[scoobyboy1]

Is it the front wing?? A few of my mates have mk5 GTi's and they have had the same problems with the front wings rusting/bubbling, Only way to cure it mate, is buy new front wings and get them painted!!

 

[scoobyboy1]

yeah if its a front get it replaced...be worth looking inside the other one too

dont go for the cheapest repair , for rust you need it doing right and doing once , otherwise it will be festering again by spring time

Personally I would get the 2 front wings done, cost more in the long run if you leave it and then have to take it to the bodyshop again, at least when at the bodyshop the paint/materials etc are already there, and if you do the both you wont have to worry for at least another 10-15 years

 

[scoobyboy1]

How old is the car? How many owners has the car had? Do you know the previous owners?

The car could easily have been resprayed before 1st delivery, whether a problem with the initial factory job needed redone, or damage caused somewhere along the line from the factory to the 1st buyer.

Audi tried to get out of a warranty repair on my friends car because it had been painted. He pointed he was only the 2nd owner, and he bought it from his parents and 100% KNEW it was not painted since they bought it from that garage! They did a warranty repair on it after that :lol:

This happens more often then people think, I went to a bodyshop to have some paint on my car years ago and there was 4 MK6 Golf R's which where brand new un-registered at the time, I asked how they managed to all need paint at the same time and the guy told me that they where all damaged in delivery and they where having front and rear bumpers painted on all 4 cars!!!

Obviously these cars where eventually registered and then sold as brand new to customers, who are unaware that there cars would have already been in a bodyshop and painted.

 

[scoobyboy1]

Shot blasting is my preferred method but as above new wings

Why shot blast a wing?? it will bolt off and bolt on a new one, shot blasting is great if doing subframes, and quarter panels etc that dont either un-bolt easy or un-bolt at all.