lupogtiboy Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 ha s anyone else had to have their rear boot spoiler replaced? or even the high level brake light? i'm soon to be on my third brake light coz it keeps filling up with water!!! took it tio work ( a vw dealer), they went to change it by taking the spoiler off, and found the seal around the edge of the spoiler has broken!! so its been leaking water sraight into the brake light! so i'm having a new spoiler fitted, thankfully, this is being done under warranty, or it would cost around £400 to get sorted! although i supoose you could `re-seal` the one on there, but they wouldn't do that under warranty!! hopefully having it fitted today!! yayayayaya!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 i also had 3 brake lights, and last one was also a new spoiler! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Mine lets water in gettin it changed next week under warranty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogtiboy Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 weel, it wasn't without trouble, so here goes!!!!new one delivered back from our bodyshop, ****ty paint job, too light, full of pits and dirty marks, so i refused to have it fitted. New brake light was put into old spoiler, `re-sealed` and mounted, all screwed down, tried the brake lights, nothing!! changed the fuse, tried them again, heard the fuse pop straight away!!!, so had to remove spoiler (not easy coz the sealant was really sticky and strong!), to find that a screw had gone thru the cable that connects to the brake light!!! So rerouted the cable, and put in on again, got alittle bit of sealant sqidged out from the edge, but goona trim it when the weather is better!! certainly seems to be working, as i've looked this morning, and it has no water!!! moral of the story is, don't let driftbridge bodyshop paint anything as they are crap!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Ok so let me get something straight, as my car is out of warranty if my breaklight (in the spoiler) fails it's gonna cost me in the region of £400? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogtiboy Posted February 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 thats only if you have a new spoiler painted and fitted in a vw workshop! if you have the old one `re-sealed`, it won't cost as much!!! brake lights are around £40. it took around an hour to an hour and a half to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 My high level brake light is dim but still works. According to VW it was not covered by warranty...I'm not going to fork out £££'s to fix something that isn't a legal requirement or an MOT failure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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