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

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