Opinions wanted on my joey mod...

[xxx_mojo_xxx]

Best of luck - you have the patience of a saint. 

[Garth]

Best of luck - you have the patience of a saint. 

Thanks, but if you knew me, you wouldn't be saying that 

It's more like, I have 2 weeks off work for the first time in a year and a half and I'm at a bit of a loose end. I'm not used to having time on my hands and I don't need to go anywhere in the car, so why not use the opportunity to do something that takes ages 

Anyway, it's all done now...

Before:


After:


It's hard to photograph as the light reflects off the clear plastic, but it looks totally different in the flesh.

Close up:


 

[xxx_mojo_xxx]

Looks very nice...subtle but with great impact!!! 

[Gti Jal]

Nice.

[Bobby]

Sweet. Your effort has paid off...

When you having another 2 weeks off?!! I want mine doing....

But seriously, great effort with a great result.

 

[Garth]

Thank you.

Right then, get some spare headlights and I'll do them for you. I only charge main dealer rates of £85 per hour. I think I could get it down to about 4 hours of actual work from start to finish so that's £340. 

[candy turbo]

they look good mate BUT  a gti with out the red grille stripe just aint right !!!!

[Garth]

they look good mate BUT  a gti with out the red grille stripe just aint right !!!!

Nope, any golf WITH a red stripe doesn't look right! 

VW dropped it on the mk4 for a good reason, it was old fashioned. Like the old SRI's, XR3's etc of old, they all used to have red/blue/green stripes down the side and boy do they look dated now.

There seems to be this weird retro revival going on at the moment which I'm not a fan of. VW didn't need all these throw-backs to the mk1/mk2 (like the red stripe and tartan interior) to make the mk5 good. I like clean lines and modern smooth looks which is why I have full leather and got rid of the red grille stripe. My next move will be to paint the brake calipers body colour as I don't like the red on those either 

At the end of the day, everyone has different tastes (which is good!) and I'm not in to retro.
 

[candy turbo]

etto , but imo the return to the mk 2 days is what made the mk 5  what it is , ive owned mk 2 , 3 , 4  and 5 golf gti s and the mk 3 & 4 were not what the gti should be and i think a lot of gti enthusiasts will agree
car does look clean and smooth though if thats the look your after