Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Service & Repair Manual: Assembly overview - guides for bumper cover

This assembly overview covers the guide brackets for the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 rear bumper cover, including R-Line and R variants — hexagon nuts torqued to 3.5 Nm, with a separate bracket for the tail light on each side.

Volkswagen R GmbH, optional equipment, “R Line” and “R”

  Note

Different versions. For allocation see → Electronic Parts Catalogue “ETKA”.

1 -	Guide bracket

• Left and right

2 -	Hexagon nut

• Qty. 3 on each side
• 3.5 Nm

3 -	Guide bracket

• For tail light on left and right

4 -	Hexagon nut

• Qty. 2 on each side
• 3.5 Nm

5 -	Centre guide profile

6 -	Hexagon nut

• Qty. 4
• 3.5 Nm

Questions & answers

Assembly overview - guides for bumper cover — Volkswagen Golf Mk7

What are the Golf Mk7 rear bumper guide brackets?

Metal or plastic brackets that position the bumper cover against the body. Hexagon nuts (various Nm values per bracket) hold them in place. R-Line/R variants may have different versions.

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