MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: VC on February 18, 2009, 05:44:23 pm
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I have this guide:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FRepair_Manuals%2FSide_Skirts%2Fskirt.jpg&hash=9a9014a8fb027e1fbd64c5166f6d45825f7b731f)
– Remove bolts -2-.
– Before removing, heat sill extension -1- in bonding surface area -4- with hot air blower -V.A.G 1416-.
– Loosen adhesive tape -4-, by carefully inserting a plastic wedge -5- between sill -3- and sill extension -1-.
– As soon as adhesive tape comes loose, lift sill extension -1- up -arrow- out of retaining strip.
Has anyone actually done it though? did you manage to get the skirts off intact and in one piece?
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JoesGTI managed 1 the other was a gonna :wink:
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JoesGTI managed 1 the other was a gonna :wink:
hhhmmm need to get them both off intact
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JoesGTI managed 1 the other was a gonna :wink:
hhhmmm need to get them both off intact
A hair dryer and patients my boy. You would really have to yank at them to split the plastic. :innocent:
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hairdryer?
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchesterconfidential.co.uk%2Fbeautyhealthfashion%2Fimages%2F20070510gok.jpg&hash=36300fa16070375eeba149cffa8e0edde0571d6e)
:grin:
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I was thinking this :laugh:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fmm104%2Ftomashandmilly%2F75073_1203017582.jpg&hash=8bf1163a0e12e9ee3ca990ae1b121644512c47f1)
Very cherry indeed.
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JESUS :confused:
there was no need for that picture! lol :grin:
one from your 'personal' collection?
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JESUS :confused:
there was no need for that picture! lol :grin:
one from your 'personal' collection?
Yes so what. (https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fmm104%2Ftomashandmilly%2F1216071642680.gif&hash=56d83879f3c2e20d6e60a041db037663179f3150)
:signLOL: :signLOL: :signLOL:
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i have no wit to compete with that lol :grin:
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PMSL @ You two :signLOL: :signLOL:
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reckon if you put the car in a warm garage thatll make a big difference :happy2:
You could in theory use some alcohol (non paint effecting) and use a dropper into the join to soften it before attempting the job?
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i think i'm going to leave this one to the bodyshop :chicken:
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I did it on my GTI, they are a piece of cake, apart from if when they were installed they used a big blob of contact adhesive on the rear part of the skirt, you may be lucky but possibly not..
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Thanks for this guide mate, just did mine in under half an hour. That including a 10 minute conversation with a lad that has a MK4 and offered to buy mine, and an argument with one of the neighbours because we were talking outside his house!
I didn't apply any heat though, what I did was start from the back, then used a CD wrapped in stockinette to break the seal. No marks on skirts or car, and both skirts are in one piece. That said, I was one of the lucky ones, there was no contact adhesive in sight.
Right, time for lunch! :party:
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whats for lunch? :rolleye:
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Spam?
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i had a mahoooosive round sticky pad holding mine one at the back and about 3 more down the sill :scared:
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These big round stickers must've come in later, mine's an early MY06 and just had the normal across the top.
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mines an 05 :laugh:
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LOL screwed that idea up!
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whats for lunch? :rolleye:
....Can I come too!? :party: :drinking: