New Wheels on My T4

[vannin]

They had to order parts from Germany, then the clips for the plastic panels wernt included so they had to wait for them.
Mechanic and an auto lecy couldnt start it so it was booked into the "authorised vw dealer" 10 working day wait to have time to reprogram the computer but still took another 4 days to have time to look at it.
Then by the sound of things they had put a 4cyl dizzy in my 5cyl (roo snapped it off) so had to wait a week to find one....
Its been so long its out of rego lol.
Its almost put me off vws Id hate to go through this again!
But Its out of the evil clutches of the "authorized reapiarer" now so I can relax its in safe hands again.
Hopefully I,ll have it this coming week (but Ive heard that every week for the last 6)
Nik

[melissa]

I hope you do get it back this week Nik.

Now for the downside......

My mudflaps have been scraping when I drive in and out of my driveway - it has that horrible scooped gutter all the way round the culdesaq - so I have been keeping an eye on them. The drivers side came unclipped today...


So I have taken the two screw out that were left holding it on....


My question is - Should I just leave these holes as they are or put the screws back in? The screws dont seem to want to go all the way back in.

[Golf Loon]

Leave the holes or put a blob of silicone if it worries you.

I reckon you are better off without mudguards, everytime I take em off, you get a fist sized clump of mud and detrius that has been kept moist and against your inner guard. massive rust trap.
Sure they keep your paint clean, but really its just moving the dirt to a worse place.

Just my 2c worth.

[melissa]

Thanks Matt - I agree about the mud - there is a big lump of it there. I will just dab some silicone on the holes after I have cleaned the muck away.

What about the back ones?

[rob64981]

Leave the holes or put a blob of silicone if it worries you.

Be careful with using silicone!!

It contains salt and will rot the metal very quickly

Friend used it to fill a couple of hole in the roof of his T4 and its worse now than before he filled the holes....
(it was meant to be temporary)

Rob

[Deeceer]

Be careful with using silicone!!

It contains salt and will rot the metal very quickly

Friend used it to fill a couple of hole in the roof of his T4 and its worse now than before he filled the holes....
(it was meant to be temporary)

Holes in the roof? If they were rust-edged already no wonder they got worse, the silicon would have sealed in that Mancunian moisture.

[melissa]

I might give it a squirt of fish oil first, then wipe over with silicone - I just dont want to encourage rust.