mk3 vr6 arch removal help

[vr6_matt]

Hi i'vejust bought my first mk3 (vr6) I have been looking at pics on here and they look really nice when the plastic arches are taken off, is it much of a job? Whats involved? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers matt 

[Dan34]

Welcome 

Its not a hard job to remove them really, i think there riveted on so just be a case of drilling out the rivets, but the plastic arches do tend to hold moisture and the arch underneath could be rusty, if your lucky it might just be abit dirty underneath them, if thats the case just clean and polish the arch and it should look all good.

Dan

[vr6_matt]

Welcome 

Its not a hard job to remove them really, i think there riveted on so just be a case of drilling out the rivets, but the plastic arches do tend to hold moisture and the arch underneath could be rusty, if your lucky it might just be abit dirty underneath them, if thats the case just clean and polish the arch and it should look all good.

Dan

cool cheers mate i'll have a go and see what happens. Do i need to change the trim that goes down the door??

[Dan34]

Welcome 

Its not a hard job to remove them really, i think there riveted on so just be a case of drilling out the rivets, but the plastic arches do tend to hold moisture and the arch underneath could be rusty, if your lucky it might just be abit dirty underneath them, if thats the case just clean and polish the arch and it should look all good.

Dan

cool cheers mate i'll have a go and see what happens. Do i need to change the trim that goes down the door??

Which part the bump strip? or the side skirt? you can leave them both on.

[vr6_matt]

The bit that goes down the middle of the door or do i just leave it on?

[Dan34]

The bit that goes down the middle of the door or do i just leave it on?

Yeah thats the bump strip, leave them on or you'll have nasty holes showing lol

[vr6_matt]

cool cheers for the help mate

[Dan34]

cool cheers for the help mate

no probs, get some pics of your vr up in the dub rides section 

[Wayne]

The bit that goes down the middle of the door or do i just leave it on?

Yeah thats the bump strip, leave them on or you'll have nasty holes showing lol

Not as simple as that, you need to replace all the side trims along the doors with CL spec as the parts on the wings are part of the arch, GTI / VR6 trim is wider as well.

[Wayne]