T6.1 Inner front wheel arches - How To without trimming lip

archersam

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I found a previous post that had an issue refitting and so had trimmed the edge that lips over the arch into a gap.

This is how I did it without trimming. Mine was done with the bumper off however that shouldn't make a difference.

Remove arch - numerous T25 screws and two M8 screw bolts, unclip grommet for brake pad sensors.

New arch liner part numbers:
S7LA809957F - OS
S7LA809958F - NS

Note the new models come with removeable panels for the fog lights which my 2020 Shuttle did not have (both sides have same part number).
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If you inspect it as you are removing the old ones you can see exactly what is needed. There is a short space of about 8inches on the rear of the arch that has a gap/lip into which the plastic lip on the arch line slides.

On passenger side i slid it from back of van towards the front. It was a bit tricky however not too difficult and the trick is to hold it tightly whilst sliding and then quickly getting a screw in somewhere as the weight will have it fall out.

On drivers side I tried to do that but struggled i guess due to the dominance of my hands so I tried to bring it from the front towards the back and then quickly inserted a screw. This was a first time effort and I would probably try that first on passenger side if I had to do it again.

Lip on arch liner:
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Groove into which it needs to slide:
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Passenger side being slid in from the rear:
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Oh yeh before you refit give the bottom of the rear of the arch a good clean as was full of crud:

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Refit all the screws and the M8 screwbolts.

The new arches have two holes in the rear inner side however only one "receiver" in the piece in the van. I had some spare matching screws so just screwed these into the liner so it looked "finished".
 
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