sideskirt glue

[Kiddfrost]

Fin, are your skirts brand new? do they not have the double sided tape on them?

[finlayjacobin]

Hey Kidfrost, no they are not new ebay specials! new R£" skirts cost a fortune!
Yeah I know they have padded double sidded from new I sat there and screpped it all off before they were painted so I would not scratch them once they were all red!
Fin

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Try this very handy post of mine - http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=54324.0

Second from the bottom of the BODY section (66-04)

HTH

[Kiddfrost]

I fitted new R32 skirts to mine but when I got them back from the bodyshop one of the foam tape backing strips had been peeled off and the tape had lost its stickiness  After peeling the foam tape off I too thought about silicone but didn’t think it would last. Didn’t want to use a glue as I intend to put the standard ones back on at some point. In the end I used double sided foam tape as this is what they use anyway. I didn’t use the normal white foam tape as I thought this wouldn’t last long once it got wet. I used some dark grey/black tape similar to what was already on there and cut it to size. This was about 9 months ago and no problems so far.
If you do this you must leave the tape backing on. Position the skirt and peel it off while the skirt is pressed in position. Make sure you've got it in the correct position cos you only get one chance..

[finlayjacobin]

Thanks for the info kidfrost, very similar situation then!
Problem is there are many different foam double sidded tapes for many different aplications, but yes it needs to be waterproof, I have got some trough my work which is designed to fit mirrors with but do not think it will be waterproof.
Fin

[RedRobin]

....I'll be very interested to read what TTshop tell you next week, Fin