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Offline CJA321

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Re: Arch removal
« Reply #10 on: 31 October 2013, 00:20 »
Quote from: Leroy on 30 October 2013, 20:52
It's a hell of a lot easier to tiger seal them back on than riveting them back on, hence why a lot are glued back on

rough as fook haha!
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Offline arran.concept

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Re: Arch removal
« Reply #11 on: 31 October 2013, 00:40 »
Upon my removal of arch trim on wings and rear, then spiralled into two new rear arches being welded in and two new wings being fitted lol, poor design causing them trim to hold water unfortunately :/ on the up side I personally think the mk3 looks cleaner without the arch trim :)
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Offline Leroy

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Re: Arch removal
« Reply #12 on: 31 October 2013, 16:28 »
And you've all seen my arches on Dub rides, led to me selling the bloody thing!!! I wouldn;t buy another mk3 or any other car for that matter with plastic arches on.
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Re: Arch removal
« Reply #13 on: 31 October 2013, 17:18 »
Quote from: Leroy on 31 October 2013, 16:28
And you've all seen my arches on Dub rides, led to me selling the bloody thing!!! I wouldn;t buy another mk3 or any other car for that matter with plastic arches on.
LoL you should try owning an XR2 even the paint hides rust let alone the plastic arches :laugh:
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Offline Screech16v

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Re: Arch removal
« Reply #14 on: 04 November 2013, 14:16 »
Quote from: VW BUSH on 31 October 2013, 17:18
Quote from: Leroy on 31 October 2013, 16:28
And you've all seen my arches on Dub rides, led to me selling the bloody thing!!! I wouldn;t buy another mk3 or any other car for that matter with plastic arches on.
LoL you should try owning an XR2 even the paint hides rust let alone the plastic arches :laugh:

Too true!  :grin: :grin: :grin: especially d reg
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Offline CraigBest

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Re: Arch removal
« Reply #15 on: 07 November 2013, 14:46 »
I'm considering de-arching my gti. I'm well aware of the problems that are lurking underneath them. Problem I do have is finding CL/GL side mouldings, what I was thinking of doing is cutting off the end pieces of the front arch trim. Anyone tried this?
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Offline Foreveryoungaus16v

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Re: Arch removal
« Reply #16 on: 07 November 2013, 20:03 »
Keep the Gti how the Gti is meant to be kept. Hence keep all trim.
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Re: Arch removal
« Reply #17 on: 07 November 2013, 20:06 »
Don't fancy repairing the rot again once I've got it sorted.
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Offline Foreveryoungaus16v

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Re: Arch removal
« Reply #18 on: 07 November 2013, 21:04 »
If your trim does not need to be taken off keep it on
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Re: Arch removal
« Reply #19 on: 07 November 2013, 21:08 »
It doesn't need to come off, passenger side front one has. It's currently held on by double sided sticky pads. Wings rotted through.
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