Jonny's Golf GT 170

[Scotsmanash]

Nice mate, personally would have gone for monzas after putting that gti bumper on

[Jonny_FRS]

Always had a soft spot for CH's so they were my first choice, if I was intentionally trying to make a GTI replica then Monza's would have been a good shout

[Jonny_FRS]

Made a few small changes over the last couple of months, slowly feeling that the car is starting to get how I want it now 

First mod was a Mk6 Golf chrome head light switch to replace my cracked surround and also match my chrome tipped window switches:

From this:



To this:



Next up was fitting a S3 short shifter which I bought from Skard (cheers dude)  Didn't get any pictures of it before fitting sadly! Definitely a shorter throw over standard!

Another job was to vinyl wrap my B pillars which had some marks on them. GTI B pillar trims are quite expensive so decided to buy some gloss black wrap and have a go myself, thankfully the results didn't turn out too bad:







As I do a lot more motorway journeys now I have an economical car I decided that Cruise Control would be a great mod, after some research from my Turkish beach on holiday I was able to identify that my car would have the correct wiring present, allowing me to simply buy the correct stalk and snap it straight in! I was able to source a second hand Cruise Control stalk off ebay for £24 delivered and once I got back from Turkey I was able to install the stalk and use my mates VAG COM to enable it 

Stripping down:





Job took just over an hour in total - all in all, a great mod for £24!

Next job was to paint the red strip on my front grille blue to match my brake calipers. Picked up some Plasti Dip off ebay, once it arrived I stripped down the grille and painted the strip.

From this:



Drying:



Fitted (excuse the dirty car!):





As you can see, it matches pretty well with my calipers:



Ordered some new genuine GTI side skirts today, hoping that they'll be ready for collection tomorrow so I can fit them over the weekend! Looking forward to getting them fitted as every time I look at my car it's crying out for some skirts to fill the middle out a bit more! Will hopefully have an update for you all over the weekend!

[Matto]

Some nice update there mate. Did you price the B pillars up?

[Jonny_FRS]

I've had a quote from TPS which wasnt too cheap (cant remember it now but was around £28 per side), will probably get some eventually but my cash is needed for at more important mods right now haha! Glad the skirts are coming as thats another thing off the list then I'd like some black head lights 

[Matto]

Sounds a little expensive to me. Think I paid £18 a side. Might be different with yours being a 3 door.

[torque777]

I know matt black standard ones are £18 from tps as got one a few weeks ago but don't know if gti gloss one are dearer ??

sent using my own fingers

[Matto]

I know matt black standard ones are £18 from tps as got one a few weeks ago but don't know if gti gloss one are dearer ??

sent using my own fingers

That is how much I paid for my gloss ones.

[Jonny_FRS]

Will have to revisit the gloss trim situation with TPS as they would make a nice addition to my car 

Sadly only half of my side skirt bits have came, the brackets haven't yet arrived so need to collect those on Monday. Plan is to fit Monday night!

Thanks to Matto for his advice on sourcing them 

[Jonny_FRS]

Sadly all the bits required to fit my skirts didn't arrive in time to fit them over the weekend so spent the day taking off my door card to fix/remount my petrol cap button which had fallen into the door card, hoovering out the car and giving her a good wash - results came up really good:









Collected my new genuine GTI skirts today and fit them after work tonight - they have made a massive difference and fill the middle of the car out nicely:











Before:



After:

[dodds-gttdi]

Looks sweet! I love how much of a difference the side skirts make!  I just picked up the sideskirts on Saturday. Not gonna be able to get them fitted til they're colour coded (payday, end of Sept). :-(

Quick question. I have the two side skirts, and two brackets per side. Did you use a glue or bond to fix the skirts on? Or just the strip of adhesive already on the skirt?

[Jonny_FRS]

Thanks matey, love the look of the car with the skirts on!

I literally fit the skirts using the two brackets either side, one screw at either end and the adhesive tape that comes with them - they're solid and have stuck well so dont think they'll be going anywhere in a hurry 

[DanMol]

Really starting to take shape now JC. Think I'll have to look at short shifter.

Skirts really finish it off, level out front and rear bumpers.

[Jonny_FRS]

Cheers Dan, she's like a different car to what she was last December! Short shifter would be a good mod for your S3, I can help you fit it too as is a nice quick job!

[Matto]

Transforms the look completey mate. Loads better.

Need to get me some ordered at some point after my holiday next year. What are the brackets you mentioned? Do they come with the skirts or is that a seperate fitting kit?