Hello again folks,

 

Come out of work tonight to find my nearside A pillar trim loose, when I've had a look one of the clips at the top of the trim piece has come free from the trim and has of course proceeded to fall into the cavity of the A-Pillar itself 

 

I've given up on trying to fish it out, it is lodged part way down however i dont have any tool small enough to get to it and even then it would then resemble a very sweary game of operation trying to hook it back out through one of the cut outs in the pillar.

 

As such, does anyone know what the part numbers are for these little blighters - i have had a google but have struggled to find anything matching. Picture attached if it helps.

 

Thanks (again) in advance

 

 

 

 

Speak to Skoda or TPS and they shoukd be able to order them for you. Have you tried an telescopic magnet to try and fish it out. Or gently pull back on the lower trim to gain access to it.

The original part no. that you need  is 8P0 867 276 but it looks like it's been superseded to 8P0 867 276A.

Edited 6 September, 20205 yr by bigade1

Thanks chaps,

 

Unfortunately the access into the A pillar is tiny, none of my needle nose pliers are slender enough and i do have a telescopic magnet but its too wide to get in there! Its so annoying as i can see the thing in there as well! I've ordered a flexible slimline magnetic pickup tool in the hope i can fish it out - dont mind not having the pillar trim on for a few days if i can retrieve it - knowing my luck if i just replaced it it would start rattling loose!

 

Thanks for the part number - push comes to shove i will just replace it, oddly googling that p/n there are loads of american sites sell them but i cant find any UK based at all (not even eBay) so may be a phone call to TPS or god help me the dealers.

 

Cheers 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293484260196

Top marks, never thought to try a different vehicle prefix. Ordered a spare just in case too.

 

Thanks again folks

21 hours ago, BigJakk said:

Hello again folks,

 

Come out of work tonight to find my nearside A pillar trim loose, when I've had a look one of the clips at the top of the trim piece has come free from the trim and has of course proceeded to fall into the cavity of the A-Pillar itself 

 

I've given up on trying to fish it out, it is lodged part way down however i dont have any tool small enough to get to it and even then it would then resemble a very sweary game of operation trying to hook it back out through one of the cut outs in the pillar.

 

As such, does anyone know what the part numbers are for these little blighters - i have had a google but have struggled to find anything matching. Picture attached if it helps.

 

Thanks (again) in advance

 

 

I broke two of these when installing my dash cam, i'm sure they're the cheapest metal possible! - ordered from my local VW dealer, and on collection the parts guy just looked at me, looked at the clips, put them on the desk and walked away...

The remnants of one of mine is still in the A pillar somewhere too!

Edited 6 September, 20205 yr by micro

1 hour ago, micro said:

 

I broke two of these when installing my dash cam, i'm sure they're the cheapest metal possible! - ordered from my local VW dealer, and on collection the parts guy just looked at me, looked at the clips, put them on the desk and walked away...

The remnants of one of mine is still in the A pillar somewhere too!

 

I've had the pillar trim off a couple of times, once for a dashcam and once for a panoramic roof leak and the clips are infuriating.

 

I found the easiest way to get the off was to leave the clips as they are in the A pillar rather than try to unclip the trim. Then to  try to pull the trim upwards and off the clip, then once the trim is removed the clip spring can be compressed and the clip just removed from the A pillar.

 

From a Golf forum it seems these are 'security' clips apparently intended to stop the pillar trim turning into a lump of shrapnel in the event the curtain airbag deploys. I get the need for them but dare say they're a touch over engineered like many things on newer cars 

 

These were refitted by the garage after the sunroof job and judging by the remaining clip haven't been fully seated all the way back into the plastic slot on the trim piece. Must have worked it's way free over the last couple of months and rotated just enough to drop into the hole as soon as I dared to lay eyes on it!

Edited 6 September, 20205 yr by BigJakk

53 minutes ago, BigJakk said:

 

I've had the pillar trim off a couple of times, once for a dashcam and once for a panoramic roof leak and the clips are infuriating.

 

I found the easiest way to get the off was to leave the clips as they are in the A pillar rather than try to unclip the trim. Then to  try to pull the trim upwards and off the clip, then once the trim is removed the clip spring can be compressed and the clip just removed from the A pillar.

 

From a Golf forum it seems these are 'security' clips apparently intended to stop the pillar trim turning into a lump of shrapnel in the event the curtain airbag deploys. I get the need for them but dare say they're a touch over engineered like many things on newer cars 

 

These were refitted by the garage after the sunroof job and judging by the remaining clip haven't been fully seated all the way back into the plastic slot on the trim piece. Must have worked it's way free over the last couple of months and rotated just enough to drop into the hole as soon as I dared to lay eyes on it!

 

The design of the clip means the trim gets retained and will allow the curtain airbag to deploy afaik.

To get them off, pull the trim away, then slide it down.

To put it back on, slide the clips in, and clip the trim on.