All MK7,8’s and 9’s have a big strong chassis so the structure of the body in some places looks flimsy. The rear bulkhead is stiffened simple by two cross braces and no panels sealing off the boot where the fuel tanks sit from the passenger compartment. For racing this is simply too dangerous so when my car was modified the boot was all sealed off with aluminium panels. I wanted a better, more permanent solution that provided some extra stiffness to the body so I removed the aluminium and made up some filler panels with stiffness added using the bead roller, in its place.
