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Offline swgti

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Front air intakes.
« on: July 29, 2011, 08:55:52 pm »
In the honeycombe sections on the front that house the fog lights I've a couple of holes in each that house the screws and another 1/2 hole right next to fogs, I've noticed on a few gti's now that some have more holes than others knocked out is there a reason for this?
I realise some people will do it themselves for added air flow or to compliment mods but i'm pretty sure a couple of the cars i've seen with extra holes were not being driven by modding types.
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Re: Front air intakes.
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2011, 09:24:27 pm »
You can get the open fog grills as an oem item from your dealer.
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Re: Front air intakes.
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2011, 09:42:19 pm »
Yeah I've seen those basically a full square taken out, others I've seen though are either odd holes or just a line.
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Re: Front air intakes.
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2011, 10:35:25 pm »
I have seen these, with just one or two honeycombs missing,
Presume it was just a design thing that changed, can't see any performance benefits to it.
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Re: Front air intakes.
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2011, 11:04:05 pm »
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Open foglight panel vents aren't going to do anything worthwhile unless you duct them: Either to the front brakes or on one side only to an aftermarket air intake (but need to protect against water ingress).
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