Sunglasses Holder - Yep... i am a complete IDIOT

aaronbromley · Sep 20, 2006

Woo hoo, guess what!.... i fitted my sunglasses holder.... but 99% of you can what i am going to say next by reading the title!
Yeah thats rite.... one screw i put in slightly to far and has made a little imprint on the roof, i am not happy at all, + i read all the warnings before hand, i used my original screws... but obviously they are too long

. I was soo annoyed with myself! Cannot believe i was foolish enough to do it.... but anyway... its done now, anyone got any suggestions what i could do to remove this eye-saw. Its not visible for people not knowing its there... but for me..... its like a missing arm. :-o

I will post a picture if people want to see. But.... WARNING... Anyone doing this mod.... cut the screws in half and then use them.

Anyway.... peoples help and suggestions would be much appreciated.

tommmineh · Sep 20, 2006

Yeh the orginal screws are about the same size as the new ones! The grab handle just sits further away - I cut mine in half and all is fine :0

m0rk · Sep 20, 2006

Toxxin got a nipple in his roof doing the same thing

properly funny from a 3rd party point of view.

Not sure if it's something you could undo without pushing it back in & filling / painting

I think he had the mother of all abortions of a chips away job done on it.

aaronbromley · Sep 20, 2006

Oh, perhaps i should just leave mine that, i cannot believe how stupid i was though. I was scared it would happen, but was stupid and went and did it anyway. Really cannot believe it, normally quite good at DIY, but... obviously not safe with a screwdriver. Would have done less damage with a drill!!!!

Ol' Timer · Sep 20, 2006

You could get a quote from one of the paintless dent removal companies such at Dentmaster or Dentdevils. I have used one before to remove a parking dent from a door on the Jazz and they were brilliant. It might be a bit tricky working under the roof lining but I am sure they could do it. They normally charge per panel, no matter how many dents there are.

BJM · Sep 20, 2006

I've seen some great dent devils jobs done on cars but can they sort dents which go outwards from the body?

I have a feeling this may be a stupid question as It's the reverse of what I've seen tham do!

Ol' Timer · Sep 20, 2006

BJM said:
I've seen some great dent devils jobs done on cars but can they sort dents which go outwards from the body?

I have a feeling this may be a stupid question as It's the reverse of what I've seen tham do!

You might have a point there. They would be working on the painted surface of the car and there is nothing to lever against, so maybe they couldn't do it. :shrug:

davels · Sep 20, 2006

can't you just center punch the nipple (as m0rk put it) back into the roof so it is then a dent. obviously being very careful,
shouldn't be a problem for dentdevils then if there that good

aaronbromley · Sep 20, 2006

I really dont think i dare, i will show you all a picture later on tonight and see what you guys think then.

Vicky M · Sep 20, 2006

which size is it for the Beeza (14 /17)

vagparts list both at the same price,

aaronbromley · Sep 20, 2006

https://sslrelay.com/s74326199.onea...0030_Sunglass+holder+=281J0857465=2A=2A=2A=29

Its that one.

Vicky M · Sep 20, 2006

cool, thought so, the larger one states it's for passat
Cheers :thumbup:

i'll get one ordered up for the new car

dasmith83 · Sep 20, 2006

i mite b being silly here...but doesn't our glove box lid have a space for sunglasses?

aaronbromley · Sep 20, 2006

I suppose it can be used for sunglasses, but when i am driving i dont really want to reach across and open the glove box. Far better above my head.

dasmith83 · Sep 20, 2006

true, my old car had one like you've fitted, certainly handy

Tom B · Sep 20, 2006

Yep I did this! I felt like a complete tit when I did it and told this lot, I'm probably the only one that can feel your pain.

I knocked mine back down with an allen key and called Chips Away to fix it.

The filled the dent and did a bad job with the paint the first time, but they returned and made it look invisible. My car was silver though, and this is a bad colour to match. Yours will probably be OK.

The total cost was £105 including filling a scrape down the side of my car and painting all the stone chips. Yours will be half that, I reckon.

aaronbromley · Sep 21, 2006

I may look into that then, however the lump on the roof seems to have almost gone for some reason, maybe i made it out to be worse than it actually is. Strange i know. But i returned home yesterday to have a look at the roof and actually had problems finding the mark. Wouldn't show up clearly on pictures either.

Tom B · Sep 21, 2006

Well, if you can't see it for looking, then what chance has a dealer got if they're looking at it in a PX situation!

If you can't see it, forget about it!

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