Thought this might interest/help someone out there. Changed my airbag cover over today after buying a brand new one from a seller on eBay (Golf VII cover). Very simple to remove the airbag itself as we all know. Was a little nervy 'playing' with the airbag initially but was fine.
Once the airbag was released from the 2 main retaining clips behind the steering wheel, I unclipped the steering wheel control wiring to fully remove the airbag. Then it was a case of gently unclipping the rubbery/plastic clips all the way round the airbag cover edge to remove the cover itself. I found it necessary to slightly ease the metal retaining parts in order to allow all the 'clips' to free off. 2 of these clips are sods to unclip and took some working with a small flat edge to clear them. Worth noting that when you slowly ease the cover off, the airbag fabric itself is exposed - not sure why I was surprised but there you are! The new cover eased carefully into position and secure the clips all round, not forgetting to squeeze back into position any of the metal parts you've earlier adjusted to allow the clips to be freed.
Very pleased with the end result. Took around 25 minutes in total.
