Mandy's Rising Blue Golf R...

[Hurdy]

The 12month mod ban lasted a good week then  

I blame Hurdy for being a bad influence

 

[RedRobin]

Anyway, back to the car... We have been looking at front splitters for the R to improve the front end look a bit. We came across this carbon fibre lip made by Garage Vary in Japan. Stephen8512 has one on his white R and it looked great in his pics, nice and subtle, not too loud and so big that you could trip over it like a lot of the ones I've seen. These lips are made to order so I think it'll be a good 2 months before we receive it, I hope it's worth waiting for.

....Very nice and tasteful indeed but adds a more purposeful look to the car.  

[xjay1337]

yay, glad it's all sorted 

Bet you're well chuffed.

See you in a month 

[Mandy]

^^^
Thanks Robin, I'm hoping it will look good too! I'm not usually a big fan of carbon fibre but this particular piece looked very nice. 

Jay, yes will see you soon. 

[Mandy]

Fancied a slight change of colour to the Talladega's, we wanted something slightly darker than the OEM silver colour yet nothing too dark as the design of the alloy can look a bit 'lost' IMO. We decided on a titanium colour in the end. So on Saturday Romany spent most of the morning/afternoon at his mate's garage helping to achieve this...

Wheels before:



During:





And after:





I'm pleased with the outcome, the colour's just right for what I wanted, nice and subtle but enough to make a difference.

[SI-R32]

Liking them big time, I have a set on my R32 was thinking of a change,  think you've just made my mind up

[Andy]

looks better with that colour Mandy

[dan930]

Looks very good Mandy 

[omeydz]

Exquisite result !! 

[Little_Dave]

Subtle change but definitely prefer the new darker colour 

Dave

[xjay1337]

Do likey. Little changes make all the diff. 

[Mandy]

^^^
Thanks guys.


We recently had a reversing camera retrofitted by Vag Tec, wasn't something I really really wanted but as I wasn't paying for it I didn't mind. The quality of the picture is actually a lot clearer than I thought which surprised me. Only downside now is we can't have DAB unless if we upgrade to an RNS head unit.

[stealthwolf]

I've had the same RVC camera for about 4 years now and love it. The image is great in lowlight. The only problem is really in harsh light where the sunlight hits the screen and causes glare.

[Mandy]

I've had the same RVC camera for about 4 years now and love it. The image is great in lowlight. The only problem is really in harsh light where the sunlight hits the screen and causes glare.

Yeah I agree, I don't often use the camera though, I still tend to rely on the parking sensors.

[omeydz]

Nice result there Mandy  ! You can still have DAB if you change your RCD510 unit to one with DAB which also accommodates RVC but is rare. Or try RNS315 with DAB and that has bluetooth too but screen is smaller. RNS510 with DAB is ace but nothing short of £750+!!!

Hope you enjoy your mod!! Cant wait to fit mine to my MK6 next week