MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Manu_R32 on February 16, 2009, 04:49:47 am
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Having looked at Very Cherry's thread on his R32 and seen some nice front ends iv decided I want to get the grill painted on the car! Not a very expensive Mod and could change the look of the car alot! Hope you dont mind VC, i nicked some pics of your thread!
Option One:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fl304%2Fclio_gib%2FGrill1.jpg&hash=086a6303e29c46d73465183b3c26c638c7e8a643)
Option Two:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fl304%2Fclio_gib%2FGrill2.jpg&hash=5890261c5162578d7af2fbcb91c94d7343a347fd)
Thanks!
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option 1 from me pal! :happy2:
why u not in bed yet, u on nights??! :signLOL:
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On your red car I would go black
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Option 2 for me matey :happy2:
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option 1 from me pal! :happy2:
why u not in bed yet, u on nights??! :signLOL:
On nights?? lol, dont work buddy im a student who suffers from a very bad sleeping pattern! :indifferent:
Gonna go around today looking for some one who could paint the grill for me, ifnot i might have a go at doing it myself. Anything special i might need to do to the grill before I spray over it?
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id say the 1st one :)
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im going with black. i know someone that has a black r32 and his is fully black with black wheels etc it looks mint
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This is an emotionally loaded request for opinions. I'm not keen on either - it's a very personal preference thing though. Are there more options?
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This is an emotionally loaded request for opinions. I'm not keen on either - it's a very personal preference thing though. Are there more options?
More options such as?? Can look at any suggestions! Iv considered the carbon fibre one but its abit expensive at the moment as still have half a term to go through at uni! At the moment those two are my options and im seriously considering the first one! Got told a garage would do it for £80....what do you guys think? :smiley:
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go for it, post pics when your done :drool:
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go for it, post pics when your done :drool:
Just not sure what to do about the carbon fibre badge!
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option 1 from me pal! :happy2:
why u not in bed yet, u on nights??! :signLOL:
On nights?? lol, dont work buddy im a student who suffers from a very bad sleeping pattern! :indifferent:
Gonna go around today looking for some one who could paint the grill for me, ifnot i might have a go at doing it myself. Anything special i might need to do to the grill before I spray over it?
You need to read davefish's efforts on self spraying mate, if you dont sand and get the right surface the 1st stone chip will wreck your work. get some black electrical tape and cove your grill then stand back and look at it before you commit, if you like it then you can take the plunge
i still havent decided what i want to do to the front of mine :chicken: deffo needs something though
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With red.....go black!
I vote for option 1 with a twist. See what painting the lower horizontal bar on the top grill in red would look like :happy2:
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With red.....go black!
I vote for option 1 with a twist. See what painting the lower horizontal bar on the top grill in red would look like :happy2:
A bit like this (but a red car obviously!)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi156.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft8%2Fhurdy_album%2FGrill1.jpg&hash=bb3e7c2507765e68197f5908f5d4264843cc899f)
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Manu don't get it painted. Have someone wrap it in matte black vinyl. Two reasons, it will be cheaper than painting and it can be changed back to standard relatively easily. :happy2:
It won't chip as easy as paint either :wink:
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Have always been a fan of Davefish's car on the r32oc.com and have seen what hes done to his car and personally i love it! Iv covered the silver strips with black tape, did that in about november but its starting to peel off now and after finally being able to put on the carbon fibre badges iv decided its about time i went for the plunge and just get it done! Iv got some pics i want to upload of how the car stands at the moment but took the pics on my phone and the bluetooth is being gay! Will try and upload some abit later so you get the idea! :smiley:
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option 1 for me but gloss black would look better IMO :happy2:
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Definatly go for the black Manu, but don't go matt go for Gloss finish it will look very classy ! :smiley:
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the first option looks really cool.. so erm.. does the R32 grille fit on the GTI?
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Option 1.
Option2 IMO would look better on a darker car, say black.
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the first option looks really cool.. so erm.. does the R32 grille fit on the GTI?
nope
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After a long day of going around from garage to garage i finally managed to find some one to fit my carbon fibre badges and to paint the grill to a descent standard and then paint it properly abit later on! Here are a few pictures of how the car stands now:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fl304%2Fclio_gib%2FDSC00519.jpg&hash=1a7e767defda1fa32bea9c22b4f2255b21742d65)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fl304%2Fclio_gib%2FDSC00520.jpg&hash=04a6998bd4a83877aa796e89ede8e3dc0bd6832c)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fl304%2Fclio_gib%2FDSC00521.jpg&hash=14f24faf0d30522668e60410f9f9ff2a967cab80)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fl304%2Fclio_gib%2FDSC00518.jpg&hash=0791beabfee29d76cc69dff886a692002de5beb0)
Whats left for the car is to get the front grill painted matt black and the .:R32 badges aswell! Hopefully this will be done by tomorrow so will post some pics then!
Thanks! :happy2:
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that front tape looks very shoddy manu! :P
just get the whole thing done gloss, badges look :drool:
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that front tape looks very shoddy manu! :P
just get the whole thing done gloss, badges look :drool:
Front tape was just done to get the idea and most of the garages i took the car too yesterday tried taking it off to see how it was underneath! Gonna head over to spain now to get the front done so...fingers crossed and will post pics later! :smiley:
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that front tape looks very shoddy manu! :P
just get the whole thing done gloss, badges look :drool:
yeah i agree.. just spray the whole thing black.. the silver effect only looks cool on teh original blue r colour.
with yours being red it would look cool with a matte black grille.
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wow..i wish i could just nip off into spain!!