General body repairs, exterior

Chapter overview

• Body - front
  1
• 1 Front bracket
  1
• 1.1 Assembly overview – brackets at front
  1
• 2 Plenum chamber
  2
• 2.1 Assembly overview – plenum chamber
  2
• Bonnet, rear lid
  3
• 1 Bonnet (hood)
  3
• 1.1 Assembly overview - bonnet
  3
• 1.2 Removing and installing bonnet
  3
• 2 Rear lid
  6
• 2.1 Assembly overview - rear lid
  6
• 2.2 Assembly overview – rear LED module
  8
• 2.3 Assembly overview - gas strut
  9
• 2.4 Assembly overview – air intake grille, rear lid
  10
• 2.5 Removing and installing rear lid
  10
• 2.6 Adjusting rear lid
  12
• 2.7 Removing and installing bonnet lock
  17
• 2.8 Removing and installing hinge
  19
• 2.9 Removing and installing striker pin
  21
• 2.10 Removing and installing rear lid seal
  22
• 2.11 Removing and installing gas strut
  23
• 2.12 Releasing gas from gas strut
  24
• 3 Tank flap unit
  25
• 3.1 Assembly overview - tank flap unit
  25
• 3.2 Assembly overview – charging socket flap
  26
• 3.3 Removing and installing tank flap unit
  26
• 3.4 Removing and installing charging socket flap
  28
• Front doors, door components, central locking
  30
• 1 Repair instructions
  30
• 1.1 Minimum curing periods
  30
• 1.2 Fitting instructions
  30
• 1.3 Materials
  30
• 1.4 Preparing new component for installing
  31
• 1.5 Cleaning off excess adhesive
  31
• 2 Door
  32
• 2.1 Assembly overview - door
  32
• 2.2 Assembly overview – door hinge
  33
• 2.3 Assembly overview – door exterior shell with crash reinforcement
  35
• 2.4 Assembly overview – door structure
  36
• 2.5 Removing and installing inner door seal
  36
• 2.6 Removing and installing door
  37
• 2.7 Adjusting door
  41
• 2.8 Adjusting striker pin
  43
• 2.9 Removing and installing door exterior shell with crash reinforcement
  44
• 2.10 Renewing door exterior shell, upper part
  46
• 2.11 Renewing lower part of door exterior shell with crash reinforcement
  51
• 2.12 Removing and installing gas strut
  55
• 3 Door components
  57
• 3.1 Assembly overview - door components
  57
• 3.2 Assembly overview - window regulator
  58
• 3.3 Assembly overview - door handle and door lock
  59
• 3.4 Removing and installing striker pin
  60
• 3.5 Removing and installing driver door lock unit VX21
  61
• 3.6 Removing and installing window regulator
  63
• 4 Central locking
  65
• 4.1 Overview of fitting locations - central locking
  65
• 4.2 Removing and installing ignition key battery
  66
• Bumpers
  67
• 1 Bumper, front
  67
• 1.1 Assembly overview - front bumper cover
  67
• 1.2 Assembly overview - add-on parts
  68
• 1.3 Assembly overview – front spoiler
  69
• 1.4 Assembly overview - bumper carrier
  70
• 1.5 Removing and installing bumper cover
  70
• 2 Rear panel
  73
• 2.1 Assembly overview – rear cross panel
  73
• 2.2 Assembly overview – rear spoiler
  75
• 2.3 Assembly overview – cross member
  76
• 2.4 Assembly overview - parking aid
  77
• 2.5 Removing and installing rear cross panel
  77
• 2.6 Removing and installing cross member
  79
• Glazing
  81
• 1 Repair instructions
  81
• 1.1 Minimum curing periods for bonded windows
  81
• 1.2 Installation instructions for bonded windows
  82
• 1.3 Preparing new windows for installing
  83
• 1.4 Preparing body flange for fitting
  83
• 1.5 Cleaning off excess adhesive
  84
• 2 Windscreen
  85
• 2.1 Assembly overview - windscreen
  85
• 2.2 Removing and installing windscreen
  85
• 3 Side window
  91
• 3.1 Assembly overview - side window
  91
• 3.2 Assembly overview – upper fixed door window
  92
• 3.3 Removing and installing side window
  92
• 3.4 Removing and installing upper fixed door window
  95
• 4 Door window
  97
• 4.1 Assembly overview - front door window
  97
• 4.2 Removing and installing front door window
  97
• Exterior equipment
  100
• 1 Mouldings, trims, extensions
  100
• 1.1 Assembly overview – front wheel arch trim
  100
• 1.2 Assembly overview – rear wheel arch trim
  102
• 1.3 Assembly overview – service flap
  102
• 1.4 Assembly overview – rear side panel
  103
• 1.5 Assembly overview – front side panel
  104
• 1.6 Assembly overview – luggage compartment floor cover
  106
• 1.7 Assembly overview – plenum chamber, luggage compartment floor
  107
• 1.8 Removing and installing front wheel arch trim
  108
• 1.9 Rear wheel arch trim
  110
• 1.10 Removing and installing service flap
  113
• 1.11 Removing and installing rear side panel
  115
• 1.12 Removing and installing front side panel
  116
• 1.13 Removing and installing luggage compartment floor
  118
• 2 Base plate
  121
• 2.1 Assembly overview – base plate
  121
• 3 Underbody cladding
  122
• 3.1 Assembly overview - underbody cladding
  122
• 3.2 Assembly overview – aerodynamic trim at front and centre
  123
• 3.3 Removing and installing front underbody cladding
  124
• 3.4 Removing and installing centre underbody cladding
  125
• 3.5 Removing and installing rear underbody cladding
  127
• 4 Trim film and protective film
  130
• 4.1 Removing and installing protective film
  130
• 5 Exterior mirror
  133
• 5.1 Assembly overview – digital exterior mirror with turn signal
  133
• 6 Wheel housing liner
  134
• 6.1 Assembly overview - front wheel housing liner
  134
• 6.2 Assembly overview - rear wheel housing liner
  135
• 6.3 Removing and installing front wheel housing liner
  135
• 6.4 Removing and installing rear wheel housing liner
  137
• 7 Lettering and emblems
  140
• 7.1 Assembly overview - lettering and emblems
  140
• 7.2 Removing and installing emblem
  140
• 7.3 Removing and installing lettering
  141