51 47 161 Removing And Installing/Replacing Right Luggage Compartment Wheel Arch Trim

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Necessary Preliminary Tasks:

Remove trim for tail panel. Refer to 51 46 050 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING TRIM FOR REAR PANEL AT TOP .
Remove flap in right luggage compartment wheel arch trim. Refer to 51 47 172 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING FLAP IN LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT TRIM, LEFT OR RIGHT .

E66 with rear A/C system only:

Remove luggage compartment partition wall. Refer to 51 47 141 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING PANEL FOR LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT PARTITION .

Lever out trim (1) in lashing eye at opening and remove.

Release screws (2) and remove lashing eye.

Fig 1: View Of Lashing Eye

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Release expansion rivets (1).

Lever out luggage compartment wheel arch trim (2) from seal (3) and remove.

Fig 2: Locating Expansion Rivets

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Installation:

Frame (1) must be correctly clipped into place on luggage compartment wheel arch trim (2).

Fig 3: Identifying Frame On Luggage Compartment Wheel Arch Trim

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