Plastic Lip Under Lower Front Bumper

[mythik]

Anyone able to confirm how many rivets their front under lip has?

[gavs]

Once again, none on mine, just torx drive screws. Wonder if yours was already ripped off loading/unloading the car to have pop rivets in it.... Can you take a pic and load it up for reference?

[mythik]

I'll post pics later, I checked in ETKA and it lists the rivets for my VIN/model/year.

[William_Foster]

Anyone able to confirm how many rivets their front under lip has?

I have four rivets in mine; but it looks like there are holes for six. The two middle ones don't have rivets in them.

By the way I might need to use those part numbers soon; mine appears to have spent a lot of time on the road [And to think the sales person told me the Sports Kit would make the car a little more raised than the standard one due to the larger wheels].

[Sword_Dude]

I have four rivets in mine; but it looks like there are holes for six. The two middle ones don't have rivets in them.

By the way I might need to use those part numbers soon; mine appears to have spent a lot of time on the road [And to think the sales person told me the Sports Kit would make the car a little more raised than the standard one due to the larger wheels].

Yeah 4 rivets in mine too, which by the way half ripped off over the weekend, I managed to get most of it back in again with finger pressure, I'll try to force the rest in later.

On a slightly different note, your sales guy is a drip, the tyre diameter is almost identical (ie lower profile on sport pack) and in the sport pack I am sure the suspension is dropped 15mm.

[mythik]

On a slightly different note, your sales guy is a drip, the tyre diameter is almost identical (ie lower profile on sport pack) and in the sport pack I am sure the suspension is dropped 15mm.

Indeed. The factory sports back makes the car 15mm lower.

On another note. Thank you all for your input!

[RoknRob]

Same for me - 6 holes, 4 rivets (middle 2 holes empty) - and they are definitely not torx screws.

[gavs]

Same for me - 6 holes, 4 rivets (middle 2 holes empty) - and they are definitely not torx screws.

Knowing my luck I'm probably looking in teh wrong spot then!

I hate pop rivets, they belong on land rovers, not post 1970's Vdubs!

[Sword_Dude]

My problem is now solved as a result of a nice gravel track, the thing ripped right off. It doesn't serve any useful purpose other than to scrape on every parking bollard and speed hump anyway.

[gavs]

And to also lower your fuel consumption for smoother airflow under the car, to also provide your engine with the proper pressure area for the cooling thermo fans, to duct air into and around the brakes and diff....

Also to confirm, the gti shouldn't have any pop rivets, the underpanel is clipped into the front bumper, so I wasnt missing them