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Title: How to Spray Side Skirt? - Bit of Help Please
Post by: GTI-Ross on November 26, 2012, 07:22:06 pm
Hey guys, im getting the standard GTI bumper sprayed tomorrow, half red / black valance combo.

Asked the guy about spraying the black side skirts, he wasnt sure if the are fully screwed on or just stuck on......can anyone confirm please....

Thanks
Title: Re: How to Spray Side Skirt? - Bit of Help Please
Post by: kam on November 26, 2012, 07:25:43 pm
Stuck along the top nearest to the door, screwed along the bottom and arches.
Title: Re: How to Spray Side Skirt? - Bit of Help Please
Post by: Nodz on November 26, 2012, 08:01:09 pm
They are know to split sometimes when removed but they are cheap from the dealers to replace, it's the ed30/r32 skirts that cost te money £283 iirc
Title: Re: How to Spray Side Skirt? - Bit of Help Please
Post by: GTI-Ross on November 26, 2012, 09:21:38 pm
They are know to split sometimes when removed but they are cheap from the dealers to replace, it's the ed30/r32 skirts that cost te money £283 iirc

£283.....Holy sh*t. I dont have that kind of money for side skirt, so should he remove or spray on the car....
Title: Re: How to Spray Side Skirt? - Bit of Help Please
Post by: Nodz on November 26, 2012, 09:36:20 pm
Ate they the black textured plastic ones? If so, they are the cheap ones, about £40 each iirc, if not and they are the smooth colour coded ones then yeah £283 each.
Title: Re: How to Spray Side Skirt? - Bit of Help Please
Post by: GTI-Ross on November 26, 2012, 09:59:02 pm
Ate they the black textured plastic ones? If so, they are the cheap ones, about £40 each iirc, if not and they are the smooth colour coded ones then yeah £283 each.

Yeah its the textured one, he double sprays it with plastic coat first (or something like that) then 2 coats paint and then 2 more laqer coats. Did some work on my old car (textured) comes out real smooth...

So, if he takes them off, are they easy to stick back on?
Title: Re: How to Spray Side Skirt? - Bit of Help Please
Post by: chrisr763 on November 26, 2012, 10:24:12 pm
One word of advice. If they are stuck on with anything strong. Just watch your paintwork :) wouldn't want to cause damage!