MK2 Golf Jacking points...Ouch

I must talk with my welder/painter if this repair patch (with attached old jacking point) won't be a problem (I assume it shouldn't be). I talked with him earlier and said that I will buy this panel.

Is the hole that I marked as 1 is also part of this panel ?




MUSHY 16V and TSR 2.1 thanks for your answers and opinions.

 

1 would cover that hole.

Have a look in the link on my sig and you can kinda see

 

Mine have been welded up now. Currently just painting the arches to put the trims back on. I will grab some pics off my other camera and put them up. He left me know when he got through the job so I could take pictures along the way.

 

Well looks like I am about to tackle this repair onc more. On my white mk2.

If requested I will take some more / proper photos and bounce these up?

 

mine has similar issues. Whats the best way to clean off the underseal? Drill wire attachment? or heat and scraper

 

If it is proper under seal as in the black soft paint on stuff then heat and a scraper.

But if it is the hard VW stuff the a grinder and a twisted cupped brush on will make short work of it.

 

Grinder & wire brush FTW. Goggles and gloves are essential with those!!!!

 

Also arm & leg protection! Those things fly eveywhere!

 

While I would agree with you totally, if you use these twisted wire brush ones
I find that these are a lot less likely to send wires flying all over the place. They do last a good bit longer too.

 

Have my MK2 in the garage during winter and slowly completing some jobs, had the wheels off and found that the passenger side jacking point was rusted through and collapsed when jacked up.





Is this the part I need? or should I go with alternatives in this thread Seat or Polo items?

http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Front-Chassis-Section-Left-hand-Side-MK2-Golf-191803097F_act_shop.product_pID_74905217_lang_EN_country_US.htm

Cheers

Dan

 

I'm not even sure they are jacking points are they? I would have thought they were more jig points on the production line cradle ? That's why the jack use the sill jacking point???? When they are like tea bags I suppose it doesn't matter. But that sign is usually the start of the rest of rot to come!!

 

I've got a bit of info on jacking points which might help people as the panels are no longer available.

Scrap what i wrote below, I've looked at the body cut in the day light and realised its a mk2 part, False alarm
I believe corrado shells are fitted with two different panels for this location, one panel is the same as the mk2, the other style the same as mk2 G60/rallye shells so if you can find a solid one will be a good source for a repair section.

I repaired this area on my G60 syncro shell a few years ago. When I did this I used a body cut from a corrado (year and model unknown). The golf G60 shells and rallye shells are slightly different in this area, but share the same panel as corrado's. Picture's below.







I knew this area was also a bit ropey on my other mk2 GTI, so when a friend was breaking a corrado I got another body cut to repair this mk2. From repairing the G60 I knew the panel would be different but maybe it could still be used.
Well it turns out this corrado had the same panel as a normal mk2, this corrado was an early G60. I will get a picture of the other corrado panel this evening.

 

Interesting to learn that Corrados had a mixture of these panels Gareth.

 

Yeah I was surprised too, I assumed they all had the larger panel. I thought it might help people find replacements.
I'm not sure if it's age, model, or both related. I'll try and get the other picture tonight.

 

That's interesting on the beam bushes, Could it be early cars or parts left over.

False alarm on my findings/comments above, sorry.
I've checked the body cut in the day light and its actually from a mk2.
I've had it a while and in my memory i thought it had come from a early corrado. I was looking at it the other night in the dark, and got excited.

Please feel free to delete my posts Trev.