@bobby_fodge my mate got his wings from an ebay seller/company called - lothianautopartsuk hope this helps
its mad to think that some garages just don't think about the customers pocket and will pull all the notes you have for something that wouldn't cost that at all! me and my mate fitted the ebay front wings Saturday.. so my opinion/review:colour match is pretty much spot on (LC9Z) and I couldn't tell the difference. as for fitment.. the job itself is easy enough, but as for the actual fitment of the wings.. the passenger side is absolutely perfect.. as in, you wouldn't know it wasn't original.. the quality, the shut lines the perfection of fit.. I was very surprised at the perfection! This wing had a label stuck on the inside saying TUV approved (insurance approved I think). As for the drivers side wing: well.. I have to say I wasn't best pleased about this one (although its not my car, its my opinion) shut lines fit perfectly against the door, front bumper and front half of the bonnet line.. but the mounting bracket at the top left corner near the mirror where it bolts near the window screen, it was extended too far so it lined up for the nut to be bolted, but the extension of the bracket pushed the wing out near the pillar line and top half of the bonnet line.. as in almost by 1cm higher and further out than it should have been! and there was no way of bending the bracket, its like it would of needed cutting down and welding up!we was at the point of no return as his original wings was totally rusted, so we continued the fit and my mate just bent the wing in up top to blend better, looks alright to be fair but that 10% of extra precision from the manufacturer would of made us a lot more happier with the overall job! (this wing didn't have the label TUV approved. so wondering if the company sourced this wing elsewhere or whether it was pot luck to have 1 perfect and 1 that 10% not so perfect. anyhow, that's my review on the ebay wings.. if you're wings are totally buggered this is not a bad route to go down! In note to your post though, I would be happy you paid little money to keep the original wings, and came out with a perfection job, and saved the hassle :)
I see you what you mean by the shut lines on the drivers side. I have the beginnings of bubbling but no rust break through at the moment. I did have one question though... how well made were the panels? The issue is panel thickness and longevity and I wonder whether I should just swallow the VW price and get it sprayed up by a local? Do VW do some sort of electrostatic zinc dipping with a base coat of primer whereas pattern parts are just sprayed primer?I would prefer to get decent quality even though its more expensive.
