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differences between genuine gti grills and none genuine?
« on: April 06, 2013, 04:21:20 pm »
whats the difference between the genuine gti grills and the non genuine?
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Re: differences between genuine gti grills and none genuine?
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2013, 05:15:12 pm »
As with anything, you might just have a few slight issues with alignment... normally they are OK though.


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Re: differences between genuine gti grills and none genuine?
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2013, 05:25:28 pm »
iv got a oem gti front bumper and i cant make my mind up whether to save a bit of money and go for the cheaper grills :s 
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Re: differences between genuine gti grills and none genuine?
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2013, 06:16:33 pm »
I have a mix of OEM and non-gen, the fit on the non-gen is not perfect but as they are only fog light covers you would never know.

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Re: differences between genuine gti grills and none genuine?
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2013, 06:51:11 pm »
I have non OEM open fog grilles and you would never know! They are perfect  :happy2:

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Re: differences between genuine gti grills and none genuine?
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2013, 07:48:19 pm »
All my grilles are non-oem and fit well!


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Re: differences between genuine gti grills and none genuine?
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2013, 08:00:01 pm »
All my grilles are non-oem and fit well!

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Re: differences between genuine gti grills and none genuine?
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2013, 08:02:18 pm »
ebay. No idea who the sellers were, was ages ago!


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Re: differences between genuine gti grills and none genuine?
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2013, 11:32:01 am »
Ok, I'll have a look about
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