A2 rear fender treatments?

you could use GTI flares, but this will make the rust progress 4x as fast if you don't cover it up with something (I like POR-15)

nate

I concur, if you cover it up it will rust much much faster. You need to treat the areas first to try and stop the inevitable.

I had the exact same problem on my 86 jetta. I bought four fender flares from the wrecker, and found that 90% of the holes needed were already there. I marked the spot where the flare came to after a dry fit and then sanded primed and roughly painted under this spot.

I also (although overkill) used rubberized undercoating in the fender and on the outside under the flare, then painted the flares with black bumper paint(which has a flex agent so it wont crack) and then the used flares that looked bad from the wrecker looked brand new and I buttoned it all back up again. The originals I think are rivetted on but I used stainless short self-tapping screws....

John