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Re: Opinions wanted on my joey mod...
« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2009, 11:25:51 am »
Best of luck - you have the patience of a saint.  :popcornsoda:

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Re: Opinions wanted on my joey mod...
« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2009, 11:55:23 am »
Best of luck - you have the patience of a saint.  :popcornsoda:
Thanks, but if you knew me, you wouldn't be saying that  :grin:

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  :happy2:

Anyway, it's all done now...

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

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Re: Opinions wanted on my joey mod...
« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2009, 01:45:11 pm »
Looks very nice...subtle but with great impact!!!  :pomppomp:

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Re: Opinions wanted on my joey mod...
« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2009, 01:57:30 pm »
Nice. :happy2:

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Re: Opinions wanted on my joey mod...
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2009, 12:47:03 am »
Sweet. Your effort has paid off... :congrats:

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

But seriously, great effort with a great result.

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Re: Opinions wanted on my joey mod...
« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2009, 09:44:45 am »
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.  :grin:

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Re: Opinions wanted on my joey mod...
« Reply #21 on: December 29, 2009, 09:52:32 am »
they look good mate BUT  a gti with out the red grille stripe just aint right !!!!

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Re: Opinions wanted on my joey mod...
« Reply #22 on: December 29, 2009, 05:08:01 pm »
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!  :P

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  :wink:

At the end of the day, everyone has different tastes (which is good!) and I'm not in to retro.
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Re: Opinions wanted on my joey mod...
« Reply #23 on: December 30, 2009, 09:32:57 am »
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  :congrats: