Screws for wheel arch liner

[David Lawrence]

Im doing some refurbishments on the 2001 con se manual, and removed the front wheel arch liner to wax behind it and generally check things out.

14 years of road salt and water have taken their toll on the screws around the edges of the liner where they go around the place where mudflaps would go.

They are a funny size with a built in washer, so went looking for replacements, and saw these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-SELF-TA...item5d46f991b4

Will give them a try.

[suffolk boy]

just went to my local enginering shop replaced them with stainless steel self tappers and washers cost nxt to nothing.i do not no the size they measured my sample and gave me the new ones they fitted perfect

[Heddy]

May be prudent to renew the 'spire' nuts (I think they're called) too. You can buy them with screws in packs from hardware stores. As said, stainless steel ones are the bees knees

[David Lawrence]

Originally Posted by Heddy

May be prudent to renew the 'spire' nuts (I think they're called) too. You can buy them with screws in packs from hardware stores. As said, stainless steel ones are the bees knees

They were in good condition as it happened. It was just the heads of the screws rusted up, i thought the ones with torx heads might be less prone to slip, but if they don't work out I will go the stainless route as well.

I found everything behind the arch liner to be in pretty good condition, just a few bits of rust on the edges of the panels where they are welded together, but i painted it with locktite rust convertor, and then sprayed the area with dinitrol underbody wax.