting cord.
- From other end of spoiler, cut through adhesive tape up to centre of roof edge spoiler.
- Remove spoiler (1).
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