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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Khare on 23 April 2010, 21:59

Title: De-locking the handles
Post by: Khare on 23 April 2010, 21:59
Hey guys. Looking at de-locking the golf, rear handles from a 5d fit alright yeah? Just like the mk2 boys.

Ta
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: christomk3gti on 23 April 2010, 22:07
they sure do buddy
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: christomk3gti on 23 April 2010, 22:08
by the way your cars looking nice.

Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Bellend on 23 April 2010, 22:11
Yes mate they fit straight on there, I'd advise you have some way of getting in. Boot I suppose but check the keys turn! They often seize up.  :wink:
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Khare on 23 April 2010, 22:14
Yes mate they fit straight on there, I'd advise you have some way of getting in. Boot I suppose but check the keys turn! They often seize up.  :wink:

Boot lock works fine by key. I'll take the handles off the donor and stick them one mine  :smiley:


by the way your cars looking nice.



Cheers mate  :smiley:
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Wayne on 23 April 2010, 23:35
Yep fit straight on.
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: adzgti3 on 24 April 2010, 10:55
Yeah done this to my 3 door recently , fit straight on no probs!
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Khare on 24 April 2010, 11:05
Yeah done this to my 3 door recently , fit straight on no probs!
is it hard fitting the new handles? Is it a door card off jobby to line the hook up?
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: adamrob69 on 24 April 2010, 11:07
you can do it without taking the card off, its when you got to try and position the lock it gets a bit tricky
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: adzgti3 on 24 April 2010, 11:12
Yeah done this to my 3 door recently , fit straight on no probs!
is it hard fitting the new handles? Is it a door card off jobby to line the hook up?

Nope not that hard at all , yes got to take the door cards of , makes it much easyier to fit then.  :evil:
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Khare on 24 April 2010, 11:26
Nice one, cheers guys. I'll get to my donor at some point next week and whack them onto mine  :smiley:
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Bellend on 24 April 2010, 12:40
You know how to get the door cards off?

BTW the car is looking nice, have you had it machine polished?
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Khare on 24 April 2010, 12:47
You know how to get the door cards off?

BTW the car is looking nice, have you had it machine polished?
Yeah mate done them loads of times. To be fair I don't know why I ask cos I had to take the passenger side front handle off the other day so I know perfectly well how to do it  :grin:
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Bellend on 24 April 2010, 13:01
Cool. :)

Is it Mystic Blue?

It looks more blue then mine, mine looks more purply. Looking 8) though! :)
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Khare on 24 April 2010, 13:30
yeah mystic blue, hand polished  :smiley:
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Wayne on 24 April 2010, 19:55
You don't need to remove the door cards, takes a max of 5 to 10 mins each side.
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: javalin on 24 April 2010, 21:02
leave the drivers door one on - I found that the central locking "all open", or "all shut" linkages would freeze and put the windows down, and the doors open when you hit the remote fob.

VW have since restored the door and handle to normal condition!

James
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Wayne on 24 April 2010, 21:23
leave the drivers door one on - I found that the central locking "all open", or "all shut" linkages would freeze and put the windows down, and the doors open when you hit the remote fob.

VW have since restored the door and handle to normal condition!

James

I never had that problem
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: christomk3gti on 25 April 2010, 02:13
neither did my friend have that problem??

but it is a good idea to keep the drivers side the same just incase.

Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: dTEA on 25 April 2010, 06:39
Never had that problem and so long ad you keep access through the boot then no probe getting in even if the battery or Fobs go belly up. I changed my piece of p1ss and no door card removal necessary. When's the transplant happening?
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Khare on 25 April 2010, 13:56
Never had that problem and so long ad you keep access through the boot then no probe getting in even if the battery or Fobs go belly up. I changed my piece of p1ss and no door card removal necessary. When's the transplant happening?

Nice one dude, I'll change them sometime this week.

Transplant is happening next weekend, starts midnight friday, should have the 8v engine out in the early hours of the morning and then saturday morning get the 16v engine in the shell. Spend the rest of the day setting up the new engine and making sure it runs smooth and reliably  :smiley:

Ferry trip back is on Monday at almost midnight, so got 3 full days to do this conversion in  :smiley:
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: dTEA on 25 April 2010, 19:53
Plenty of time for a celebratory beer the night before then. Good luck with it all, hope it goes smoothly
Title: Re: De-locking the handles
Post by: Khare on 25 April 2010, 19:56
Plenty of time for a celebratory beer the night before then. Good luck with it all, hope it goes smoothly
Yeah plenty of time to test out these famous IOW back roads  :tongue: Cheers dude  :smiley: