MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Hurdy on January 29, 2009, 05:09:14 pm
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Bloody carbon fibre badge!!!!!!
I bought the rear badge and didn't send in my core. I said my badge was an Edition 30 one and gave the part number for the badge. When the badge arrived, complete with a new latch mechanism....guess what? It was the wrong badge design!!
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fhurdy_album%2FBoot_latch_replacement%2FBootlatchreplacement012a.jpg&hash=c06eaa6dad3246cca61bdf5aa8f13594d3c064e4)
This now meant I had to take off the existing latch and replace with the new one. So my car looked like this shortly after.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fhurdy_album%2FBoot_latch_replacement%2FBootlatchreplacement002a.jpg&hash=16e86bf2b3e0da45bc99e88bd07b9fec1b78f037)
and now looks like this
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fhurdy_album%2FBoot_latch_replacement%2FBootlatchreplacement017a.jpg&hash=e8f27d92d9a5758fc65e8da68f7ccd474e553ad8)
I'm going to spray the latch, so it isn't in yet and the car is garaged at the moment :cry:
Then again at least it'll stay clean for a while :grin:
Anyone want some closer pics of bits, pipe up and I'll oblige whilst the back cover is off :cool:
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Wow thats bad... :scared:
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You can do me a favour, have a look and see if any of the connections in the washer hose are those same crappy push fittings that bust on the MKIV?
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You can do me a favour, have a look and see if any of the connections in the washer hose are those same crappy push fittings that bust on the MKIV?
It is a push fit, but different stylee to the mkiv :happy2:
I've taken a pic and will post when I get time to download :smiley:
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It's a sodding pain. You even have to unscre the wiper pump and motor to get at one of the torq screws, which in turn means taking the cap off the exterior wiper part. At this rate I may as well get a bung and simply do the rear wiper delete at the same time :signLOL:
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Cheers, good to hear I'm not getting woken by the alarm again at some point then when it decides to dump all over the lock.
Bung FTW!! - Rainx, job done.
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oooh, not good
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I nearly got that far trying to fit my rear one as the bugger didn't want to go back on! :surprised:
For future reference, the rear cover just pulls away from the tailgate doesn't it John?
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I nearly got that far trying to fit my rear one as the bugger didn't want to go back on! :surprised:
For future reference, the rear cover just pulls away from the tailgate doesn't it John?
There are two screws that sit inside the handhold sections of the hatch trim that need to be removed first. After that it is a matter of gently but firmly tugging the trim off. :happy2:
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I nearly got that far trying to fit my rear one as the bugger didn't want to go back on! :surprised:
For future reference, the rear cover just pulls away from the tailgate doesn't it John?
There are two screws that sit inside the handhold sections of the hatch trim that need to be removed first. After that it is a matter of gently but firmly tugging the trim off. :happy2:
Happy with that bit Nathan??
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I nearly got that far trying to fit my rear one as the bugger didn't want to go back on! :surprised:
For future reference, the rear cover just pulls away from the tailgate doesn't it John?
There are two screws that sit inside the handhold sections of the hatch trim that need to be removed first. After that it is a matter of gently but firmly tugging the trim off. :happy2:
Happy with that bit Nathan??
Oooh yes that'll do me :wink:
Cheers John :happy2:
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You can do me a favour, have a look and see if any of the connections in the washer hose are those same crappy push fittings that bust on the MKIV?
Here's the pic of the pipe fitment as promised :happy2:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fhurdy_album%2FBoot_latch_replacement%2FBootlatchreplacement019a.jpg&hash=d2ba330f9c31e86f1bbca46b52e78844d36248be)
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Managed to get it safely back on again and checked that it works okay. Although the pic looks like the finished article (including the silver backing to the badge, which FTW :happy2:) I still haven't fitted the interior trim back on yet. :ashamed:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fhurdy_album%2FBoot_latch_replacement%2FBootlatchreplacement022a.jpg&hash=e925fc2a93b7a6136b9097e0162d9019eaf057d5)
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looks good fella but i think u need a red GTI badge to finish the back off :happy2:
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shame, would have looked better in silver CF :P
just kidding :wink:
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shame, would have looked better in silver CF :P
just kidding :wink:
I did ask :grin:
But they said no! :sad:
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Looks the biz John :happy2:
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Oh and as an upshot of this I found a car wrapping company 5 minutes from my house who supplied the silver backing for the badge. It really does finish the CF off nicely. Plenty left over too :happy2:
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looks good :happy2:
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sorry to go of topic slightly-noticed on my rear vw badge its got a little chip in it,so i was wondering what the rear badge is like to replace...
Your badge looks spot on
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sorry to go of topic slightly-noticed on my rear vw badge its got a little chip in it,so i was wondering what the rear badge is like to replace...
Your badge looks spot on
The badge comes off quite easily. I found that a piece of stiff plastic egded under the lip of the badge and worked around the circumference, levering slightly as you go around, did the trick. Once the badge is off you can read the VW part number on the back as all badges aren't the same :happy2:
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sorry to go of topic slightly-noticed on my rear vw badge its got a little chip in it,so i was wondering what the rear badge is like to replace...
Your badge looks spot on
If it's the rear VW emblem you are on about then VW will not sell it seperately, you have to buy the complete opening handle that includes it...
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sorry to go of topic slightly-noticed on my rear vw badge its got a little chip in it,so i was wondering what the rear badge is like to replace...
Your badge looks spot on
If it's the rear VW emblem you are on about then VW will not sell it seperately, you have to buy the complete opening handle that includes it...
Or blag one off one of the guys on here who are willing to part with it, who have a CF badge and the right badge fixings :happy2: