Boot Smoothing

[Jim Mcrae]

Wats is the easiest DIY way of going about smoothing your tailgate??
And will an aftermarket GTE backbox fit my 1.2 mk1??
Thanks

[SRlew]

id say the easiest way is just to get one of those smooth panels from somwhere. think supernovas do them.

as you'v said after market id presume its got a 2" bore, have you got a standard system?

[Ste L]

noooooooooo, the smooth boot panels are ****e.. i've used one..

just get body shop or someone that can weld to just weld it up with a sheet of metal, then grind down welds and skim it your self..


if the back box off a full system or ment for the standard gte system..
if its the latter it will fit, but if its for a full system, the bore will be too big for your standard system-

[Jim Mcrae]

Cheers for the help the old man can weld so ill will see what he says.:thumb:

[SRlew]

ah well, yer would be better to have it welded though.

[tappingt]

just delock the boot, looks alot better and v.simple.

[Mike.]

never ever touch those finre glass tailgate panels there crap, alot more work needed then you think

[ad4m]

ye ive just finished doing my boot i used a sheet of steel weld it all the way around grind them down and skim with filler if u can make the middle stick out abit bcoz the middle takes alot of filler and if u can get a metre ruler get one bcoz then u can see if it is level all the way down thats wat i did and turned out really good and it dont take that long to do took me about 1 week GET A ELECTRIC SANDER THO saves alot of hard work hehe kk m8 good luck if u get stuck give me a shout adamingleson2@hotmail.com kk m8

[TommySR]

yeah smooth boot panels are pain to fit and i had one that cracked and then sank lol, a right mess!

[dannyb]

Buy one thats already done and save some time and money, they always come up for sale here! A friend has a F****a van with a smoothed tailgate made of filler and it seems to weigh loads. So beware if you buy secondhand that its welded plate and not just inch thick filler and fibreglass!!.

[draper]

mines got a plate welded over, perfect job and i dont reckon it weighs much more than a standard boot !