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2.15 Removing and installing glasses com‐
partment - vehicles with long wheelbase
only
♦ Removing
– Remove the door trim ⇒ page 189 .
– Remove the insulation ⇒ page 192 .
– Vehicles with ambient lighting: Remove the voltage converter
for the rear door ambient lighting ⇒ Electrical system; Rep.
gr. 97 .
– Screw out the bolt -arrows-.
♦ Tightening torque 2 Nm.
– Take out the glasses compartment to the front of the door trim.
♦ Installing
– Install the glasses compartment in the reverse order of re‐
moval.
2.16 Removing and installing mechanical sun
blind
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Torque wrench -V.A.G 1783-
Removing
– Remove the door trim ⇒ page 189 .
– Remove the insulation ⇒ page 192 .
– Screw out the bolts -2- (5x).
– Detach the sun blind -1- from the door -3-.
Audi A8 2003 ➤
General body repairs, interior - Edition 07.2011
198 Rep. gr.70 - Trim, insulation