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Offline SteveS

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bad skirt fitting?
« on: 29 October 2007, 10:57 »
I know i brifly mentioned it when i posted about getting the car, but its anoying me...
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Passanger side:



Drivers side:



drivers side isnt as bad as the passanger side, but still...

thoughts? are yours the same? :undecided:
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Offline joesgti

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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #1 on: 29 October 2007, 11:51 »
why dont you take it to get sorted under warrenty, mine dosnt look like that, it looks like the skirt is about 10mm to long for the car  :huh:


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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #2 on: 29 October 2007, 11:57 »
last time i pointed out to my sales guy, he just said its normal, but it dosnt look it to me. thats why i decided to ask on her to see if everyone else is the same... or not. :(
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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #3 on: 29 October 2007, 12:29 »
just had a look at mine steve and both sides on mine have a slight gap, like your drivers side, the gap does look a bit much on the passenger side though.. :undecided:
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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #4 on: 29 October 2007, 12:34 »
yeah the drivers side aint perfect but its soso, the passanger side is big and bugs me!! wonder if i can move it myself, i can see there bolt holding it there. so if i losen that it may move a tad...
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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #5 on: 29 October 2007, 12:45 »
if it was me i'd take it to the dealer, but only because I have a nasty habit of making a f**k up of anything like that, you should have seen the balls up I made when I tried to install an armrest in my old R32!! :embarassed:
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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #6 on: 29 October 2007, 19:42 »
I'll check mine later, but it looks like it could be a drainage function :undecided:
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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #7 on: 29 October 2007, 20:42 »
the fit looks cheap to me, not like a 24k car
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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #8 on: 29 October 2007, 21:02 »
The skirts are bonded on with double sided type adhesive, when I went to view mine I noticed 1 side wasn't sitting flush which the dealer fixed before I picked the car up. Its not perfect but much better
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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #9 on: 30 October 2007, 10:28 »
how "not perfect" is it... i know as soon as i go there, they will just say, "oh its normal, thats how it is" etc etc, so i need to know how others are to tell them its not normal.
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