MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Mk5 GTian on August 30, 2012, 08:38:17 pm
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Here's my car, what do you reckon to the above question?
(Or red possibly, as other red bits on the car)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1188.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz418%2FGTi72%2FDSC_0152.jpg&hash=0a86646d3ac328175799d51550d1937f34b2cf05)
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Painting your WALK consoles you mean?
They'll be full of crap within 24 hours anyway... :laugh:
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^^^ mine still look very gold and i've had them on over 6 months!
i still wouldn't paint them tho. if you want your specialist to have something pretty to look at have a naked lady painted on your undertrays
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Painting your WALK consoles you mean?
They'll be full of crap within 24 hours anyway... :laugh:
Can you actually see them?
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Painting your WALK consoles you mean?
They'll be full of crap within 24 hours anyway... :laugh:
Can you actually see them?
Only if you jack it up or are about to be run over...
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Yep, you can see them, the WALK is currently on my old car, which the ex is currently in, but she is letting me have them. It went on in April, and still bright gold. I saw Richn83 a couple of months ago in the old car and he said, "Ah I see you've got your WALK on" You can see them very clearly from the driver's seat of another car.
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Leave em gold bud, eye candy for the spanner guys at the garage! Never noticed mine TBH!
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Leave em gold bud, eye candy for the spanner guys at the garage! Never noticed mine TBH!
:happy2:
I don't wanty gold getting in with my colour scheme. (Black, Laser blue , red) I'm thinking either laser blue or red now.
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You can see them if you look through yr front wheels
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O M G !! My WALK's are showing ! :ashamed:
What colour are your brake calipers, Ian? Perhaps do your WALK the same colour.
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O M G !! My WALK's are showing ! :ashamed:
What colour are your brake calipers, Ian? Perhaps do your WALK the same colour.
Ha! Yes I'm thinking red, Red! But I'm toying with the body-colour as well. I may get a spray can of each colour and put one on each side to test both out, then bring it to a meet for opinions. You really can see them on the shadow blue. (She let me take it out for a quick hoon on wednesday, and you can tell the difference between hers and mine going hard round corners. With the WALK, it feels more composed with less roll. It's a great mod).
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Silver - nice & OEM :happy2:
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Silver - nice & OEM :happy2:
....OEM 'silver' is more of a dull dirty grey colour.
Won't the bright yellow WALK bushes stand out anyway?
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Given the harsh environment in which the console bushes have to exist, unless you really well prepare the aluminium (ideally degrease and dry grit blast) I would imagine even the most robust of paints will start to detach quite quickly.
If you're dead set on changing the colour, I'd press the polyurethane out, get the aluminium stripped and anodised to a colour of your choice.
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I'd go black
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I'm going to get them powdercoated red. Decision made. Then they'll match the calipers, as suggested by RR.
Had a look at them today on the ramp as I took the ex's shadow blue for MOT (which passed with flying colours, no advisiories) and they still look like new, bright gold, after 6 months.
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I'm going to get them powdercoated red. Decision made. Then they'll match the calipers, as suggested by RR.
Had a look at them today on the ramp as I took the ex's shadow blue for MOT (which passed with flying colours, no advisiories) and they still look like new, bright gold, after 6 months.
Make sure the mating surfaces with the chassis / subframe and bolt heads are masked off.
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Ian step away from the modding stick. :wink:
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Ian, if you are free when I visit your neck of the woods on Thursday, I'll confiscate your modding stick.............
.....and then give you an even bigger one! :evilgrin:
Re Thursday, PM/email me cos I'll be offline from Wednesday night.
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Ian step away from the modding stick. :wink:
:grin:
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Ian, if you are free when I visit your neck of the woods on Thursday, I'll confiscate your modding stick..................and then give you an even bigger one! :evilgrin:
Re Thursday, PM/email me cos I'll be offline from Wednesday night.
Ok Robin, all I need now is a bigger modding wallet to go with it :grin:
I'll ring you on your moby about Thursday on Thursday, as I won't know about the weather until then. :happy2:
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I'll ring you on your moby about Thursday on Thursday, as I won't know about the weather until then. :happy2:
....No prob. I'll be at JKM from about 8:30am for most of the morning. Txt if you get no reply because I don't use any voicemail.
Weather forecast currently is a mainly sunny day with no rain.
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Off topic slightly. But what does a WALK do? do they make a difference? n how much are they?
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Off topic slightly. But what does a WALK do? do they make a difference? n how much are they?
....WALK Review: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,395.0.html
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Thanks Robin. Do they replace the console bushes?
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Thanks Robin. Do they replace the console bushes?
....Yes, Baz - Consoles and bushes.
SuperPro now offer their version which is consoles with a reputably better bushes. My WALK bushes are lasting very well so far.