51 47 156 Removing And Installing/Replacing Left Or Right Capping In Luggage Compartment

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Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove panel for roof pillar at rear (C-pillar) . See 51 43 251 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING TRIM PANEL FOR LEFT OR RIGHT REAR ROOF PILLAR (C - PILLAR) .
Remove panel for roof pillar at rear (D-pillar) . See 51 43 259 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING TRIM FOR REAR ROOF PILLAR (D-PILLAR), LEFT OR RIGHT .
Remove luggage compartment wheel arch trim . See 51 47 161 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING RIGHT LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WHEEL ARCH TRIM .

Release screws (1).

Feed out capping (2) towards top.

Fig 1: Identifying Screws And Capping

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Installation:

Guide (1) of capping (2) must be correctly inserted into mountings (3) in body.

Fig 2: Identifying Guide Of Capping

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