Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

• ‒ Remove seat bench
• ‒ Lever fastening strip out of wire frame -1-.
• ‒ Remove wire frame -1-.
• ‒ Remove facing -2-.
• ‒ Roll back seat cover -5-.
• ‒ Remove fabric cover -5- at belt buckle cut-out => Fig.1
• ‒ Snip off staples -3- and remove seat cover -A-.
• ‒ Use stapling tool V.A.G 1634 to fit new staples.

• Wire frame
• Facing
• Staples
• Padding
• Seat cover

Fig.1    Mounting at belt buckle cut-out

Vehicles with Velcro strip:

• ‒ Pull off fabric cover at Velcro strip.

For vehicles with plastic channel:

• ‒ → Pull the fabric cover with plastic channel -2- from the padding -1-.

For vehicles with Velcro strip and new fabric cover with plastic channel:

• ‒ → Using a knife, cut three slots -3- of approx. 1cm each at a 45° angle towards left, in the padding -1-.
• ‒ Use the plastic channel of the new fabric cover as a pattern for this purpose.

•     2 -    Old Velcro strip

• ‒ → Push the fabric cover with plastic channel -2- into the padding -1-.

For vehicles with Velcro strip and new fabric cover without Velcro strip:

• ‒ → For new upholstery without Velcro strip -2- the old fabric cover is no longer fastened in place at this location.