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Edition 30 Splitter

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smilespergallon:

--- Quote from: gj124 on July 07, 2023, 03:09:16 pm ---I have a standard GTi and wanted an edition 30 splitter. Every one I saw on marketplace/ebay from a car being broken for parts was battered (to be expected tbh as they're older cars now). So I would advise buying new and getting it painted, luckily black is easy to colormatch so you'll be fine on that front.

If you want to save money do what I did and buy the replica one from ebay (around £120) and paint it yourself. I did mine with 2K clearcoat aerosol cans and it turned out great. Fitment is spot on but I'm assuming it's not going to be as tough as a genuine VW one. They are really easy to fit, just a couple of torx screws. If you get a replica make sure it's made out of Abs plastic and not fibreglass as they can
be hard to paint and prone to cracking.

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Thanks, that looks really good. Nice job.

What paint did you use?

gj124:
Bought some Hycote plastic primer to apply first, got my local paint supplier to mix up two 400ml cans of LC9Z paint, then covered with 2K Spraymax gloss lacquer. Think I spent around £40-50 all in. Costs a bit more than using halfords etc paint but will last way longer with the lacquer being 2k.

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