MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Phil Mcavity on January 08, 2009, 11:37:14 am
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Latest mod to Phylis, and thankyou to gareth for the idea, looks great .
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so how did you get it on ?
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tart! lol
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looking good! :happy2:
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I like that. :happy2:
Now clean your car :signLOL:
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glue matt :wink:, and ive put it there so joe can see in his rear view mirror, what type of GTi hes left for dust :wink:
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I like that. :happy2:
Now clean your car :signLOL:
i know, and it looks rather minty at the mo on the drive, must get mr 2 buckets out :sad:
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Ya big fairy :P
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Looks great, Phil. Matches up with the rear Ed30 badge.
:happy2:
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Lookin' good. I've seen this mod before and have always been in two minds. Part of me wants a clean grille (no badges) but part of me wants that mod.
Where from, how much and what glue?
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Looks good that Steve :happy2:
Now, wheres the 'how to' guide?
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glue matt :wink:, and ive put it there so joe can see in his rear view mirror, what type of GTi hes left for dust :wink:
we shall soon see the truth phil :innocent:
oh and awesome seemed to think it would be pritty close aswell :smiley:
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Where from, how much and what glue?
Dealers, £10.75 in vat, Loctite super glue :happy2:
Looks good that Steve :happy2:
Now, wheres the 'how to' guide?
Couldnt do the "how do Guide" nath, managed to glue my index and middle finger together when piercing open the super glue lid without realising till 1 minute after.
i looked something like this :angry015: :signLOL:.
Ya big fairy :P
i am indeed :ashamed:
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So to clarify, you superglued it to your front grille? :confused:
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So to clarify, you superglued it to your front grille? :confused:
Yes it is long enough to make contact with the Honeycombe grill in 4 places , so i pressed the badge on first so it marked the sticky pad, then put a thin bead of super glue to the sticky pad where it was marked and refastened.
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I like the look of it but not sure I want to superglue it? Won't it melt the bits of the grille it's attached to? So if you did ever want to take it off you'd have to replace the grille? :confused:
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Why would i wanna remove it Nath? im not going to buy another ed30??.
And the reason why i left the stickypad on is the glue is applied to that so it will be obsorbed more by that and not damage the grill.
You cannot get enough contact to use just the adhesive pad that comes with it. It will fall off especially in this cold weather.The glue ive bought isnt super strength resin, the type that wont melt toughened plastic.(cheap £1.99) :smiley:
It didnt melt my skin if your thinking that using glue will be too strong for lightly mounting onto the grill.
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i did consider this myself, but never got around to it, looks like they have put the price up as they were about £7+ vat when i got mine, i was going to hot glue some wire to the back of the badge and use that to tie wrap it on as well as the sticky backing
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yes i called 2 dealers, and both were £9+vat=£10.35
Ebay is more if you add P+P.
Neither dealer had them in stock, but got it in nxt day.
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Or you could de-badge the rear to save money :wink:
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Why would i wanna remove it Nath? im not going to buy another ed30??.
Could get damaged/pitted? Seems a good idea anyway and as long as the glue wasn't too strong i'd consider doing it..........
Nice one Steve :jumpmove:
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Yes Hot water and soap seperated my 2 fingers, so that tells me it wont damage the plastic :happy2:
or means next time i wash the car, badge will just fall off :signLOL:
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Yes Hot water and soap seperated my 2 fingers, so that tells me it wont damage the plastic :happy2:
What glue was it mate?
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Loctite super glue or photo evidence :happy2:..............
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So to clarify, you superglued it to your front grille? :confused:
Yes it is long enough to make contact with the Honeycombe grill in 4 places , so i pressed the badge on first so it marked the sticky pad, then put a thin bead of super glue to the sticky pad where it was marked and refastened.
....Phil, do you realise that you now qualify for having a BIALI sticker!!
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^^^^ :signLOL: :signLOL: :signLOL:
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:laugh: :laugh: :happy2:
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^^^ thats me in then ;)
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I guess you know what the letters B I A L I stand for.... :evilgrin:
BODGE IT AND LEG IT!
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yes i called 2 dealers, and both were £9+vat=£10.35
Ebay is more if you add P+P.
Neither dealer had them in stock, but got it in nxt day.
they were £7.06+ vat back in march :scared:
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good old annual VW price increase :sick:
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good old annual VW price increase :sick:
yeh, quite a rise % too !!!
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Phil, Glad your enjoying the mod. For all you guys wishing to fit this there's no need for superglue, mine has been on the car for the past 6 months through the winter and all the salt plus it also gets washed atleast 3 times a week!! Still stuck hard! Original discussion on this can be found on the 'other' forum below.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=101522.0
Cheers for the credit for the original idea Phil!
Gareth
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Has anyone stuck an ED30 badge anywhere else other than the boot and front grille?
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not sure about the badge but some stickers on the door pillars might be nice :wink:
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Phil that looks good :happy2: I wanted just the edition 30 badge on mine ! but that looks ace .
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Phil that looks good :happy2: I wanted just the edition 30 badge on mine ! but that looks ace .
hows things chap ?
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Still feeling sore ! but much better now Shaun, thank you !
Got used to driving again, insurance all sorted out, just cant decide whether to buy another ed.30/S3 or wait till prices fall further and bag a 135i ! :smiley:
will definalty stay on this forum and feel jealous at all the stunning mk5s !
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good to hear, glad all is ok, what happened to the old car ?
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Raj, get back into a GTi, go for maybe a pirelli, which is a real collectors as not many are around, some good ones on vw used car search , high spec for 19K.
Did you get a good figure from your insurance payout??
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Raj, get back into a GTi, go for maybe a pirelli, which is a real collectors as not many are around, some good ones on vw used car search , high spec for 19K.
Did you get a good figure from your insurance payout??
Phil don't like the pirelli's , if it is a GTi its got to be Ed.30 fully specced in white !!! Insurance paid out okay a bit over 19 , however i reckon they still undervalued it, the engineer told me that they paid 185 for the nav/system , it was a 1500+ option !!!!
Out of 2 mk5 Gtis, 2 have been crashed heavily ! still rate the safety of these cars however, solid, will save your life, i walked away from the ed.30 crash alive, if you saw the car you think i would have died inside.
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i dont wanna be morbid Raj, but do you have any photo's of the old girl?? or too many bad memorys?
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i dont wanna be morbid Raj, but do you have any photo's of the old girl?? or too many bad memorys?
I did not take any pics of the ed.30 after the crash. I honeslty felt wounded about that car it was lovely !
i may go back to the compound on Monday and take pics if i get time, i have pics of my red gti though after the crash , again some twats fault !
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ok , red GTi smashed up, ok im ready :scared:
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Raj, get back into a GTi, go for maybe a pirelli, which is a real collectors as not many are around, some good ones on vw used car search , high spec for 19K.
Did you get a good figure from your insurance payout??
Phil don't like the pirelli's , if it is a GTi its got to be Ed.30 fully specced in white !!! Insurance paid out okay a bit over 19 , however i reckon they still undervalued it, the engineer told me that they paid 185 for the nav/system , it was a 1500+ option !!!!
Out of 2 mk5 Gtis, 2 have been crashed heavily ! still rate the safety of these cars however, solid, will save your life, i walked away from the ed.30 crash alive, if you saw the car you think i would have died inside.
Totally agree on the safety front of the mk5, I genuinely think if I'd been driving something else when I had the prang, things might have been different