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Irish_Mk5:
Boring update:
Removed my bonnet liner today. It was dirty and annoying me and I much prefer the bare metal look.
Kept it temporarily incase noise becomes an issue but it seems fine!

Irish_Mk5:
Minor update- I swapped all my bulbs out for Osram cool blue intense spec.
I did a lot of research and these were the best I could get to have all matching.
I’m somewhat happy as they’re much newer looking than the old yellow colour I had.

But they’re a white colour and have absolutely no blue in them whatsoever- which I was disappointed about. I think a full headlight upgrade would be a better investment!

Couldn’t get proper pictures but you can sort of see the difference here- left is my old yellow bulb and right is my new white bulb. (You need to look closely!)

I’ve swapped out sidelights, headlights, full beam and fogs so that they’re all matching!

Irish_Mk5:
Half an update here;

I picked up an Srs-Tec spoiler extension. Heard a lot of negative reviews about these but also see a lot of cars that look great with them. So I bit the bullet and ordered one.
I thought it was coming as a gloss black part, like the maxton stuff, but it is instead bare plastic that needs painting. So now I think I will have to colour code it to match the car…
First impressions are that it’s a good fit but overpriced for what you’re getting!

Before:


After:

GVK:
Nice car - like the wheels.  :notworthy:

In two minds about the spoiler, look forward to seeing it colour coded.

Irish_Mk5:
So ever since I bought the car the front grill has been damaged around the VW badge. Between that annoying me and the discolouration it was time to get it replaced. I had been on the look out for a genuine replacement but anything I saw was worse than what I had! So I took a leap of faith and picked one up on eBay for a reasonable price.
I’m extremely happy with the quality of it. It’s the proper satin black finish and fits well. I’ve noticed that the GTI logo isn’t right though, so I’ll be swapping that out for the original.

New grille:


Colour comparison:


Finished product (before the plate went back on)




My only issue now is that the grille looks newer than the rest of the car! A good wash and maybe painting the lower grilles will have it all blended together nicely.


Also have my spoiler extension painted so another update to follow soon!

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