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 FRONT LEFT/RIGHT COVER STRIP  and REAR LEFT/RIGHT COVER STRIP .
• Remove top/bottom B-pillar trim. See TRIM FOR LEFT/RIGHT DOOR PILLAR (BOTTOM)  and TRIM PANEL ON LEFT/RIGHT DOOR POST (TOP) .
• Remove COMPLETE CENTRE 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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