veedubgolf00
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Just wondering if the panels will swap between cars with no modification. I'm mainly looking to do just the rears
Mk4 golf and jetta door panels the same?
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hskrdu
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Yes, with some notes: 2 door Golf vs 4 door Jetta; crank windows vs powered; monsoon speakers vs non; and (IIRC) the shape of the connectors for the puddle lights changed somwhere early on...
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4 door golf and Jetta rear panels are different and will not interchange. Wagon rear panels are also different.
hskrdu
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RT- are you talking about door panels? Please amplify, since I've done it on similar years.
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Door cards. I had to swap the leather inserts from an 01 Jetta Sedan to my 02 4-door golf because the complete panels wouldn't swap directly.
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The Golf and Jetta door panels can be separated along a horizontal seam with a heat gun (they are plastic welded together). You can then attach the bottoms from a Jetta to the tops from a Golf or vice versa. (In other words, it's only the tops that are different.) Not easy but doable if you're having trouble locating the exact door panels that you want..
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Interesting! I observed the seam, but never thought to separate it. What's your time worth? 
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Did the same thing, except used a razor blade instead of a dremel. That plastic is practically liquid at room temp and I kept gumming up my cutoff wheel. Plus, razor blades have no spinning wheels to fragment and debris to inhale and get in my eyes.
hskrdu
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There's a DIY over at the 'tex, but I just searched and either it's no longer in the Mark IV Essentials DIY and Resources, or it's still in the original thread. It's the one where the poster does not dremmel or cut the glue tabs, but seperates the halves.
hskrdu
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This was one of my saved threads for comparo pix and plaid ideas...
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthre...t-on-a-mk4-4dr-golf&highlight=door+golf+jetta
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthre...t-on-a-mk4-4dr-golf&highlight=door+golf+jetta
veedubgolf00
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Ok perfect thank you. I had a tan cloth golf interior and swapped everything to black leather with power and heated seats but wasn't sure if I was in for a nightmare hooking up the rear panels but sounds easy enough
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Hi R-Truck, how or what clue did you use to attach the leather insert to the rear Gold door panel?