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Another option is to remove it and sand it back and spray it.

Going from historic Golf model changeovers the outgoing models often keep their values pretty well owing to the conservative nature of VW buyers and build times akin to continental drift.
After a few years of very strange market conditions whereby used cars went up in value and now have nosedived I wouldn’t want to gaze into my crystal ball right now @clarky.
My Clubby still booked at £30k last September and by mid-December had shed a further £8.5k at standard book prices. My current R at 3.5 months old will have lost £10k minimum and more likely £15k so hopefully won’t bomb too much further with the 8.5 launch  not that I have any plans to change even if I could remotely afford to (unless I decide to become “economically inactive” and buy an old sh!tter to run on a shoestring which is getting more tempting by the day)

Anyone know where I can get one? I’ve been told that mk7 bolt won’t fit.

Mk 7.5 spare wheel kit everything and tools all fit mk8.

I think I must be getting too long in the tooth… the prospect of an above £50k Full Sticker Price for a Golf really is too much to swallow.   Will wait to see how the Mk8.5 pans out in the real world for a good while before I consider changing my 19 plate R.  Although unless there are some super deals from the likes of Drivethedeal and Motorfinity  my R might be staying longer  in our garage.

After having performance golfs in a row there is no way I can see myself changing to another. The price increase in combination with the higher interest rates just makes it silly.

I bought a new large plastic ‘screw’ for a Mk7 from eBay. It was advertised as a Golf7 space saver lock down kit. It fitted perfectly in my Mk8, along with the 7.5 wheel, tools and tool holder. It was £21 and came with the screw collar retaining ring. I just had a look but the seller isn’t on eBay currently but there are others  for around £18 and one gives the part number as 1K0803899D.