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Removing/smoothing and refitting GTi side skirts
« on: April 01, 2014, 04:10:59 pm »
Hi guys, I'm looking into getting my sideskirts colour coded red, currently are the standard black plastic GTi ones.

Has anyone removed theirs before, or know of a guide I could use?

I have a bodyshop lined up to smooth and paint them for me.

Would I need them to fit some 3M adhesive tape to the top edges for me so when I refit stick to body work. Or use tiger seal? I know they are held on with screws at ends and underneath. Or do VW sell the tape/sealer?

Much appreciated Si

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Re: Removing/smoothing and refitting GTi side skirts
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2014, 12:32:11 pm »
Also considering this, I stumbled across this when i was looking for a way of doing it...

http://uk-mkivs.net/topic/4428-how-to-fit-r32gti-skirts-to-a-mkv/

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Re: Removing/smoothing and refitting GTi side skirts
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2014, 12:38:06 pm »
Cheers mate.

Looks like have double sided tape on them to hold.

To remove my current ones I suppose need to cut/clean this off when removing.

Might see what the bodyshop suggest for refitting.

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