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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #45 on: December 23, 2012, 06:16:04 pm »

Mine nicely in place, changed my mind and moved it to the ash tray when it fell off the door.



....That looks perfect! A very nicely lit photo too. It really looks like the aluminium cover came from the factory with the plaque already as part of it.

Jeeze! 23 degrees! You like it hot in your cabin.


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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #46 on: December 23, 2012, 08:04:27 pm »

Mine nicely in place, changed my mind and moved it to the ash tray when it fell off the door.



....That looks perfect! A very nicely lit photo too. It really looks like the aluminium cover came from the factory with the plaque already as part of it.

Jeeze! 23 degrees! You like it hot in your cabin.

Hahaha its bloody cold in Cumbria!
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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #47 on: December 23, 2012, 08:26:29 pm »
^^^^
Yeah, I'm down on the south coast in West Dorset near East Devon - It's mild outside.


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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #48 on: December 29, 2012, 11:09:16 am »
Tried all sorts of different places to mount the plaque but agree with everyone that the ashtray is the best place.

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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #49 on: December 29, 2012, 05:02:48 pm »
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This is NOT a complaint! But I noticed that my plaques had some rough edges from machine cutting in their production. Easily resolved with some wet-n-dry P180 > P400.

The plaque on the left is as supplied and the plaque on the right has had its edges smoothed by me...........





The trick is to lay the sandpaper down flat on a worktop and work the plaque against the static sandpaper, not work the sandpaper against a static plaque. this ensures a more even straight edge. Take extra care on the radius corners.


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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #50 on: December 30, 2012, 06:06:00 pm »
Slapped mine on today! :happy2:



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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #51 on: December 30, 2012, 06:08:55 pm »
Wow that is Smart Mark  :drool:


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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #52 on: December 30, 2012, 06:14:03 pm »
What engine cover is that?

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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #53 on: December 30, 2012, 06:16:51 pm »
What engine cover is that?
It's a TTS cover :happy2:

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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #54 on: December 30, 2012, 06:25:48 pm »
Modified or as it comes?

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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #55 on: December 30, 2012, 06:26:06 pm »
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Very very smart, Marky, and great photos!  :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:

I stuck on one of mine today - Same idea but not so smart as yours being a lowly K03 GTI..............






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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #56 on: December 30, 2012, 06:32:26 pm »
Modified or as it comes?

It fits straight on using some different mounting bolts. The cover has been smoothed and painted.
Thanks RR, my pics are crappy iPhone ones but will get some better ones. Yours looks pretty funky too! :happy2:

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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #57 on: December 30, 2012, 06:33:09 pm »
Looks good mark...

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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #58 on: December 30, 2012, 06:44:01 pm »

Thanks RR, my pics are crappy iPhone ones but will get some better ones. Yours looks pretty funky too! :happy2:


....Perfect description - Yours is definitely a very smart style and mine is a funky style.  :happy2:


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Re: Please post your Ed30 or GTI build number plaques....
« Reply #59 on: December 30, 2012, 08:28:17 pm »


WOW! Engine cover and with added plaque looks great!  :notworthy:

Am definitely going to sell my spare engine cover now and get ones of those, simply stunning. Did you get it from the dealer or did it pop up on the Internet for sale? Just had a search and can't find one!  :sad1: Fits well along side the CAI too, top job Mark.

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