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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: GavG60 on 03 March 2004, 09:54

Title: nasty slam plate
Post by: GavG60 on 03 March 2004, 09:54

the slam plate on my golf is really sh!tty, the last owner painted it in hammerite black, and the rust has come through all over. anyone got any advice on what to use to clean it up and spray it DIY style? ???

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: Gambit on 03 March 2004, 10:31

jsut go pick one up from a scrappy

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: GavG60 on 03 March 2004, 10:40

are they easy to fit?

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: Gambit on 03 March 2004, 11:11

too easy!

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: richandhazel on 03 March 2004, 13:17

Very easy to remove/fit. Just remove the front grill, a few bolts, headlight electrical connections and bonnet release cable.

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: GavG60 on 03 March 2004, 13:19

do the headlight moutnings come off with it? ???

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: Dizzie on 03 March 2004, 14:02

they're part of it I think.

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: GavG60 on 03 March 2004, 14:42

cheers for help ;D

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: rubjonny on 03 March 2004, 16:28

The lamps and associated adjusters etc are mounted in a metal frame which is seperate from the slam pannel.

Just make sure you get one with a decent bonnet lock as they are rivited on, not that its that hard to drill out the rivits remove it but its one less hassle if you get a good one in the first place! :)

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: Veedubgt18v on 03 March 2004, 20:46

sand away any rust and re-paint it if you go the scrappy way tho. has your car been crashed before? i was just wondering why someone would go to the bother of painting a slam panel, unless it had been bent and they straightened it  ???

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: modulater on 03 March 2004, 22:50

The pattern front panels rust like a nutter, the originals rarely do.

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: GavG60 on 04 March 2004, 11:31

i think it's a pattern part, the car's had a knock at the front at some point with its last owner, the bumper is still pushed in slightly on one side, and the grill's a bit loose in one corner...... :-\

is it easy to pull bumpers out? in about 1/4 to 1/2 inch on the nearside...

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: Veedubgt18v on 04 March 2004, 12:26

the metal box section of the bumper will be bent, you may be able to straighten it out but all the plastic clips will prob be broken, as well as the mounts on the side of the wing. would be better to buy bumper/grill/slam panel and do the whole lot in one. very doubtful that the metal mount for the bumper is shot tho the bracket maybe bent slightly. you will see what i mean when you take it all off!

Title: Re:nasty slam plate
Post by: GavG60 on 04 March 2004, 14:23

Cheers for the advice ;)

think you're right, it's probably worth getting all the bits and doing it all at the same time.

Am I right in thinking they don't make the original gti 16v badges for the front grille anymore? would be nice to put a new one on with the grill ;D