Grime Time

[CMD]

After owning my GTI for 3 weeks.  I had a blown bulb so it was time to take off the front bumper and have a good look at things.



Whilst the bumper was off i swaped out the orange blinker bulbs for some chrome coated bulbs (still blink orange)



With the 4 screws out in the wheel arches i removed the screw's by the lower sill's to check for corrosion and dirt build up..

I could not belive the amount of crap behind the plastic inner wing, it was caked up with grime . I would say about a kilo of crap was removed from each side. CHECK YOURS..









Passenger side.







I was pleased that there was no rust in sight. I will remove the plastic liners again tomorrow and apply  some waxoyl.

[jamie16v]

i can remember removing my arch liners to find loads of this crap holding moisture back.. i think i may remove them altogether? 

[scott64]

there are a lot of places in modern cars that sh*t can gather mate  looks like you have enough for a few pot plants there 

[Mikesps]

Mine were just as bad, my dad went mad when i left the crap all over the driveway 

[CMD]

My A4 1.8T (7 years old) and Polo 6n2  (11 years) Never had this amount . I will seal the are tomorrow once i have hosed down the area.

[james2]

There was a thread about this,iv already cleaned mine ,i had more than you.

[CMD]

There was a thread about this,iv already cleaned mine ,i had more than you.

Unlucky    How many Golf mk4 owner out there clean behind these. I will clean these area's every few months know (easy job).

[tonysgti]

thats nothing! when i took mine off i had an ants nest there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AD1.8T]

I found it quite funny when I found it all ! It stacked up to the curve lol

[CMD]

thats nothing! when i took mine off i had an ants nest there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's mad..