Installing Roof Joint Strip
INSTALLING ROOF JOINT STRIP
| No. | Procedure | Instructions |
| 1 | Fit base plate of Roof Transport System -11- | The contact surface of the base plate must be free from dirt and grease. Position the base plate of the Roof Transport System in the roof channel parallel to the roof channel. Tighten hexagon socket head bushing a/f 8 -12- (micro-encapsulated). |
| 2 | Attach roof liner | Push the metal strut -9- of the roof liner into the plastic clips. |
| 3 | Fit inner lining -7, 8- | Position and clip in A and P-pillar trim. Fit the clothes hook bracket -6- . The clothes hook bracket must be inserted into the aluminium bracket without the use of force, otherwise the aluminium bracket is deformed. |
| 4 | Fit spreaders -5- | Position spreaders -5- (5 per roof channel) in the recesses, beginning at the front. Press the spreader right down into the roof channel, and push the wedge piece into the spreader until the latter is braced in the roof channel. |
| 5 | Fit roof joint seal | Push the roof joint seal onto the roof joint strip -2- all the way round. |
| 6 | Clip in fold-out elements -4- | Position the fold-out element -4- in the cut-out of the roof joint strip, and press in the lugs at the ends until they lock into place. |
| 7 | Engage roof joint clips -3- | Insert the roof joint clips -3- narrow side first and press in until the lug in the center locks into place. |
| 8 | Fit roof joint strip -13- | Position the roof joint strip -13- over the roof channel, and align the roof joint clips in the roof joint strip with the spreaders so that they lie directly above one another. Push on the roof joint strip. |