MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Leeds s3 on May 28, 2010, 11:26:48 pm
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I havent been on here for some time, i recently sold my s3 to try and save some cash for a while and purchased a mini one diesel to get me around!!!! Big mistake the car was so slow it depressed.
Anyway to cut a long story short i dont want to spend to much on a car at the moment and ive seen a fairly decent low mileage gti. What would i need aside from the wheels to make an ed30 rep?
Thanks
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rear bumper, front chin spoiler are diferent and colour coded along with the side skirts then some pescara alloys :happy2:
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Also the rear light clusters are darker than the GTI.
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Headlights have a darker tint too (apart from if you have xenons - they are the same)
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And a rear badge....
The body kit is ridiculously expensive mate, think it's about £230 for the front lip and similar for the rea lower valance. Then you'll have paint costs etc.
Still I'm thinking about doing this, however I've inherited milly quads so I'd also have the zorst costs on top of that too :-(
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Headlights have a darker tint too (apart from if you have xenons - they are the same)
head lights are the same
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Headlights have a darker tint too (apart from if you have xenons - they are the same)
head lights are the same
I'm 100% sure the ED30/Pirelli have a darker tint on the oughta plastic
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Headlights have a darker tint too (apart from if you have xenons - they are the same)
head lights are the same
I'm 100% sure the ED30/Pirelli have a darker tint on the oughta plastic
same part number. Gti has darker tint than normal golfs, ed30 doesn't go one further
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Headlights have a darker tint too (apart from if you have xenons - they are the same)
head lights are the same
I'm 100% sure the ED30/Pirelli have a darker tint on the oughta plastic
same part number. Gti has darker tint than normal golfs, ed30 doesn't go one further
A standard golf
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg297.imageshack.us%2Fimg297%2F6471%2Fp1000949y.jpg&hash=e8967a28e06b8ef341b24d98d924ac74679304ed)
my gti with ed30 kit and original lights
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fe58%2Fwinrya%2FP1010335.jpg&hash=9c17c73e8607112737197920175bb4327df142c9)
and an ed30 from members rides
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fv102%2Fvwidiot%2FGolfGTIMK5006.jpg&hash=e4e9f5d5cb6033510f0deaad31f92adc3719011c)
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Yes you can see the slightly darker tint on the plastic glass on the Edition 30
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Yes you can see the slightly darker tint on the plastic glass on the Edition 30
any differences you can see are the light, infact looking at the pics the second pic down has the darker looking tint. Lighting aside, Part numbers are exactly the same so they cannot be any different
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slightly of topic i have been looking at changing the normal lights to the darker ones on my black golf but i was not quite sure.. but looking at yours Winrya i think its looks a lot better :happy2:
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any one wanting an ed30 lookalike is sad :confused:
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How much you lookin to spend mate?
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The "standard" Golf above is mine. Not to sure about being bottom of the tree.. :grin:
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any one wanting an ed30 lookalike is sad :confused:
Going as far as wheels and badges is too far imo but i think the ed30 front and rear bumper are the nicest you can buy for the gti and these finish it off. IMO it should have been how it came out the factory wearing these bumpers and 18" monza's :drool:
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^^thats what i ment , dont have a problem fitting the body parts but trying to make people believe its the real thing is just wrong :happy2:
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Well it's a difficult one that for me.....I fitted pescaras initially only cos I couldn't get oem monzas anywhere. I searched for months. I nearly got ripped off by an ebay crook who stated "genuine" and thanks to a forum member found out in time. Luca was selling mint pescaras and I took the chance of fitting these and love them.
So I've got the wheels and love the subtlety of the ed30 body kit. My car has abt sides and a rear valance with milltek quads but i want to get rid asap for a more oem look. However what i don't want is to "dull" the car down with the oem gti black roughed sides and rear as if it was factory fresh...if I'm spending good money on sides a zorst and rear valance why would I not fit something that i really like the look of?
Having said that I do take the point that lookalikies are not cool really, and you do see some exceedingly sad and laughable examples out there, but to most people (other than the purist) you don't have a "cheap" copy you just have a bloody good looking car.
As I said at the start it's a difficult one for me and if i am true to myself still struggling with, especially since I can't really afford right now to actually change my car for an ed30. Therefore getting it to a look that pleases me and stirs me every time i turn around and look at her is no bad thing I think.....lol but I wouldn't badge it up, I wouldn't change the interior and get a number plaque etc now that would just be the work of a total mentalist. :stupid:
No doubt strong opinions will follow.....
Besides when i do move her on i can always sell on the body kit and recoup some dosh....as yet I'm still undecided.
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imo save your money and get ed 30 , not only will you smile when you look at it but when your driving too , ed30 prices are quite low at the minute , good time to buy one :happy2:
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i must be sad then lol, does it make you sad having rs4 reps???? Anyway i never mentioned anything about badges as i hate all that crap. It was simply to make the car look better. for 6 months or so.
The gti is fairly cheap and a stop gap,ive been very unlucky with two business ventures and the economy in the last 18 months but fingers crossed things are looking up and i can get something i really want.
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Hi Guys
Ive noticed that my 2006 GTI already has the lower front spoiler like on the ED30 but in plastic matt black.
Was this a optional extra available from VW?
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Could be the Votex kit. IIRC that's very similar to the Ed30 splitter, but unpainted.