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Offline joesgti

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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #10 on: 30 October 2007, 10:44 »
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.

if they say that then say "its not f$cking normal when you pay over £20,000 for a car and the p!ssin skirt dosnt even fit u @rsehole!!!" :angry:

what can they say back to that!!  :rolleyes:


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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #11 on: 30 October 2007, 11:04 »
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.

if they say that then say "its not f$cking normal when you pay over £20,000 for a car and the p!ssin skirt dosnt even fit u @rsehole!!!" :angry:

what can they say back to that!!  :rolleyes:

Um...
Hmmm...
I didnt catch a word of what you just said. Could you possibly repeat yourself?  :evil:


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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #12 on: 30 October 2007, 14:10 »
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.

if they say that then say "its not f$cking normal when you pay over £20,000 for a car and the p!ssin skirt dosnt even fit u @rsehole!!!" :angry:

what can they say back to that!!  :rolleyes:

Um...
Hmmm...
I didnt catch a word of what you just said. Could you possibly repeat yourself?  :evil:

I think he means to tell them its normal when you pay over 20k for a car then the side skirt doesnt fit the car properely lol

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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #13 on: 30 October 2007, 15:48 »
Im not that slow Manu_GTI.  :grin:
I was joking lol


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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #14 on: 30 October 2007, 15:51 »
 :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: yea soz about the lnguage!!! haha  :tongue:


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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #15 on: 30 October 2007, 16:08 »
Im not that slow Manu_GTI.  :grin:
I was joking lol

just incase lol...you are south african at the end, slang over there may be abit different :P

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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #16 on: 30 October 2007, 19:05 »
Every one of these I've seen is like this (including mine), I think that there is supposed to be a gap at the back of the skirt, look closely and you'll see that there is a thick(ish) foam padding in there and the gap is to accommodate this padding.

However if you really want to adjust it take a look underneath the skirt and where the fixing screws go through the holes you'll see that they are in fact longditudinal slots and are adjustable, it looks very easy to do.

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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #17 on: 30 October 2007, 19:10 »
yeah ill give it a go, but there stuck down with glue/tape too, so not sure there gona move!
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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #18 on: 30 October 2007, 19:24 »
had a look Steve and Im afraid to say mine are even and a very small gap both sides  !
Not much help I know. sorry

I'm fussy too , but I'd def way up potentially what may happen if you or vw start messing with it.......

but I would totally understand if you wanted it fixed ASAP

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Re: bad skirt fitting?
« Reply #19 on: 30 October 2007, 21:26 »
yeah ill give it a go, but there stuck down with glue/tape too, so not sure there gona move!
Actually don't!!!!!

Just went out for another look and the skirt is one piece so if you move it forwards to fill the gap at the back wheelarch you'll make a new gap at the front wheelarch.

The skirt is either slightly too long or designed that way for some reason.

Your dealer won't be able to anything either because bar cutting a piece out to shorten it :shocked: you will always create a gap at one end or the other.

IE: No solution here.
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