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Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« on: April 06, 2016, 12:30:46 pm »
I picked up this wee one a few weeks back and dived straight into subtle mods. It's only a 1.6fsi but I love it and was lucky in that it's in great nick - first things were to get on some nice Monza's, get some rear tints applied, and black out the badge, as well as generally giving her a thorough spruce-up.

Alloys and tints just fitted, along with bee-sting aerial and other subtle mods:


Blacked out badge and a good clean/finish:


Next up is the Eibach Pro's which I had delivered today. Plus GTI headlight units. Next plans is for a Cupra front lip. Getting there!
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2016, 06:44:46 pm »
Looks a nice clean example & in the best colour  :wink: :happy2:
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2016, 07:14:22 pm »
Nice mods so far. Any future mods planned?
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2016, 07:46:13 pm »
Cheers a mil! I have to say it's more hard work keeping the black nice but worth it!

Future plans indeed:
Changed the hazard button today to the nice deep red version
Also changed the head unit to a Sony bluetooth version
Eibach Pro's arrived! Can't wait to get these fitted
GTI headlights arrive tomorrow, likewise can't wait to see them on
Cupra front lip in the future I think, plus GTI skirts
What do people reckon to a black rear badge?! Too much?!
Also want to lightly tint the rear lights...

Then subtle changes to performance will be planned. Any suggestions welcome! Heard it's not worth remapping the fsi engines...probably looking into filters and exhausts etc.
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2016, 08:37:49 am »
Nice little additions so far and your plans sound good. Plenty of motors to gain inspiration from on here. I have a black GTI if you wan to check out my thread  :happy2:
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2016, 09:13:11 am »
Quote from: AlexPWallace on April 07, 2016, 07:46:13 pm
Cheers a mil! I have to say it's more hard work keeping the black nice but worth it!

Future plans indeed:
Changed the hazard button today to the nice deep red version
Also changed the head unit to a Sony bluetooth version
Eibach Pro's arrived! Can't wait to get these fitted
GTI headlights arrive tomorrow, likewise can't wait to see them on
Cupra front lip in the future I think, plus GTI skirts
What do people reckon to a black rear badge?! Too much?!
Also want to lightly tint the rear lights...

Then subtle changes to performance will be planned. Any suggestions welcome! Heard it's not worth remapping the fsi engines...probably looking into filters and exhausts etc.
I'd go black badge too. I'd a black gti and swapped out my front and rear emblems to black.
If your tinting the rears mask of the circular middle part and they'll look more OEM.
Nice additions so far, btw!
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2016, 03:42:46 pm »
Cheers a mil chaps...think I'll tackle the back badge sometime soon.

Fitted the headlights this morning - tricky ol' job for a first-timer! Needs a good clean and I'll post up some nice images soon...

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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2016, 05:20:22 pm »
Quote from: AlexPWallace on April 11, 2016, 03:42:46 pm
Cheers a mil chaps...think I'll tackle the back badge sometime soon.

Fitted the headlights this morning - tricky ol' job for a first-timer! Needs a good clean and I'll post up some nice images soon...



I am doing the exact same car...
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2016, 08:24:09 pm »
Quote from: edkoert13 on April 11, 2016, 05:20:22 pm
Quote from: AlexPWallace on April 11, 2016, 03:42:46 pm
Cheers a mil chaps...think I'll tackle the back badge sometime soon.

Fitted the headlights this morning - tricky ol' job for a first-timer! Needs a good clean and I'll post up some nice images soon...



I am doing the exact same car...

Sheesh! Almost like-for-like @edkoert13 ...nice stuff what you've done so far (for obvious reasons!).
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2016, 12:39:15 am »
looks a lot betterwith the gti lights in
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2016, 12:42:24 pm »
A fair bit has changed recently....springs fitted next week so going to take some cushty new images.

Found this photo from when I first got the motor...nice to see what it's changed from.
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2016, 11:23:08 am »
Got the grille delivered about fifteen minutes ago. Easiest change ever. Also resprayed the black VW badge into a gloss to fit in with the surround, looks a lot nicer. Plus I did a better job. Ha. More photos to come after I get her lowered next week.



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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2016, 12:42:06 pm »
99p details...

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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2016, 02:21:31 pm »
Did a thorough clean this morning...looking fresh again. Took some quick photos.

Cherry red hazard and the head unit I changed a while back:


Current side view. Happy with the way it's coming on. Got the grille front in, black badge, headlights...also had some smoked wing blinkers delivered today which I'll fit tomorrow. Needs those springs fitted...bring on next week!!



Any suggestions on performance? I'm fully aware I'm not going to get a great deal out of the 1.6fsi but any advice welcome  :happy2:
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Re: Black 'Ronnie's progress thread
« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2016, 02:04:03 pm »
Changed the blinkers today...after cleaning yesterday annoyingly we had builders next door covering everything in the thickest layer of dust

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