MillSpeed
Number of posts : 106 Location : Abington Drives : Skoda Fabia SDI :-( Registration date : 2011-08-21
| Subject: Removing mk3 Golf wings Sun Mar 11 2012, 16:19 | |
| Are the front wings on a mk3 relatively easy to get off or are they so cocooned in underseal that you end up damaging them taking them off (like the mk2!!)? I spy rust and I want to get after it! | |
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guy Moderator
Number of posts : 1689 Age : 56 Location : Littleport Drives : MK 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, T5 Registration date : 2009-09-15
| Subject: Re: Removing mk3 Golf wings Sun Mar 11 2012, 18:55 | |
| Easy peasy mate.
Take off the grill, Take out the indicators and fake lenses. Undo the four 13mm bolts facing you. Undo the 10mm bolts that go upwards under the bumper Undo the 10mm bolts that go downwards ontop of the bumper. Undo the clips in the front of the wheel arches.
Pull the bumper off. Remove the arch plastic linings (8mm bolts)
Undo the 10mm bolts along the top of the wing, bottom of the wing, only two inside (one top one bottom) front of the wing ( on drivers side Undo the vacuum accumalator and the bonnet earth strap (10mm+13mm)
Pull the wings off.
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MillSpeed
Number of posts : 106 Location : Abington Drives : Skoda Fabia SDI :-( Registration date : 2011-08-21
| Subject: Re: Removing mk3 Golf wings Sun Mar 11 2012, 19:43 | |
| Fantastic mate, thanks very much! | |
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Jvdskoda
Number of posts : 20 Location : kennet, Newmarket Drives : mk3 Golf Registration date : 2012-03-06
| Subject: Re: Removing mk3 Golf wings Wed May 16 2012, 20:35 | |
| The wing on my mk3 was bonded to the inner wing. bent it a treat removing it, luckily I was replacing it anyway | |
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guy Moderator
Number of posts : 1689 Age : 56 Location : Littleport Drives : MK 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, T5 Registration date : 2009-09-15
| Subject: Re: Removing mk3 Golf wings Thu May 17 2012, 02:13 | |
| As with nearly every car built within the last fifty years, you will find some kind of fugitive paste. It's easy enough to remove the wing without resorting to gorilla tactics. This one's definitely a time when brains beats brawn. | |
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MarkGTX
Number of posts : 2925 Age : 37 Location : fens! Drives : Rocco and Passat Registration date : 2008-01-19
| Subject: Re: Removing mk3 Golf wings Thu May 17 2012, 10:59 | |
| Time and a bit of knowledge as to where everything is. Like those wings in the scrappy I called you about guy | |
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