Preparing Vertical Side Panels for the Panzer Plate
1. First, on level ground, raise the front of the car evenly. To do this, you may choose to drive the car onto ramps, jack the car up and secure with two jack stands or use a car lift. If using jack stands or ramps be sure to chock the rear wheels and place the car in gear and firmly apply the handbrake. You should also wear safety goggles during this entire procedure.
2. Once the car is safely raised, remove the Original Equipment Audi plastic belly pan if your car still has one. Next, on the driver side, remove the rear T25 Torx screw from the tail end of the plastic vertical engine bay side panel. In order for the Panzer skid plate to fit, the mounting spot on the subframe where the side panel attaches must not have a Torx screw or side panel attached to it. Retain the T25 Torx screws for the final skid plate install.
3. The driver side vertical side panel will also need to have the forward part removed to enable the mounting of the skid plate.
You should not have to remove the side panel to perform this operation but its fine if you do.
4. Due to the fact that the original Audi passenger side vertical panel does not fit perfectly with the Panzer Plate (There is a 1/2 inch gap between the Panzer Plate and the OE side panel), the Panzer Plate kit includes a new, perfect fitting vertical panel to replace the OE Audi panel. Remove the original Audi panel by first removing the two 10mm sheetmetal nuts which are up against the frame rails.

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