Audi A4: Bumper Cover Bracket, Removing and Installing
- Follow the safety precautions. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.00; Safety Precautions; Safety Precautions when Working on Pyrotechnic Components.
Removing
- Remove the impact member. Refer to → Chapter "Impact Member, Removing and Installing".
CAUTION
Pyrotechnic components may deploy unintentionally.
Risk of injury.
- Discharge static electricity by briefly touching the door striker.
- Vehicles with pedestrian protection: Disconnect the connector -1- from the pedestrian protection crash sensor and free up the wiring harness -2-.
- Remove the bolts -arrows-.
- Push the mounting bracket -2- with the release cable for the release lever hook in the direction of lock carrier.
- Remove the bumper cover bracket -1- forward.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal and note the following:
- Push the bracket downward before tightening the bolts.
Tightening Specifications
- Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Lock Carrier"
Spring Element for Bumper Cover Bracket, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Pop Rivet Nut Pliers -VAS5072A-
- Drill
- Pop rivets. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
Removing
- Remove the impact member. Refer to → Chapter "Impact Member, Removing and Installing".
- Drill out the rivet heads -arrows-, drive out the rivet shafts and remove any rivet remnants.
- Remove the spring element -1- for the bumper cover bracket.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal and note the following:
- Push the spring element all the way down and tighten the bolt.
- Adjust the spring element. Refer to → Chapter "Height, Adjusting using Spring Element".
Tightening Specifications
- Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Lock Carrier"
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Fender
Overview - Fender
1 -
Nut
8 Nm
2 -
Outer Fender Brace
Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Brace and Outer Fender Brace, Removing and Installing".
3 -&n
Fender, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Pop Rivet Nut Pliers -VAS5072A-
Drill
Pop rivets. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
Follow the safety precautions. Refer to
→ Body Interior; Re
Fender Brace, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the front wheel housing liner. Refer to
→ Chapter "Front Wheel Housing Liner, Removing and Installing".
- Remove the front wheel spoiler. Refer to
→ Chapter
SEE MORE:
Using the Audi phone
box
General information
Applies to: vehicles with Audi phone box
Fig. 135 Front center console: Audi phone box with connections
Depending on vehicle equipment, you may be
able to use the following functions with the Audi
phone box:
Make phone calls using the vehicle's exterior
antenna
Charge a mobi
Center Console
Overview - Center Console
Overview - Center Console
1 - Center Console Bracket
Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Center Console Bracket, Removing and Installing".
2 - Nut
8 Nm
Quantity: 4
3 - Cap
Push in the center console
4 - Bol
