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Offline Graeme Foreman

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Rear bumper hole??
« on: May 09, 2016, 08:42:13 pm »
Basically tonight when i was swapping my number plate buld for some lovely SMD's i noticed a dimond shaped hole between the two number plate lights. Anyone know what its for ? Theres a black plastic bit that sits inside it



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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2016, 08:44:19 pm »
Reverse camera may have been installed at some point.
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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2016, 10:01:05 pm »
Thank you will have to have a look in the boot see if the previous owner left me the wires
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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2016, 10:04:33 pm »
My first mk5 had this, but it had some kind of bung in it. Was a late 2005 model.
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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2016, 10:55:29 pm »
Iirc they all have it and the black bit of plastic is the center bumper bracket
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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2016, 11:05:18 pm »
I'll have to take a look and that's quite weird @TAPPY to have a random hole  :thinking:
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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2016, 11:33:53 pm »
Quote from: r5gtt on May 09, 2016, 11:05:18 pm
I'll have to take a look and that's quite weird @TAPPY to have a random hole  :thinking:

Yeah it's random. Think the little black plastic bung that's part of the bracket actually holds the bumper in place when it's unbolted and you press it to release the bumper not 100% on that though
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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2016, 11:37:36 pm »
Quote from: TAPPY on May 09, 2016, 11:33:53 pm
Quote from: r5gtt on May 09, 2016, 11:05:18 pm
I'll have to take a look and that's quite weird @TAPPY to have a random hole  :thinking:

Yeah it's random. Think the little black plastic bung that's part of the bracket actually holds the bumper in place when it's unbolted and you press it to release the bumper not 100% on that though
That's so  :stupid: I'm defo going to have a look as it's a silly idea for holding up the bumper but this is VAG we're talking about  :signLOL:
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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2016, 11:40:33 pm »
Quote from: r5gtt on May 09, 2016, 11:37:36 pm
Quote from: TAPPY on May 09, 2016, 11:33:53 pm
Quote from: r5gtt on May 09, 2016, 11:05:18 pm
I'll have to take a look and that's quite weird @TAPPY to have a random hole  :thinking:

Yeah it's random. Think the little black plastic bung that's part of the bracket actually holds the bumper in place when it's unbolted and you press it to release the bumper not 100% on that though
That's so  :stupid: I'm defo going to have a look as it's a silly idea for holding up the bumper but this is VAG we're talking about  :signLOL:

Yeah lol


It's on the bottom of the circled part
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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2016, 11:42:45 pm »
Nice one  :happy2: stupid cars  :stupid: :signLOL:

Good place to put a rear parking camera though  :grin:
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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2016, 12:11:11 am »
Yeah but you need to remove that part first lol
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Re: Rear bumper hole??
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2016, 12:51:24 am »
More head ache  :signLOL:
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