The Official "I have ordered/received my new MK7 Golf" Thread

[Bird]

Looks great, upgrade to the slimline plates, they fit much better than the standard 'not designed to fit Euro cars' Oz version and only cost $160 ish.

Already done - Have GOLF17 in slimline on the way!

[Mattlock]

Looks great, upgrade to the slimline plates, they fit much better than the standard 'not designed to fit Euro cars' Oz version and only cost $160 ish.

Yeah, I did that but I also took off the black plate holder as well so my slimline plate mounts directly to the bumper.


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[Eyes24]

Yeah, I did that but I also took off the black plate holder as well so my slimline plate mounts directly to the bumper.


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Did u take front mount off? Can u post pic? Did it come off easily? L want to take mount off my Tiguan rline when it get here.


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[kennyc]

Gratz kennyc

Hope you love yours as much as i love mine great cars to drive esp the highline models with all the glam bits

Cheers, my car is in the vessel called "Bess", it's around France ATM. Wonder if any one else's cars from Watercooled are on the same ship.

[Mattlock]

Did u take front mount off? Can u post pic? Did it come off easily? L want to take mount off my Tiguan rline when it get here.


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Yeah, I did. On the R for some reason the mounts are slightly different and I had to drill out the plastic retaining studs. Apparently on other VWs you can just apply pressure to the centre of the studs with a screwdriver and they pop apart.

I then went the whole hog and bought Bumper Plugs to fill the holes (5 in total with 1 behind the plate).

I then re-drilled the plate screw holes to centre the plate on the bumper (vertically) to make sure it looked right.

Took me about 10mins once I committed a drill bit to the process!




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[Mattlock]

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[Eyes24]

Yeah, I did. On the R for some reason the mounts are slightly different and I had to drill out the plastic retaining studs. Apparently on other VWs you can just apply pressure to the centre of the studs with a screwdriver and they pop apart.

I then went the whole hog and bought Bumper Plugs to fill the holes (5 in total with 1 behind the plate).

I then re-drilled the plate screw holes to centre the plate on the bumper (vertically) to make sure it looked right.

Took me about 10mins once I committed a drill bit to the process!




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I also order from bumper plugs, and have receive them, now just waiting for my Tiguan to arrive. I've heard that the holes are a bit small and u have to use some tape to build up the plugs to make them fix. Did u have same problem?


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[Mattlock]

I also order from bumper plugs, and have receive them, now just waiting for my Tiguan to arrive. I've heard that the holes are a bit small and u have to use some tape to build up the plugs to make them fix. Did u have same problem?


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The holes were quite a bit too big. I just used a tiny dot of superglue behind each one to hold them in place rather than building up the plugs. They've been in place for over 6-7 months without any issues (including car washes).

If I ever end up having to replace the front bumper due to damage, I'll ask the crash repairers to not drill the extra holes!



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[Eyes24]

The holes were quite a bit too big. I just used a tiny dot of superglue behind each one to hold them in place rather than building up the plugs. They've been in place for over 6-7 months without any issues (including car washes).

If I ever end up having to replace the front bumper due to damage, I'll ask the crash repairers to not drill the extra holes!



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Thanks mate!


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