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

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

• Remove BOTH FRONT SEATS
• Remove REAR SEAT
• Remove all entrance cover strips. See REMOVING FRONT ENTRANCE COVER STRIP (INSIDE)  and REMOVING REAR DOOR SILL COVER STRIP (INSIDE) .
• Remove top/bottom B-pillar trim. See REMOVING TRIM (BOTTOM)  and REMOVING TRIM (TOP) .
• 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: 

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

Fig 2: Identifying Rear Floor Trim Panel And Opening

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