MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: damo666 on January 31, 2011, 08:51:22 am
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Hey guys n gals,
I've got a 2005 GTI and am looking at changing the front splitter.
I'm after something deep and aggressive looking :smiley:
I just wondered what options are out there and where best
to get them from?
Any help and pics appreciated :happy2:
cheers,
Damo
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You can have the standard splitter, edition30 splitter, votex splitter,
Aftermarket, there is the reiger and the one Robin and sw7fty roll with (cannot remember it's name)
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You can have the standard splitter, edition30 splitter, votex splitter,
Aftermarket, there is the reiger and the one Robin and sw7fty roll with (cannot remember it's name)
We roll with the OSIR front splitter. :signLOL: I like it because it's nit very common and looks much better than all the others IMO. The only other one I would and did consider was the Votex. :happy2:
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Here's my review of the OSIR front splitter: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,13651.0.html
Due to the Mk5 GTI's frontal overhang, any lowering will increase the risks of scraping etc a deeper front splitter. I have to keep out of most multi-storey carparks and need to mend my splitter about once a year. But I'm not fussed about that.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi22.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb308%2FRedRobin_05%2FRED_dirtyside.jpg&hash=3017e535cd1e71cdee8918c711762b770fb4b0f9)
My second choice would be a VWR splitter like gillm's.
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(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fdd153%2Fjoesgti%2FPicture010-6.jpg&hash=cadbe051db7f82981aa040245ef0c0106f0b67d1)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fdd153%2Fjoesgti%2FPicture011-4.jpg&hash=264d279a70d6c0f6768f1f5b977576175a7cd00e)
:evilgrin:
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i would love to put a deep splitter on mine but because its lowered and a steep hill to climb to work i would have had more splitters on my car than Joe did on his gti :signLOL:..so i went for the lcr one
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i would love to put a deep splitter on mine but because its lowered and a steep hill to climb to work i would have had more splitters on my car than Joe did on his gti :signLOL:..so i went for the lcr one
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fserve.mysmiley.net%2Fcool%2Fcool0016.gif&hash=11b25ad291f930ff13ee4def33be7e679592ba9d) (http://www.mysmiley.net/free-character-smileys.php)
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Many thanks for the help guys :happy2:
liking the OSIR and VWR splitters tbh so I'll prob
go with one of them :laugh:
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Many thanks for the help guys :happy2:
liking the OSIR and VWR splitters tbh so I'll prob
go with one of them :laugh:
the 'vwr' one is actually rieger, but they seem to like to put there own branding on things, :confused:
And this is the cheapest place and i can 100% recommend these guys.
http://www.orange-tuning.de/shop/rieger-golf-gtgti-front-spoiler-p-8765.html
if you email him first he will probably do a discount, also have a look as there are other splitters available from that site. :smiley:
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the 'vwr' one is actually rieger, but they seem to like to put there own branding on things, :confused:
....I'm not convinced you're right, Joe. This has been discussed before and VWR challenged on the subject. My understanding is that VWR's splitter is thicker and considerably stronger than the Riegers you have broken. They certainly look the same or extremely similar, but.
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even if it is thicker, they still copied the design, ive seen other things that they put there own branding on aswell. :smiley:
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Edition 30 recently fitted to mine:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FSchnaffler%2Fal%2FIMG_3033.jpg&hash=18935443f23c0f8d7efb5878ce7c82b35df3886a)
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Very nice Al :happy2: Here's mine:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fll289%2Fswf7y%2FIMG_0634.jpg&hash=5cb0f6451f7539594ed55859c312a7c61535750c)
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Very nice Al :happy2: Here's mine:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fll289%2Fswf7y%2FIMG_0634.jpg&hash=5cb0f6451f7539594ed55859c312a7c61535750c)
.... :happy2: Looking good :happy2:
Is yours a v1 fibreglass or v2 plastic OSIR splitter? And centre section?
Yours looks as low as mine. Any clearnce probs?
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Thanks Red. It's the v2 I think, definitely the plastic version. As is the centre section (which I will get painted gloss black soon). It's as low as I dare go, I have 19s on ATM. Same problems as you, humps very slow if I can't avoid them and coming off my drive at an angle where I use mine and my neighbours drop down pavement :grin:
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joe-....stop bloody showing me your old car....... :drinking: :evilgrin:
i could still go for that look. always been my fav car!!
mine also is the osir
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fvv264%2Fmatsu66%2FDSC_4752.jpg&hash=9776209d30b01233316e1ee436147ccf69cde60e)
matsu
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A winner for me as I prefer OEM+ on body parts like this - Standard GTI with Ed30 splitter
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fv394%2Frdfcpete%2FSAM_0042.jpg&hash=b7c6f013a1f73aa8c2b836e6b1df805fd1d0442b)
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Ed30 splitter looks way better on silver and grey golfs
colour coded :wink:
anyone got a piccy of an ed30 splitter Colour coded
on a tornado red gti?
Cheers peeps :laugh:
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^ Check out SaintSteves or Beddies build threads. They're cracking examples Damo :happy2:
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http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae330/GOLDENBOY_019/017.jpg
Go for the genuine votex splitter mate you wont be disappointed!!!! :happy2:
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Yes, the plastic one is v2. Mine is fibreglass v1 and possibly easier to repair, I'm not sure. Have you ever mended yours?
I need ramps to get in and out of my batcave garage:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FRedRobin_05%2FMods%2FGarageRamp_Solution.jpg&hash=de940da36d3e949e10f86090d9ebdc01948c1d2f)
My neighbours were very amused at first and didn't really understand what was going on!
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^^^^^
Touch wood, not had to repair it since fitting :smiley: Those ramps look the biz :laugh: Where are they from?
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Those ramps look the biz :laugh: Where are they from?
....They really are the biz. They got delivered the next day but were quite expensive, not much change out of £300, from The Ramp People:
http://www.theramppeople.co.uk/
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fb308%2FRedRobin_05%2Fmasking.jpg&hash=8f82289097982021c0d0e5be7ff452ea3ae619f9)