Once of the main gripe I have with the car is the "incompleteness" of the product due to Volkswagen practice of implementing product updates on the car from time to time.
(This will be another story for another time).
My gripe with my car will be this. The boot hinges.
My car comes with "incomplete" boot hinge as shown below.
As shown in the picture, the hinge on the left is partially covered with a plastic cover and the remaining bare metal is exposed. The hinge on the right is totally naked. In my opinion, this makes the car looks "budget".
A closer look on the stock boot hinge.
The left boot hinge that comes with my car.
So what I did to fix this was to get a pair of complete boot hinge cover.
The part number for the boot hinge set.
During the installation of the boot hinge, do pay close attention to the retaining clips position as they can be quite fragile. I almost broke one of the clips. If you broke the retaining clips, do not worry as the boot hinge will install and stay in position even with a few broken retaining clips.
The D-I-Y installation took about 5 minutes. Its a simple fit and snap into position job.
The end result is as below.
The right boot hinge.
The left boot hinge.
The overall look.
Now tell me, with the boot hinge in place, it does indeed look better now right?
The cost of this "improvement"?
RM 350.
Satisfaction?
Priceless.
