This would be the perfect time to swap them for gloss black pillars í ½í¸
Every cloud!
Really appreciate the replies peeps, helps to put my mind at ease! Is this panel easily removed?? Thanks.
Have you owned the car from new? A previous owner could of painted it badly or wrapped it?
I picked up an 8P the other week and asked the garage to spray my pillars as they were all peeled. Sun baked on. You can wrap it in vinyl, plastidip it or paint it again properly.
I could be wrong but that looks like a vinyl wrap anyway... That's how vinyl will lift off plus looks like there is lots of dust just above (looks like it's underneath?!
They are very easy to swap to black edition parts, I done mine a few weeks back.
1. Gently pull back door seal and drill the heads off the 3x pop rivets
2. Pull the side with the rivet hole about 2-3cms away from the body and carefully slide the panel towards the front of the car
3. Put some WD-40 or similar on the window rubbers and side strips to allow the new panel to slide into place and then pop some new rivets in.
Really is that simple
I think the black edition panels were £30-£40 each from TPS and the finish is perfect, I will post the part numbers when I get home if I remember
Craig
Part numbers are;
8P3853290DY9B
8P3853290DY9B
Craig
Are they the same part numbers for a 2054 3door?
Not better to wrap at that price?
As I dont time travel, I wouldnt know mate
Haha sorry 2005 (54) lol!!
I've just bought some 3m 1080 G12 Gloss black wrap for 12.99 to do it myself!
Look further up this thread, it tells you how to get them off. Basically rivets need drilling out before they come off.Ye will do!Do they just pop out with force or is there a certain way to get them out?