Need some pics of corner bumper vents for MK7R

[smashedpotatoes]

Hi all,

I got my car back from the body shop a couple weeks ago and noticed they may have messed up a bit reinstalling my front bumper. More specifically, I saw some bits in the corner vents that I don’t recall seeing before I dropped off my car. Would anyone help check their bumpers and let me know how mine compares?

I took some pics and circled areas where I don’t remember being exposed prior. The right (passenger) side has some sort of plastic hose visible and the left (driver) side has some plastic piece sticking out. My gut is telling me that the hose might be fine but the plastic piece looks bent out of shape.

 

[ZERO815]

I might be wrong but based on the hose and connector that looks like the headlight washer for me. Does the right side still work?

 

[smashedpotatoes]

I agree. That looks like the headlight washer. I haven’t tried to see if it still works but I don’t have any reason to suspect it doesn’t. My main concern is verifying if it was exposed like that originally. I don’t believe it was but don’t remember.

 

[ZERO815]

Don’t have a Golf R but that doesn’t look right to me. As if it isn’t clicked in correctly.

 

[smashedpotatoes]

Thanks! I asked around a few friends and they said the same. I finally got a pic from another R owner and this is definitely not correct.

 

[The Fed]

Was it a VW-approved shop? I hope not.

 

[aloha_from_bradley]

Thanks! I asked around a few friends and they said the same. I finally got a pic from another R owner and this is definitely not correct.

What year was the car that sent you the picture?

The MK7.5s don't have headlight washers.

 

[hans611]

I can tell you 100% they are routing that headlight washer incorrectly, it should be behind the air duct.

They have made that mistake on my car twice, different shops. In my car it causes the headlight washer to get stuck on the way down.
This was a body shop (that does high-end cars for all the Miami people, and charge $$) and a local euro shop that almost exclusively does MK5,Mk6,Mk7s (and have been going for the last decade) so it happens...

You have to go back for sure to get it fixed.....

 

[smashedpotatoes]

What year was the car that sent you the picture?

The MK7.5s don't have headlight washers.

Yep, aware of this! It was a MK7, same year as mine. Thanks.

I can tell you 100% they are routing that headlight washer incorrectly, it should be behind the air duct.

They have made that mistake on my car twice, different shops. In my car it causes the headlight washer to get stuck on the way down.
This was a body shop (that does high-end cars for all the Miami people, and charge $$) and a local euro shop that almost exclusively does MK5,Mk6,Mk7s (and have been going for the last decade) so it happens...

You have to go back for sure to get it fixed.....

Ouch, thanks for letting me know. I’ve already reached out to the body shop to set up an appointment to come back. The repairs and paint work are good quality, so I’m just chalking this up to carelessness.

 

[The Fed]

I'd want to watch them remove and reinstall the bumper, to make sure they didn't break any tabs.

 

[Kushdaiin]

When I installed the Park Assist Sensors on my R, the first time I put my bumper on I had a hell of a time getting everything to line up and it looked exactly as your first pictures. It just takes a little bit of patience and experience to get it on cleanly. Ideally its a two-person job but can be done without issue by yourself and a furniture blanket on the ground. It looks like they didn't bother to inspect their work as its easy to be deceived into thinking you've got it right, when in reality, shit's sticking out everywhere.