Niche Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I was waxing my car yesterday so I was paying attention to most of the bodywork. And I noticed I have two completely different roof sills! The passenger side is painted and the driver side is rubber ! Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy'dup Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I was waxing my car yesterday so I was paying attention to most of the bodywork. And I noticed I have two completely different roof sills! The passenger side is painted and the driver side is rubber ! Any ideas?whats the question? how to fix it or why it is like that?chances are ones off or for another vehicle, trimmed to fit. or that possibly they changed them with years passing in the development of the lupo and was replaced with a more modern one. either that or a previous owner DIY not finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_lupz Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I was waxing my car yesterday so I was paying attention to most of the bodywork. And I noticed I have two completely different roof sills! The passenger side is painted and the driver side is rubber ! Any ideas?aaaaahhhhhh lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niche Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 (edited) But why would the roof seal ever need changing? Its painted on as standard and its covered by VW's 12 year bodywork gaurantee. Its not going to be covered under warranty now that the previous **** tampered with it.Mind you though I have plastic bumpers on the lower part and plastic mirror covers for a laugh when I've seen older Lupo's with colour coded bodywork. Edited June 24, 2008 by Niche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy'dup Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 But why would the roof seal ever need changing? Its painted on as standard and its covered by VW's 12 year bodywork gaurantee. Its not going to be covered under warranty now that its the previous **** tampered with it.Mind you though I have plastic bumpers on the lower part and plastic mirror covers for a laugh when I've seen older Lupo's with colour coded bodywork.they do get knackered, being rubber they can perish in the sun and flake, sometimes if they get pulled out they never fit back in properly so are replaced, are you sure its painted as standard? sounds weird to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niche Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 (edited) I'm confident the roof sills are painted as standard. There was another topic about the painted ones bubbling away and that VW would fix that under there 12 year gaurantee. If the numpty before me replaced it with a plastic one I can kiss goodbye my warranty. My car seems to have plastic all over it, maybe I'll just replace the painted one for a plastic one. Got Plastic? Edited June 24, 2008 by Niche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpo Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 At-least on a black car it isn't quite so much of a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartagram Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 If it really matters that much to you just get another one and a tin of black paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plug Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 i think your sport must be a cut and shut mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niche Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 If it really matters that much to you just get another one and a tin of black paint.Not the same minge. That defies the point. i think your sport must be a cut and shut mateWell I'm not so fussed, if my car was any other colour than Black I would have had a fat strop by now. Roll on the body shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Black ones on my 1.0 Arosa.Maybe one has been replaced. Simple.I would buy another plain one and get ris of the painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Do both sides look the same but one is painted? Or is one actually a strip of rubber?Arosas have unpainted ones. I nearly lost one of mine when it decided to come loose on the motorway, so maybe it got lost that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niche Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I'm presuming they were both painted as standard as the painted one has a tiny bubble meaning its been there for some time so I doubt a painted one would have fallen loose. Maybe it got taken off for a roof rack and the ghey ruined the drivers side one.The one on the drivers side looks the same as the passenger side but upon closer inspection its a strip of rubber.May as well have my passenger side mirror cap and half of my front & rear bumper sprayed black to show my half job car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB1.0e Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 On my 1.0e I had black roof sill trims (matching the door mirrors and rubbing strips).My sport has colour coded trims, I always thought they were colour coded on "S" models upwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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