whats the best way to remove the wire that connects to the door pull? gonna redo the doors soon, oh and thanks Lee ![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Ive done the door before but the seal I put on it didnt hold and I know from using the sealant before that its a complete nightmare to remove. Its the thought of removing the whole carrier that I dont like!
Cant remember the name of it, its some kind of gasket seal in an aerosol type can.
I know what you mean when you say about having to remove the door carrier again. The sealant is coming off in bits and is near impossible to get it all off. I didnt try loosening the top 2 bolts though so will try that rather than taking the whole panel off. Im going down the butyl strip route this time. The sealant is a complete nightmare to get off!
If you got the seal up that far without taking the panel off I should be OK then. Time to invest in some stanley knife blades to get cutting this silicone seal off! Thanks mate
I put the front windows down but the rear only came down half way.
Yup, that's as far as they are supposed to go. The reason you want to wind the windows down is that the window regulators (bit that makes the glass go up and down) are attached to the carrier. With the glass down you will be able to pull the carrier out that bit further to get your sealant in place.
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I'm now officially miserable. Thank you VAG and your horrible door seals that have allowed my carpets to get soaked, and will probably not be fully dry until next summer unless I take them out and put them in my house. Worse than that, on frosty mornings all my windows are frozen on the inside too and I need a towel to mop up all the excess after defrosting them.
Now, the door seals themselves don't look so bad to do, got some some 6mm round butyl cord from eBay which looks ideal (and was cheap too, £7.49 for 8m, inc. delivery) and a pack of trim clips in case I break a few.
On the other hand, removing the carpet looks like a real mission but it looks like the only option for getting the car properly dried out. Having read marshyc's guide (page 9) on doing this I was thinking of following the guide and then leaving the car in its weight-reduced form (i.e. no seats except the driver's) until the carpets were dry again, but would like to know if I'm going to get any problems like airbag warning lights that will need resetting by the local auto sparky - or will it all just work again as before when I put it back together?
Please excuse my ignorance but I'm used to driving a 20 year old Golf in which the most sophisticated component is the CD player...
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Dubsteve68 used the 6mm stuff in his guide so I guess it will be fine.
If you leave the passenger seat out, the airbag system will detect this, and put the airbag light on. Leave the back seats out by all means, but for the sake of a few minutes extra work, put the passenger seat back in and plug all the plugs in.
Remember to take the necessary precautions when unpluging and plugging in any component relating to the airbag system.
Mike