Part Number 7L0853547A

You can buy them, individually or bulk, on ebay or your dealer and other on-line VW parts stores should have them.

I just replaced a few and found it easiest to attached (insert and press button) the new white clips to the lower door frame first then snap on the black trim afterwards. Buy extras as it took me two tries to figure out the process.

Good luck!

 

When we bought the wife's truck the trim was loose and I asked that it be fixed before taking possession. They fixed it and wasn't loose when we drove it off the lot but came loose again a couple of months later. As it turned out their fix was carpet glue which was smeared all around the broken clips. The clips took some searching online but finally found them part # 7L0 853 547A and bought the 5 that I needed. I took the old clips out of trim and thought the new clips where supposed attach to the trim then snap onto body but the clips wouldn't fit into trim. I then proceeded to grind off tabs thinking I'd ordered the wrong part and fitted them onto the trim and tried to replace trim. It didn't work of coarse, that's when I figured out the clips go on the body and the trim snaps on the clips driving in pin creating a wedge to hold everything into body, so back online and order more c!ips. I put some double sided tape over the holes where the clips go, attached clips and snapped trim on. Do both ends under door first then the 3 in the middle. I used a flat bar over the clips for the ones under the doors and just gave the bar a good tap with a rubber mallot. Hope this helps- Mtnride

 

I bought 10 on ebay. Item # 253133506176

 

X2 on just buying a bunch of them. Invariably, another trim piece will fall off and you'll need some extras!
:- )

 

Awesome, went straight to eBay and there they were. Thanks

 

Ok I call dibs on Dumb A$$ ..... right now...

How the hell do you remove the old broken clips from the door trim strip ?

I've tried holding the white trim clip and lightly applying pressure with needle nose plyers and then on the side of the door strip where there some small holes prodding around with a small screwdriver hoping they would pop out.

Little help ?

 

Right then !!

Dumb A$$ update.

Get outside where there is decent light so you can bloody see properly. Dont do this at the office desk. Use a proper blade screw driver not a miniature Victorinox folding crappy thing you found in the desk drawer. Also use proper needle nose pliers (vice grip ones help also) not the miniature Leatherman Squirt P4 one which was in the same drawer as the other crappy tool.

Apply pressure directly to the side tab with the screwdriver where you can damn now see becuase you are outside. Slight downward pressure with the pliers till the tab pops out. Repeat on other side.

All 8 (one side of vehicle front and back) done in less than 10 mins.

Bloody hell !! Frustrating being a Dumb A$$ ..... Really !! 😫 😫 😫



And thanks to this thread

Door Sill Trim

I am trying to find out what is the name of the plastic trim in-between the door sills, and lower exterior moldings. It almost looks like weather stripping, cept for the fact it's hard plastic. It looks like one of the passengers that I had ended up putting their foot down on the trim...

www.clubtouareg.com

for the descriptive install. I would have put the new white tabs in the trim peice first had i not understood the there is a locking component to the item

 

I do like someone who can learn from their mistakes!!

 

Yeah ..... i find myself way to often at the not so bright office table. In turn attempting to do most things there.

If only i had a good desk light ..... or bloody just go outside

 

Trouble is in ten years time when you come to replace them again, you will do the same again, or at least I will.