Ray Zorhead

Any idea on how to remove the interior aluminum trim (1.8)? Would a shop manual have this info?

woofpup

It just unclips from the doors, but dash requires more work - Bentley CD has this

Ray Zorhead

Interesting, a repair manual on CD. Anyone sell it cheaper than $100? =)

SKareKrow

Don't tell me that you wanna put wood in there...

Ray Zorhead

Doinked it with the corner of a clipboard, and now there's a crease in the trim directly above the glovebox.

SKareKrow

you planning to replace it with?

woofpup

BimmerParts.com had it for about $68. - I assume they still do

woofpup

You "carefully" remove (unclip) the plastic trim above the center console - it's the piece above the cupholder/ESP/etc section (there are two bolts behind this piece for the trim). Then, pull off the right cover of the dash, which is the side panel that faces the passenger side door (there is one bolt behind this piece for the trim). Now, the fourth bolt is to the upper right of the steering column, below where the trim ends at it. It looks like you have to remove the plastic panel to get to it, but I'm not positive from the illustrations.

Ray Zorhead

I was hoping to purchase an OEM aluminum piece to replace it. I need to call Audi on Monday.

jmdp

give me an email and i can get you a price. if you got vag-com you can get it from RossTech for $70