Was doing my spring cleaning of your 2000 jetta I deciced to take off the ft. inner fender plastic wells and low and behold the door side had about 4 inches of piled up dirt beween it and the body, and at the top was a form rubber air seal ?? that was water logged just waiting to start things rusting. it was not hard to remove the inner fender or pull back the mudflap side to clean out the dirt, it would save the body over timefrom a rust hole. I would post a pic but have not figgered that out yet. Also Just wondering if anybody else has the paint peeling on there ft. fenders at about the 2-o-clock position r/s, 10- l/s that started for no apperant reson?.
Mark