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Smoftah's Build Thread - Black 3dr. Retrim Pics Added!!!

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smoftah:
Hi everyone,

I finally picked up my Golf GTi yesterday and have many plans for the car.  :party:

I would just like to say this is a great site and even in this short period of time the members have been very friendly and helpful!

I have had it less than 4 hours before it went straight to the bodyshop to begin the modding!

This is what it looked like when I bought it yesterday:




First up was the R32 style rear lower bumper which I got from fleebay. It was very poor quality and required a lot of work to sort it out and is still not 100% flush.

I was quite annoyed when it was described as 100% perfect fit.

First we stripped the back of the car which ended up like this:




Then we sprayed the rear bumper top in Met black again and colour coded the lower groove in the same colour as the inners of the 18" Monza wheels:





We also used E-Tech spray to darken the rear lights and I am happy with the result  :happy2:

I am going today to have 4 new Michelin Tyres put on but I can not wait for Monday as the car will be going to have a full leather retrim in tan / truffle leather! Also the rear window will be tinted  :grin:



Cruise control to be fitted on Thursday when I get the car back and that is it for now!  :signLOL:

Can forget these too  :signLOL:

keano:
Eager Beaver!! That rear valance looks brilliant!  :happy2: :happy2: :happy2:

rsreid2000:
Liking the back. Welcome.

Richn83:
Nicely specced car, with all the right toys by the look of it, interested to see what the re-trim is like.  Rear bumper looks good considering the issues you had with it, although not the first time have heard about someone having issues with the fitment of R32 lower with GTI exhaust exits, someone else bought one and was disappointed.  Looks like they made a good job of it!  :happy2:

big al:
Very nice mate, If you have done this many mods in 24 hours then I can promise you won't stop at the retrim. I was similar, this forum takes your money,and throws it at every possible mod you can get!

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