MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Technical Workshop => Topic started by: tonyh on January 02, 2009, 11:41:46 am

Title: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: tonyh on January 02, 2009, 11:41:46 am: panel seems to have slipped or come off an internal clip and now wobbles from rubber strip down to panel when closing door. pop into dealer or is it a diy fix ? thanks
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offside panel

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Title: Re: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: stealthwolf on January 02, 2009, 02:45:24 pm: Dunno but mine has a screw missing from when it was resprayed (I didn't notice for about a month!).

Anybody know what screw goes in the top left corner of the drivers door?
Title: Re: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: v2brett on January 02, 2009, 08:49:56 pm: id say take it to the dealer and at a guess they`ll prob send it to the body shop so make sure there a good body shop. oh and is it still under warranty? they should be made to sort it if its not imo
Title: Re: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: tonyh on January 02, 2009, 09:13:43 pm: yep the car's a year old and has just come back from dealer after insurance respray
Title: Re: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: v2brett on January 02, 2009, 09:33:22 pm: Quote from: tonyh on January 02, 2009, 09:13:43 pm
yep the car's a year old and has just come back from dealer after insurance respray
id definetly take it back then mate, they should sort it no problem
Title: Re: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: Phil Mcavity on January 02, 2009, 10:50:04 pm: i was watching a very old Topgear where the Hamster was on a Golf driving range where people were driving golf balls at a mk5 golf, and was saying that every door skin is totally replaceable?? anyone else seen this?? was ages ago
Title: Re: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: WhiteGTI on January 02, 2009, 10:58:59 pm: Quote from: Phil Mcavity on January 02, 2009, 10:50:04 pm
i was watching a very old Topgear where the Hamster was on a Golf driving range where people were driving golf balls at a mk5 golf, and was saying that every door skin is totally replaceable?? anyone else seen this?? was ages ago

Yeah i saw this too! Quite interesting!
Title: Re: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: matt a on January 03, 2009, 12:11:00 am: Yeah the skins are replaceable, there was one on Ebay a while back.
Title: Re: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: tonyh on January 03, 2009, 09:38:57 am: Quote from: v2brett on January 02, 2009, 09:33:22 pm
Quote from: tonyh on January 02, 2009, 09:13:43 pm
yep the car's a year old and has just come back from dealer after insurance respray
id definetly take it back then mate, they should sort it no problem

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Title: Re: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: bennylenny88 on January 03, 2009, 02:14:06 pm: Quote from: Phil Mcavity on January 02, 2009, 10:50:04 pm
i was watching a very old Topgear where the Hamster was on a Golf driving range where people were driving golf balls at a mk5 golf, and was saying that every door skin is totally replaceable?? anyone else seen this?? was ages ago

yeah its not welded on anymore. i bought a doorskin from awesome fir a tenner bargin :D
Title: Re: loose driver's side door panel
Post by: gazbutS3 on January 03, 2009, 06:08:11 pm: yes they are bolted on, which can lead to the of the mis-alignment experienced by some. My first Gti was terrible, think its one of the things they've changed with the mk6 to reduce production times and cost