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Seibon Carbon Wings
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: Snoopy on February 06, 2011, 05:56:07 pm ---
I guess you have the dreaded mk5 rusting wheel arches Robin? Lots of people have had it fixed under the 12 year rust cover but imo unless they bead blast your wings the rust will just come back through at some point.
Carbon wings will solve it, it all depends how long you are keeping the car for of cause, you could leave them carbon as i find it a shame to cover them up.
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....Yes, those Seibon carbon wings look utterly beautiful (unless you don't like carbon) but I don't think that black wings on my red car would look very cool. If I hadn't painted all of my carbon bonnet I could have gradually faded the red paint on both wings and bonnet from the A-pillars to reveal the full carbon towards the headlights - That would either look absolutely amazing or total crap!
Quite apart from the cost factor, I wouldn't want lots of extra road noise which drowns or competes with my engine bay sounds into the cabin. < edit: It's only the 100% carbon, not fibreglass backed like these, which tend to transfer road noise.
I forgot about any 12 year rust cover but would I qualify? My arch liners have been eased in and my suspension is low. Somehow I think that VW would use this as an excuse to say no.
Where has there been posted more info about arch rust? I don't think I've got any actual rust yet.
[I've just spotted your George Michael sig! Very good]
danishmkvgti:
--- Quote from: Snoopy on February 06, 2011, 05:56:07 pm ---I guess you have the dreaded mk5 rusting wheel arches Robin? Lots of people have had it fixed under the 12 year rust cover but imo unless they bead blast your wings the rust will just come back through at some point.
Carbon wings will solve it, it all depends how long you are keeping the car for of cause, I do find it a shame to cover them up though.
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Regarding covering the CF wings: as with most of the mods made by enthuastic drivers, a set of CF wings would indicate that other things are done to the vehicle and would attract unnessesary attention to the car. The .:R's are subtle and could be mistaken for stickers. (In the right light you can see the CF weaving underneath the paint as an extra detail :drool: )
Snoopy:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on February 06, 2011, 06:30:37 pm ---Where has there been posted more info about arch rust? I don't think I've got any actual rust yet.
[I've just spotted your George Michael sig! Very good]
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http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,21537.0.html
Is a one i remember, Just do a search for rust there are quite a few threads about it on this forum over time that will then pop up with rust as the search criteria.
RedRobin:
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Right....
^ As you can see, the state of my wheel arches means that *cough* I am totally and irrevocably justified *cough* in changing them to carbon like Jake's.
Well, somehow I don't think I'd manage to persuade VW UK to repair my arch paintwork under the 12-year warranty or does anyone disagree? If that is the case I have the choice of spending:
A) ~£400 on paintshop repairs: Nil benefits apart from general maintenance.
B) ~£1,200 on painted carbon wings: Several benefits - Tyre clearance, lightweight (not that important to me), eye-candy (very subtle) plus .:R logo like Jake's, no further rust maintenance.
@Jake: I'm needing to know of any practical difficulties when you fit the arch liners. I don't want to run without the liners.
danishmkvgti:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on February 11, 2011, 12:45:00 pm ---.
Right....
^ As you can see, the state of my wheel arches means that *cough* I am totally and irrevocably justified *cough* in changing them to carbon like Jake's.
Well, somehow I don't think I'd manage to persuade VW UK to repair my arch paintwork under the 12-year warranty or does anyone disagree? If that is the case I have the choice of spending:
A) ~£400 on paintshop repairs: Nil benefits apart from general maintenance.
B) ~£1,200 on painted carbon wings: Several benefits - Tyre clearance, lightweight (not that important to me), eye-candy (very subtle) plus .:R logo like Jake's, no further rust maintenance.
@Jake: I'm needing to know of any practical difficulties when you fit the arch liners. I don't want to run without the liners.
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Only thing to have in mind is the widening of them other than that just a good bodyshop as they can be a pain to fit. :happy2:
I was wondering as to when you would crack under the pressure. :grin:
BTW are the fenders rust from rubbing or a vw warranty case??
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