MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: K9 on April 16, 2015, 05:46:18 pm
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i'm about to replace both of my front fenders as i will be rolling the new fenders before paint and modify them a little. Now i'm wondering can i go for aftermarket ones? how will they fit etc? as Left + Right side aftermarket will be 100€ collected from local shop. any reviews on them and pics of fitment?
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Generally pretty good.
Few friends have had replacement aftermarket front wings and you couldn't tell the difference.
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Generally pretty good.
Few friends have had replacement aftermarket front wings and you couldn't tell the difference.
guess i will go for them then. Hard to remove in my own garage? thought of fitting and getting them rolled ready to paint.
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You can always a just them to fit properly if you know what you're doing. Has to be done on cars in factory with oem fenders!
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I test fitted a couple of cheap ones that a mate got through work and fitment was really poor on both. One was really badly twisted where it meets the sill and the other had a bracket in completely the wrong place. I can upload some pictures over the weekend if you like?
After speaking to a couple of bodyshops I then ordered a Euro Car Parts 'platinum' one at a trade price of £40+VAT and it fits almost perfectly, the gap between the door is 2mm wider than the OEM one, but I think that a bit of persuasion would probably sort it.
In terms of removing them, it's pretty straight forward. Grill and bumper off, wheel off, arch liner out and then 3 bolts and a nut along the top edge, 2 at the front, 2 into the sill, 2 inside the wheel arch and one in the door shut.
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Dom069 yes please pics would be nice!
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I can't remember the brand name, but there is a company that sells wide fenders for Mk5 Golfs and people have said only good things about them!
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I can't remember the brand name, but there is a company that sells wide fenders for Mk5 Golfs and people have said only good things about them!
Srs tec?
I really need some new wings as mine are well and truly battered
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They look weird with the wide fenders unless you roll around like Ricky at mega low.
Proper bodyshop flush rolled and pulled is enough for 99% of people.
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I can't remember the brand name, but there is a company that sells wide fenders for Mk5 Golfs and people have said only good things about them!
Srs tec?
I really need some new wings as mine are well and truly battered
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I was thinking about the SRS Tec 30mm wider but guess i will just have mine repainted and rolled before paint so the last rust and paint crakcs :scared:
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my srs tec wide fenders just arrived today. quality looks good so just painting them ready to fit hopefully sunday/monday.
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They look weird with the wide fenders unless you roll around like Ricky at mega low.
Proper bodyshop flush rolled and pulled is enough for 99% of people.
Yeah I can imagine that being true! Do you have any idea how much it costs having a body shop do that? I had archenemy roll my front two for £120 but I want to go lower :signLOL:
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now i dont know should i order srs fenders or just roll my current fenders and get them re-painted? when rolling the fenders how will the inner fender sit :confused: