3.2 Pre-treatment of bonding surfaces
WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.
- Clean window glass and body aperture (with residual adhesive bead) with cleaning agent R2
Attention! Do not use Sika remover 208 for cleaning in the adhesive area.
- Observe an air drying time of at least 5 minutes (at least 15 minutes when applied to residual adhesive bead)
- Remove residual adhesive bead from body and window glass (see REMOVE ADHESIVE RESIDUE FROM THE BODY AND WINDOW GLASS )
- Touch up PAINTWORK DAMAGE to body aperture with BMW multibase filler (except for carbon body components)
Pretreatment on new body component (no residual adhesive beads present):
| Surface | Pretreatment |
|---|---|
| Panel painted | Wipe cleaning agent R1 dry with a paper towel or observe the air drying time of at least 1 minute |
| Carbon | Only cleaning agent R2 |
| Carbon painted (e.g. roof outer skin M3) | Wipe cleaning agent R1 dry with a paper towel or observe the air drying time of at least 1 minute |
| Plastic (e.g. I01 A-pillar) | Cleaning agent R2 and ScotchBrite Multiflex abrasive pad |