Rear Bumper Cover: Installing

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-- Disconnect the connectors from any electrical components.

-- Slide the rear bumper cover -1- parallel onto the guides on the vehicle until the rear bumper cover -1- on the left and right guide -7- engages near the tail lamps -arrows b-.

-- Install the rear bumper cover -1- onto the left and right guides until it locks.

-- Pay attention to the parallel alignment and the gap dimensions

-- Install the bolt -6- under the left and right tail lamps and tighten them.

-- Install the left and right tail lamps, refer to[For transmission(s) 0A4, 02E, 09G, 02Q] [For engine(s) CVCA, CPRA, CBTA, CPKA, CPLA, CJAA, CBUA, CPPA, CCTA, CBFA] Removal and Installation .

-- Tighten the bolts -5- inside the wheel housing on the left and right.

NOTE: On some vehicles can an expanding rivet also be installed.

-- Install the left and right bolts -2- from below as well as the bolt -4- in the wheel housing and tighten them.

-- Install the expanding rivets -3- from below.