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Peeling Arms!
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:56 pm
by JWC
Ah- my arms are peeling....
Seriously though, can you take them arm things off? I was thinking of peeling the rest off and painting the surrounding bits with reflex silver.
Where the hell can you get reflex silver anyway? I think it would look nice if done just right.
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:20 pm
by pettsy
the same things happened on the inside door handles on our mk5
presume u can get new ones from vagparts/vw
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:21 pm
by 4paws
r u talking aboot wiper arms?
if so at the bottom of the arms theres a round plastic cover flip them off and youll find 13mm nuts underneath take them off and the arm just wiggle off
u can buy reflex silver spray cans from a vw dealership dont know where else do them
vw arms lol
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:17 pm
by jon_poloV
yep i had mine relaced under vw warrenty. looks soo much better now. its rings and watches and the miss's nails i recon that scratch them and so the start to peel. the door handle inside we mean for those who dont know what we are talking about.!
jon
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:59 am
by 4paws
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 3:36 pm
by zahir_213
same on mine too, not too bothered tho really it will happen unless u cut all your fingers off and drive once a month
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:32 pm
by moynas
ten british notes for one bought one on tuesday! look crap when they start to peel!
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:55 pm
by SpikeyG40
yeah my bro's have started peeling! probably due to constant in and out use! can look quite tacky! my mates mondeo does it too! but then, well its a ford!
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:05 am
by LOTA
I got the same problem how do you change them?
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:45 am
by madmatt
if your cars still in warenty they will replace them for you
to replace them its easy
flip the center cover of the arm handle to reveal 2 big gold screws
remove the screws
along the bottom of the door card is 2 torque screws u will need a t25 torque bit (little star shape thing )
starting from the bottom pull the door card u can just get your hands in at the bottom and pull like crazy
when remove get a philips driver and unscrew the 3 or 4 screws and the handle will remove
advice
do not over tighten the screws that hold the handle to the door card or u get little bulges in your new plastic handles and they look s**t
