As you probably remember i did this before with TFW, the difference this time, i did it going backwards. The concrete pillar just crept up and jumped out behind me. Luckily not as bad as first appearances and it all polished out without too much drama. No after photo you'll just have to take my word for it.
A couple of things that have been bothering me since i bought the car, firstly is the rear number plate, it was hanging on with one bolt something which i temporarily remedied with good old stickybacked velcro for the summer. Somebody had previously bodged the fixings and indeed attempted to drill one of them out so the mounting points were mangled, useless and more annoyingly rusty. Something had to be done. I'd been putting it off a bit as i knew it would be time consuming as the tailgate trim needed to come off first. I removed the remains of the the previous fixings and sanded down around the mounting hole, rummaged through my box of nuts, bolts and washers and came up with something better and more permanent than velcro.
I'll have to give it a top coat in a few days as the rust killer had to dry for 6 hours or so. So it's all still in pieces for now.
The second thing that has been bugging me is a bit of plastic trim by the wheel arch not quite sitting right and removal did indeed reveal a broken clip, an email to the local VW dealer and two are on order for next week.
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