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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: SteveS on 29 October 2007, 10:57
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I know i brifly mentioned it when i posted about getting the car, but its anoying me...
pix:
Passanger side:
(http://aycu15.webshots.com/image/32134/2003150519821160133_rs.jpg)
(http://aycu15.webshots.com/image/32134/2003166454353535970_rs.jpg)
Drivers side:
(http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/31827/2003173524106046662_rs.jpg)
(http://aycu08.webshots.com/image/30447/2003124493518428022_rs.jpg)
drivers side isnt as bad as the passanger side, but still...
thoughts? are yours the same? :undecided:
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why dont you take it to get sorted under warrenty, mine dosnt look like that, it looks like the skirt is about 10mm to long for the car :huh:
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last time i pointed out to my sales guy, he just said its normal, but it dosnt look it to me. thats why i decided to ask on her to see if everyone else is the same... or not. :(
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just had a look at mine steve and both sides on mine have a slight gap, like your drivers side, the gap does look a bit much on the passenger side though.. :undecided:
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yeah the drivers side aint perfect but its soso, the passanger side is big and bugs me!! wonder if i can move it myself, i can see there bolt holding it there. so if i losen that it may move a tad...
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if it was me i'd take it to the dealer, but only because I have a nasty habit of making a f**k up of anything like that, you should have seen the balls up I made when I tried to install an armrest in my old R32!! :embarassed:
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I'll check mine later, but it looks like it could be a drainage function :undecided:
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the fit looks cheap to me, not like a 24k car
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The skirts are bonded on with double sided type adhesive, when I went to view mine I noticed 1 side wasn't sitting flush which the dealer fixed before I picked the car up. Its not perfect but much better
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how "not perfect" is it... i know as soon as i go there, they will just say, "oh its normal, thats how it is" etc etc, so i need to know how others are to tell them its not normal.
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how "not perfect" is it... i know as soon as i go there, they will just say, "oh its normal, thats how it is" etc etc, so i need to know how others are to tell them its not normal.
if they say that then say "its not f$cking normal when you pay over £20,000 for a car and the p!ssin skirt dosnt even fit u @rsehole!!!" :angry:
what can they say back to that!! :rolleyes:
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how "not perfect" is it... i know as soon as i go there, they will just say, "oh its normal, thats how it is" etc etc, so i need to know how others are to tell them its not normal.
if they say that then say "its not f$cking normal when you pay over £20,000 for a car and the p!ssin skirt dosnt even fit u @rsehole!!!" :angry:
what can they say back to that!! :rolleyes:
Um...
Hmmm...
I didnt catch a word of what you just said. Could you possibly repeat yourself? :evil:
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how "not perfect" is it... i know as soon as i go there, they will just say, "oh its normal, thats how it is" etc etc, so i need to know how others are to tell them its not normal.
if they say that then say "its not f$cking normal when you pay over £20,000 for a car and the p!ssin skirt dosnt even fit u @rsehole!!!" :angry:
what can they say back to that!! :rolleyes:
Um...
Hmmm...
I didnt catch a word of what you just said. Could you possibly repeat yourself? :evil:
I think he means to tell them its normal when you pay over 20k for a car then the side skirt doesnt fit the car properely lol
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Im not that slow Manu_GTI. :grin:
I was joking lol
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:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: yea soz about the lnguage!!! haha :tongue:
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Im not that slow Manu_GTI. :grin:
I was joking lol
just incase lol...you are south african at the end, slang over there may be abit different :P
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Every one of these I've seen is like this (including mine), I think that there is supposed to be a gap at the back of the skirt, look closely and you'll see that there is a thick(ish) foam padding in there and the gap is to accommodate this padding.
However if you really want to adjust it take a look underneath the skirt and where the fixing screws go through the holes you'll see that they are in fact longditudinal slots and are adjustable, it looks very easy to do.
Let us know how you get on.
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yeah ill give it a go, but there stuck down with glue/tape too, so not sure there gona move!
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had a look Steve and Im afraid to say mine are even and a very small gap both sides !
Not much help I know. sorry
I'm fussy too , but I'd def way up potentially what may happen if you or vw start messing with it.......
but I would totally understand if you wanted it fixed ASAP
JohnO
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yeah ill give it a go, but there stuck down with glue/tape too, so not sure there gona move!
Actually don't!!!!!
Just went out for another look and the skirt is one piece so if you move it forwards to fill the gap at the back wheelarch you'll make a new gap at the front wheelarch.
The skirt is either slightly too long or designed that way for some reason.
Your dealer won't be able to anything either because bar cutting a piece out to shorten it :shocked: you will always create a gap at one end or the other.
IE: No solution here.
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true.
however if erveryone elses are much smaller to no gap, then there is an issue with the length of my skirts
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Finally looked at mine and they aren't as bad as yours, but there is a difference in the two. Bout 3-5mm gaps.
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mines like 9mm