51 47 440 Removing and installing/replacing rear carpet on seat pan

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

• Remove both front seats. See REMOVING DRIVER'S SEAT and REMOVING PASSENGER SEAT .
• Remove REAR SEAT
• Remove all entrance cover strips. See REMOVING FRONT ENTRANCE COVER STRIPS  and REMOVING REAR ENTRANCE COVER STRIPS .
• Remove top/bottom B-pillar trim. See REMOVING TRIM PANEL (TOP)  and REMOVING TRIM PANEL (BOTTOM) .
• Remove COMPLETE CENTER CONSOLE 

Feed out rear floor trim panel (1) towards rear/top.

Fig 1: Identifying Rear Floor Trim Panel

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Installation note: 

Openings (1) serve as alignment points when fitting the rear floor trim panel (2).

Fig 2: Identifying Rear Floor Trim Panel

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