the shell had rusted!! the smooth boot was letting in too much water as inside it was falling apart.
should have at least kept all the door handles and the rear bumper 
smooth boot may have made a couple of quid too
i left on that door handle as its a sh!tty non gen one. The other three are OEM and are tucked away in the shed.
the rear bumper took a very bad knock and was all smoothed, i was toying with the idea of putting it on my white GTI sprayed up body colour but im not wanting to colour code it all anymore.