Rear boot/roof spoilers

[livruff]

Thanks guy, ive told the insurers anyway and that i have tinted windows, and that increased my policy amount by £93!!! Not sure if thats because of the tinted windows or both. I spoke to the owner of the dealer i bought the car from just now, and he said all 1.8Turbos are fitted with boot spoilers as standard

[chrisr103]

Can 100% say the 1.8t didnt come with the spoiler as standard

[bobbarley]

I'm hoping to get a rear spoiler soon, won't tell the insurance company about it.  The way I see it, if it could have come as an extra, then the car *could* have had it in the first place.  If you bought the car and it already had one, you'd not know if it came with it, or if the previous owner had it put on.

[chrisr103]

I'm hoping to get a rear spoiler soon, won't tell the insurance company about it.  The way I see it, if it could have come as an extra, then the car *could* have had it in the first place.  If you bought the car and it already had one, you'd not know if it came with it, or if the previous owner had it put on.

Exactly, 

[livruff]

Thats actually what my boyfriend said, he told me not to declare it because it might be standard, but even if it wasnt thats how i got the car so how was i to know it wasnt standard. but i thot it was a bit risky, because i wouldnt want my policy voided cos of not telling them about something like that.

[bobbarley]

I'm hoping to get a rear spoiler soon, won't tell the insurance company about it.  The way I see it, if it could have come as an extra, then the car *could* have had it in the first place.  If you bought the car and it already had one, you'd not know if it came with it, or if the previous owner had it put on.

Exactly, 

Well, in fairness, I would tell my insurance company, as the guy I spoke to said that it won't change my policy adding any none performance related parts, and there's no admin fee for doing it    but generally speaking, I wouldn't bother.

[dubcruiser]

Can 100% say the 1.8t didnt come with the spoiler as standard

The only Mk4 Golf's to have spoliers fitted as standard from the factory were the R32 and the GTi Anniversary.

Any other Golf Mk4 with a spoiler has been added once the car got delivered to the dealership or afterwards by the owner. Even if you wanted one when you bought the car new, the dealer would of fitted it not the factory. The spoiler was not a factory order option.

Part number for the genuine VW Golf Mk4 tailgate spoiler is 1J0 071 640 AK and cost £94 +Vat plus paint and fitting..

[Steve_PD]

In the front of your sevice book should be a list of option codes - need to find the one for the spoiler.  A VW dealer should be able to tell you what was fitted via the chassis number

Spoiler is not going to make any difference to your premium i would have thought - declare it all the same though and tell them it was factory fitted  

or type the codes into this site and it will de-code them for you

[dubcruiser]

Thanks guy, ive told the insurers anyway and that i have tinted windows, and that increased my policy amount by £93!!! Not sure if thats because of the tinted windows or both. I spoke to the owner of the dealer i bought the car from just now, and he said all 1.8Turbos are fitted with boot spoilers as standard

You have already proved him wrong on this from looking on Autotrader!!! I fitted mine and I didn't tell my insurance company. I didn't tell them about my mudflaps either!! 

[bobbarley]

Can 100% say the 1.8t didnt come with the spoiler as standard

The only Mk4 Golf's to have spoliers fitted as standard from the factory were the R32 and the GTi Anniversary.

Any other Golf Mk4 with a spoiler has been added once the car got delivered to the dealership or afterwards by the owner. Even if you wanted one when you bought the car new, the dealer would of fitted it not the factory. The spoiler was not a factory order option.

Part number for the genuine VW Golf Mk4 tailgate spoiler is 1J0 071 640 AK and cost £94 +Vat plus paint and fitting..

Top info mate