Hi I need to remove the scuttle panel within the engine bay below the windscreen please.

Once the wiper blades are removed and the weather strip in the engine bay which clips the forward edge of the scuttle is lifted away the scuttle itself still seems firm where it meets the lower edge of the windscreen.

Has anyone already removed this can can advise please?

thanks

True this.............

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It's not unlike tw way a Ziploc bag closes but be careful, the male lip which locks into the female strip at the base of the screen can be fragile and break rendering it at worst impossible to refit or at best partially flapping in the wind.

Mine were significantly badly broken when I got the car but not too bad on the eye but I sourced a pair from a breaker in perfect condition, or they were until a short time later when I had to have a new screen fitted when I seriously thought of taking them off myself to prevent damage and wished I had when I picked the car up after and found them broken again. I complained, and showed the garage the receipt I'd got when I bought them, leaving them little option but to buy me a new pair from Skoda which I then fitted myself

A little lubrication in the windscreen slot when refitting will help considerably.

On 04/10/2025 at 20:15, KiNeL said:

It's not unlike tw way a Ziploc bag closes but be careful, the male lip which locks into the female strip at the base of the screen can be fragile and break rendering it at worst impossible to refit or at best partially flapping in the wind.

Mine were significantly badly broken when I got the car but not too bad on the eye but I sourced a pair from a breaker in perfect condition, or they were until a short time later when I had to have a new screen fitted when I seriously thought of taking them off myself to prevent damage and wished I had when I picked the car up after and found them broken again. I complained, and showed the garage the receipt I'd got when I bought them, leaving them little option but to buy me a new pair from Skoda which I then fitted myself

A little lubrication in the windscreen slot when refitting will help considerably.

Thanks still cannot remove it. Do I pull the scuttle forwards into the engine bay (or upwards) ? the male lip is a plastic lip on the rear of the scuttle pannel which is just pushed into a female slot in a rubber section which is bonded onto the bottom of the windscreen? is that correct. I almost wonder if I have removed everything I need to but I cannot see any bolt and clips, the only thing I removed was the weather strip in the engine bay which sort of secured the front of the scuttle. thank you

"the male lip is a plastic lip on the rear of the scuttle panel which is just pushed into a female slot in a rubber section which is bonded onto the bottom of the windscreen? is that correct."

Yes but rather than simply pulling it which can tear the lip I recommend getting a thin screwdriver or similar to get in the slot beneath the lip and prise it out. There are no other fixings.

Lubricate with something like washing up liquid when replacing.

Edited 12 October, 202512 Oct by KiNeL

On 12/10/2025 at 13:14, KiNeL said:

"the male lip is a plastic lip on the rear of the scuttle panel which is just pushed into a female slot in a rubber section which is bonded onto the bottom of the windscreen? is that correct."

Yes but rather than simply pulling it which can tear the lip I recommend getting a thin screwdriver or similar to get in the slot beneath the lip and prise it out. There are no other fixings.

Lubricate with something like washing up liquid when replacing.

thank you it is proving hard to get out so I will spray some silicone in the gap and leave to soak in.