MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: swgti on July 29, 2011, 08:55:52 pm

Title: Front air intakes.
Post by: swgti on July 29, 2011, 08:55:52 pm

In the honeycombe sections on the front that house the fog lights I've a couple of holes in each that house the screws and another 1/2 hole right next to fogs, I've noticed on a few gti's now that some have more holes than others knocked out is there a reason for this?
I realise some people will do it themselves for added air flow or to compliment mods but i'm pretty sure a couple of the cars i've seen with extra holes were not being driven by modding types.

Title: Re: Front air intakes.
Post by: bacillus on July 29, 2011, 09:24:27 pm

You can get the open fog grills as an oem item from your dealer.

Title: Re: Front air intakes.
Post by: swgti on July 29, 2011, 09:42:19 pm

Yeah I've seen those basically a full square taken out, others I've seen though are either odd holes or just a line.

Title: Re: Front air intakes.
Post by: big al on July 29, 2011, 10:35:25 pm

I have seen these, with just one or two honeycombs missing,
Presume it was just a design thing that changed, can't see any performance benefits to it.

Title: Re: Front air intakes.
Post by: RedRobin on July 29, 2011, 11:04:05 pm

.
Open foglight panel vents aren't going to do anything worthwhile unless you duct them: Either to the front brakes or on one side only to an aftermarket air intake (but need to protect against water ingress).