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Bodywork & Paintwork / Re: Door Opening Issues
Last post by Martin109 -
This issue has developed further, in that it appears the aftermarket locking door handles are not particularly good.  One partial solution was to drill a hole in the relevant moving part in the handle mechanism and then fit a little screw, which raises the profile of the tab.  This works, in that the doors can be opened, but the problem then is that they can't be locked, as the modification obviously blocks the locking mechanism.

I am wondering if the way round this is to judiciously bend the steel plate within the door, slightly raising it, so that the tab within the handle mechanism has less travel before moving the plate.

Has anyone else had this issue and how did you get round it?   It's another MOT issue, as the doors have to be able to be opened from the outside (I thought opening from the inside was sufficient for MOT purposes).
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Other Problems / VIN Label Unreadable
Last post by Martin109 -
My 1990 Driver was due to have an MOT but the technician couldn't even start as the VIN label in the engine bay was missing, and the labels on the door pillar and in the boot were present but unreadable. 

He said I needed to present the car along with the V5 document, in order for it to be MOTd.

Has anyone else had this issue?  Is it possible to obtain new labels, or an alu VIN plate that could be rivetted in the engine bay?
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Wheels & Tyres / RZ BBS ALLOYS
Last post by Caddyman26 -
Hi all having a clear out of all my old MK2 Golf Parts and came across a few sets of RZ BBS as  "uncommon"  as rocking horse poo.Think these came fitted to the mk2 as a special order may be wrong .I have a 14”Full set with centres and a 15” Full set with would be the hardest set to get .Anyone interested drop me a message