MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: wodder42 on January 20, 2014, 03:18:22 pm

Title: facelift?
Post by: wodder42 on January 20, 2014, 03:18:22 pm: What year did the facelift cars come out?
Title: Re: facelift?
Post by: wodder42 on January 20, 2014, 07:28:03 pm: :jumping:
Quote from: wodder42 on January 20, 2014, 03:18:22 pm
What year did the facelift cars come out?
Title: Re: facelift?
Post by: brookesb32 on January 20, 2014, 10:16:18 pm: You are going to have to more specific - do you mean the GT sport where the bumper changed or did you mean when the mk6 came out, which used the mk5 platform?
Title: Re: facelift?
Post by: wodder42 on January 20, 2014, 11:18:02 pm: Quote from: brookesb32 on January 20, 2014, 10:16:18 pm
You are going to have to more specific - do you mean the GT sport where the bumper changed or did you mean when the mk6 came out, which used the mk5 platform?

Hi, sorry, the GT sport where the bumper changed...thanks
Title: Re: facelift?
Post by: dan930 on January 21, 2014, 12:00:14 am: Think it's 06-07 cars
Title: Re: facelift?
Post by: Wooosh on January 21, 2014, 12:32:27 am: They released the face lift model early 2006.
Title: Re: facelift?
Post by: wodder42 on January 21, 2014, 09:39:35 am: So if I was to buy a 04 plate, would it be difficult to put on a gti front bumper in order to upgrade it? I have read something about trimming the bumper to fit, would this be difficult? Thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply.
Title: Re: facelift?
Post by: skard on January 21, 2014, 10:09:30 am: No it is simple to do, see my sig with a genuine bumper trimmed on a 55 plate (blue car). You cut away a part hidden by the upper grille.

I had an Xparts replica bumper for a bit, my advice is stick with genuine only.