a1topdog
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1 minute ago, skinnyman said:
Where abouts are you in the country?
Right down near Gatwick airport, a place called Horsham
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And now the headlight slotted in a treat, and lines up as it should do. I can actually see the adjusters now.
I can also now easily remove the headlight with the front plastic bumper fitted.
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It was only the crash bar that was bent. No damage to the front panel or chassis legs.
Fitted, before and after.
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I got lucky and found a brand new genuine crash bar at an excellent price. Shame the courier decided to drop it on its end and bend it! Luckily it's only minor, I'll sort that out
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And I wasn't wrong. Look at the state of it.
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So this is the issue with the headlight. There is a big space between the top lug and the car front panel, yet both sides of the headlight fit flush against the panel as they should.
Also there was no way the headlight could be removed with the plastic bumper cover fitted. I was suspecting the crash bar was bent.......
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Got the degreaser out. That's better.
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I removed the front bumper to investigate my headlight issue and was presented with this mess. Not a lot of cooling going on there ......
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1 hour ago, MikeTheThinker said:
I have a pair of the original glass-lenses headlights buried in my garage if they're any use to you. Not sure if they're off a standard or a vrs - or if they're any different at all.
Thanks Mike, I have already sourced some replacements 👍🏻
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I'd love these but it's a 5.5hour journey each way 😭
Do you have any reliable shipping options?
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That basically brings progress up to date. I've started to delve into a front end headlight / front panel alignment issue. I'll write that up once I've had a chance to look into it.
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Chipped paint and gaps all sorted
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I inserted a couple of washers between the bottom hinge and the door. These were just the right thickness to bring the door back into line.
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The passenger door was slightly out of alignment and was catching on the wing at the bottom of the door and had chipped off the door paint. You can see in this photo how the door gap is not even all the way down. I thought I'd adjust the door hinges on the A post. I removed the wing to make it easier to get the hinge bolts then realised one bolt was inside the A post. Having recently just refitted the interior I wasn't taking it apart again. A plan B was required.
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50/50. Its cleaning up ok
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While the tailgate trim panel was off I cleaned up the years of accumulated grime.
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All of these tailgate repairs will be covered up the chevron decal shown here. But as these will be expensive to buy I wanted to make sure there was a solid base underneath
(Photo credit Dan Derisive, Facebook)
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I was really pleased with how this came out. At one point I thought I might have to paint the whole tailgate, but managed to blend the paint nicely on the localised repairs.
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Next was the tailgate. This has the usual mess around the push button and around the handle. I think some of this must have been caused when the police chevron decals were fitted and they cut around the handle, damaging the paint.
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Then there was 2 little scabs on the front of the bonnet, either side of the grill
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The front roof corners. I still need to blend the paint line here, but I may need to paint the whole roof at some point, so this repair was just to keep the rust at bay.
I had to do both sides, but you get the idea
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The door bottoms
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Parts For Sale: Mk1 Octavia vRS Interior - SOLD
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Agree, collection would be the best. I'll make some enquires, but don't hold them for me, as it would be a long shot to be able to get up there.