Pete's Steel Grey GTI

[B3n]

Looking great there pete Cant wait to see it finished

[rdfcpete]

Loving that, some great shots

Thanks mate! Would you fit the red GTI badge to the rear and replace the silver one? I can't remember if it's you that did it and encouraged me before 

Looking great there pete Cant wait to see it finished

Thanks boyo  Yeah, just a small budget and minor tinkers worth and I think it'll be finished.

Can't decided whether to wrap the front grill black section... Has it tempted you before?

[Nasir]

Not me that said that mate, but I think silver would look better.

[MAW73]

Excellent work Pete. A really nice looking GTI with tasteful mods.

I had a Mk5 GT in steel grey and its a difficult colour to make it really shine, but once you did the detailing it came up lovely.

p.s Can I ask how much you paid for the audi split rims? I'd love some of these on my Mk6

[rdfcpete]

^ Thanks fella

You're right, steel grey takes some work for it to look better than just 'clean'. Martin did a great job though in the time we had.

- Sure. They were £580.00 delivered (£50.00 courier) from eBay, a guy that had a 3.2 V6 A3 on an 06 plate. He originally had them up for £650.00 + P&P but the auction finished, so I bartered with him in emails after agreeing the price. Expect to pay anywhere between £500 and £1600 for a genuine set. There's only really one that's got serious kerbing' (down to the black beneath the lacquer in 2/3 spots) but tbh from a distance, you can't see it. Get close and the wear and tear is more evident. Rear 2 are better than the front 2, as perhaps expected.

What I would say about the splits is particularly on bigger cars, Sirocco's, MK6 Golfs, bigger Audi's etc... 19"s would probably be needed for them to look smart. Because of the design of the wheels, they might get lost in 18"s on your MK6. I've stuck with 18x7.5J so I can still afford tyres and also as I live in speed bump central, therefore the suspension is staying as it is. I just need spacers on the rear and I'll be happy 

[rdfcpete]

Decided to give another set of LED sidelights a go. These are 100 lumen jobbies which I was hoping would be very bright. On paper, they're the brightest LED side lights that I've found on eBay. They were £12 and looked the spec I needed on paper. They look great at night as parking lights (pics to come) but during the day, they weren't as vibrant or bright as I was hoping so after 6 sets of different sidelights in a year, I think I'll call it a day here 













Despite being camera phone pics, I found it really hard to capture them nicely. They look ever so slightly more distinctive in first person, but that's about the best they get. They take the yellow glow away from the Xenons at night which is a nice touch, but unfortunately it was yet again £12 thrown away in theory... At least I can give up now with using side lights during the day 

[RedRobin]

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The last pic shows the whiteness and clarity of the light best. Yep, not very bright - At least not in the photos. A big improvement over the oem sidelights though.

Still, 6 sets of bulbs is doubtless cheaper than swopping your fogs for LED monkeyfaces like my DRL's.

[rdfcpete]

Thanks Robin. That's very true about cost, I know the Hella's aren't cheap.

The answer would be to have the foglights run as DRL's. I've not got the right bulbs however, so they wouldn't really be suitable or legal I suspect, but they do look great and they're not dazzling or distracting. They give a vibrant presence in the daylight.


I haven't got the right modules though so they don't work when the FL as DRL option is ticked in VCDS.

My attempt at some artistic stuff, which with a mobile phone and awful lighting wasn't easy 








And a new toy today 





Carbonio and some springs to come soon 

[dmac1969]

Looking good - did you buy your Cruise Control at Tesco? 

[rdfcpete]

 

I wish they did VW parts sometimes on a Sunday when I'm disorganised   

[B3n]

Looks good Pete

Could of given it a clean first though





Just remembered i need to reply to your PM

[rdfcpete]

Cheers - A good clean/mini detail is coming next weekend 

You do indeed slagbag! 

Btw - Touched up those mild scratches that were down to the primer on your old splitter. Looks a lot better now 

[JPW]

Looking good!

Are you fitting coding the cruise yourself....I'm looking at this as my next mod and need to know how/where/who to speak to.

[Richn83]

Cars looking good Pete, and im liking the subtle way your going about it, OEM xenons are great and half way through reading I was going to suggest ditching the horrible yellow sidelight bulbs, so it was funny to see you have had an LED sidelight addiction!  They certainly look brighter than the ones I have installed and getting a light colour match with the xenon bulb makes a massive difference to the appearance at night. 

I look forward to seeing how this develops especially the 20mm drop and stage 1 map as I think I like the idea of both myself 

[otto-mate]

What's the story with the cruise control retro fit then?  What's involved?

Thanks

M.