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Author Topic: Rust around boot badge - repair or replace?  (Read 1011 times)

Offline Feonics

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Rust around boot badge - repair or replace?
« on: September 23, 2018, 09:58:29 pm »
My GTi has really bad rust around the boot handle and is an 06 plate (over the 12yr corrosion warranty).

I think it would be easier/cheaper to buy a used door and switch the glass so the codes match.


Offline mjmallia

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Re: Rust around boot badge - repair or replace?
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2018, 11:42:30 am »
I would personally find a replacement from a breaker...is the glass blue or green?

As an example, I replaced a wing with a perfect secondhand genuine one (factory painted the same colour) for far less money than it would have cost to tackle a whole paint job and buy a new wing.....cost me £30 and my time to swap it out.
Mike

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S3 8L ---- Golf Mk4 GT TDI ---- Lupo GTI ----  A4 B6 Sline ---- Golf Mk5 GTI