6n2 Shortening Door Pins, anyone?

Kristof_clg · Post by **Kristof_clg** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:14 pm

I think i read about it somewhere, shortening the door pins so they look like the VW Golf ones, that don't stick out when the car is locked.

Guide?

Link?

Thanks

Kristof_clg · Post by **Kristof_clg** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:56 pm

Found one

http://www.clubvwpolo.es/modules/newbb/ ... 3&forum=15

It's in spanish, but the images are what i needed

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:22 am

this looks quite cool, so its a case of un-screwing the old ones, cutting off the thread on the wire, and glueing new ones back on?

JPR_polo_gti · Post by **JPR_polo_gti** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:12 pm

yes, what happens if you lock yourself in and the central locking fails?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:02 pm

JPR_polo_gti wrote:yes, what happens if you lock yourself in and the central locking fails?

haha!!! well i have a 5 door so can climb out of the rear wind down windows

JPR_polo_gti · Post by **JPR_polo_gti** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:44 pm

oh yeah didn't think of that, I have a 5 door so i might be doing this.
stops fuckers breaking the glass to open the car by pulling the pin

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:19 am

JPR_polo_gti wrote:oh yeah didn't think of that, I have a 5 door so i might be doing this.
stops fuckers breaking the glass to open the car by pulling the pin

that and i like to lean my arm on something smoth when driving haha

Kristof_clg · Post by **Kristof_clg** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:53 pm

Well, I did it.

I have to say it looks very elegant and smooth, some pics:

Now imagine that in every door.

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:32 pm

dont cut the thread off of it!!! numptys, just take your door card off and shorten it down at the bottom easy as pie! saves you hacking away at the thread!

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:19 pm

Bepe wrote:dont cut the thread off of it!!! numptys, just take your door card off and shorten it down at the bottom easy as pie! saves you hacking away at the thread!

That's what i was thinking

JPR_polo_gti · Post by **JPR_polo_gti** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:18 pm

it's easier just to cut the thread, without removing the doorcard, and you're never going to be pulling on it so it doesn't matter if it's just glued on...

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:16 pm

i gotta take the door cards off to change the grab handles and put on my new stubby drivers mirror anyway! i'll look at shortening it at the bottom, did u get new pins for them? or just removed the old ones then put them back on?

Kristof_clg · Post by **Kristof_clg** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:10 pm

Tim_GTi wrote:i gotta take the door cards off to change the grab handles and put on my new stubby drivers mirror anyway! i'll look at shortening it at the bottom, did u get new pins for them? or just removed the old ones then put them back on?

Yes, used the same ones

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:25 pm

yeh i just did the back doors, didnt need to glue them at all!! left the cut edge sharp and tey stayed on the there no prob, will do the fronts next week when i do some other stuff at the same time

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:52 pm

im very tempted to do this, but my central locking is so damn unreliable i'm not sure i dare! And how did u manage to swear without it being " ***" ??