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menocal wrote:The Brembo kit for the moment stays there,
Now for the next purchase will be protection for the headlights:

Hi Marco, where did you buy these from? As I'm trying to find a new set to buy-I have to passenger side covers, but no drivers side on mine for some strange reason!

Aquavalver wrote:

menocal wrote:The Brembo kit for the moment stays there,
Now for the next purchase will be protection for the headlights:

Hi Marco, where did you buy these from? As I'm trying to find a new set to buy-I have to passenger side covers, but no drivers side on mine for some strange reason!

Hi, the protections of the headlights?
I find for months, I spent hours on eBay sites in many nations,
at the end I was lucky to find them,
unfortunately Volkswagen will not produce more,
you must try and try ...

If I had to find a sale I'm warning you!!!

Sweet Rear lights man, Where'd you manage to dig them up from?

SolidZeus wrote:Sweet Rear lights man, Where'd you manage to dig them up from?

Sorry, but I do not understand the question,
want to know where you can buy these lights?

menocal wrote:

SolidZeus wrote:Sweet Rear lights man, Where'd you manage to dig them up from?

Sorry, but I do not understand the question,
want to know where you can buy these lights?

He means he likes your lights and yes, wondered where you found them!

SolidZeus wrote:Sweet Rear lights man, Where'd you manage to dig them up from?

Ok (Aquavalver)...
I bought them from him,
new here is on sale now:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Hella-Ruckleucht ... 6rk%3D1%26

menocal wrote:Hi,
I was thinking of smoothing the bumpers and doors,
how many of you have done?
What do you think?

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menocal wrote:

menocal wrote:Hi,
I was thinking of smoothing the bumpers and doors,
how many of you have done?
What do you think?

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Trouble is, is that it's a lot of work as there are holes in the doors and quarter panels that need to be welded, then skim-filled, the resprayed. The bumpers would need to be plastic welded then skim filled and then of course re-painted, so it's quite a lot of the car that would need to be painted altogether in the end!

[/quote]Trouble is, is that it's a lot of work as there are holes in the doors and quarter panels that need to be welded, then skim-filled, the resprayed. The bumpers would need to be plastic welded then skim filled and then of course re-painted, so it's quite a lot of the car that would need to be painted altogether in the end![/quote]

I understand,
But I see that many of you have done this work ...

If your paint is in good overall condition then don't bother. Sure it looks better but there's a lot of work involved. Spend your money in something else.
Regarding smoothing i've been told that after some period of time the bumper may crack where the welding is done due to weather conditions or most commonly when pressure is applied from another car's bumper.
I wouldn't do it if i planned to keep the car for some years but it's your choice.

TRiBaL wrote:If your paint is in good overall condition then don't bother. Sure it looks better but there's a lot of work involved. Spend your money in something else.
Regarding smoothing i've been told that after some period of time the bumper may crack where the welding is done due to weather conditions or most commonly when pressure is applied from another car's bumper.
I wouldn't do it if i planned to keep the car for some years but it's your choice.

Thanks for your advice,
I decided,
I will not do this work,
I like the original and I will keep so.

You could do a small amount of smoothing like the petrol cap finger slot, the boot smoothed or my favorite smoothing idea is the front bumper number plate recess delete. Tidys up the front-end and keeps it looking oem.

Trottagti wrote:You could do a small amount of smoothing like the petrol cap finger slot, the boot smoothed or my favorite smoothing idea is the front bumper number plate recess delete. Tidys up the front-end and keeps it looking oem.

I agree, i was going to smooth my whole bumper but i went for just the plate recess in the end it definatly makes the front end look 100% better