Well I don't think I would recommend it if there was another choice. I'd have paid twice as much for a genuine part but they're not available from VW anymore so the only other option would be to cut one off a scrapper, but whether you would be able to get it off in a fair state is another matter? This panel is a very good fit on the lower section below the bumper line (like you really need it there?) but around the lights its a pig and I reckon that its been fabricated incorrectly as regards the light mountings but I don't have the skill to unpick the spot welds and refabricate it. I'm going to need a lot of weld sealer to make it look OK. I suppose if you're willing to 'have a go' and not afraid to bend and fettle then the job will end up OK, but you must be pretty fearless.
If your skilled in this field then I reckon you could make the new panel work a treat but it would take considerable time & effort. Also, because the panel that came off was a replacement (genuine VW as it happens) even that had been fettled to fit, so i'm unfettling some earlier fettling, if you see what I mean? I never planned on doing this when I bought the car, it just turned out that way, sort of 'I've started so now I must finish approach'. Fortunately its not my daily.
