Alex's Laser Blue, not so GTI MK5

AJG09 · April 01, 2015, 02:40:08 PM

Cheers

I cannot for the life of me get the old one off the car, i undid all the torx screws etc and theres a tiny clip each side in the wheel arch and i think king kong would struggle to pull it out!

Given it a rest for now, will have a go another day

AJG09 · April 14, 2015, 02:12:22 PM

Quick update while work is slow..

So i got the splitter on, looks good and decent fitment.

Yet to get it painted so atm it looks abit weird as its black

Also changed the window switches, mirror switch and headlight switch for some nice updated one as the old ones looked old.

will get a pic of the splitter at some point.

AJG09 · April 14, 2015, 03:31:13 PM

car is due another was and polish but here is a pic of the splitter fitted before it gets painted.

All i ask now is for a hand in the paint... do i get the whole front splitter colour coded or do i leave the bottem lip part black and just pant the rest of the splitter?

i cant decide

usmangti · April 14, 2015, 05:18:35 PM

nice splitter,

I think get the centre done gloss black, along with your grille slats, and colour code the bump strips!

AJG09 · April 14, 2015, 06:30:08 PM

Cheers

Bump strips will be smoothed and painted at the same time the splitter is done. Gloss black grills is a good idea!!

usmangti · April 14, 2015, 06:49:01 PM

I think golfman did it and it looked good. I always hated this front end until I joined the forum. Amazing what some paint and a splitter can do. And more lows!!

lewisako · April 14, 2015, 06:50:11 PM

If you're smoothing the bump strips may as well go the full whack and do the number plate area aswell!

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usmangti · April 14, 2015, 08:10:38 PM

No deffo dont do numberplate looks proper sh*te imo of course! Im not convinced about bump strips either tho
Edit: just been looking at some and it can look good but I saw a blue one on fb previously and it looked really bad!

AJG09 · April 14, 2015, 11:20:12 PM

When I say smoothed I mean sanded so they aren't textured

Not sure what you mean about the number plate... I will give it a look. And I want it lower but at this time its just not practical, too many speed humps and un even roads near me. Maybe I will if I find some spare cash lying around but I'm also saving for my next car... Gti

b1ggsy · September 04, 2015, 08:52:53 PM

Looking good dude!! I have got a 3dr in the same colour and with the same engine as yours so I'm looking forward to seeing what you do!!

Can I ask you, did the BMC air filter make much of a difference? I've been thinking of getting one for mine but not sure if it is worth it or not.

Can't wait to see the srs tec front splitter fitted, ive been looking at getting one of them too :)

JustSho · September 05, 2015, 08:44:29 AM

Hello mate
You're not the only one with a 1.6 FSI as your first car on here!

Can't wait to see what the car looks like once all the rub strips and the valance is colour coded as I'm thinking to get it done too.

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RetroRaz · September 05, 2015, 09:05:49 AM

Miss having laser blue. Progress coming nicely. Have some petrol highline clusters available soon which might interest you?

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AJG09 · September 05, 2015, 07:31:30 PM

Quote from: b1ggsy on September 04, 2015, 08:52:53 PM
Looking good dude!! I have got a 3dr in the same colour and with the same engine as yours so I'm looking forward to seeing what you do!!

Can I ask you, did the BMC air filter make much of a difference? I've been thinking of getting one for mine but not sure if it is worth it or not.

Can't wait to see the srs tec front splitter fitted, ive been looking at getting one of them too :)

BMC didn't really make much difference tbh but I've sold this car now and got a GTI

The best mod I did was change the back box to a Gti back box and it made the car sound really raspy then got a gti rear valence and colour coded it. I think those 2 mods made the most difference to the cars looks

AJG09 · September 05, 2015, 07:33:34 PM

Cheers guys, the car is now sold and I got myself a Gti a few months back in tornado red. I have a build thread for that too called Alex tornado red gti.

The front splitter looked good but I never got round to painting it and I also ended up getting a black plastic one from ebay as it would be more flexible that the srs one. Was cheaper too

b1ggsy · September 10, 2015, 10:55:58 AM

Sorry to bump this up again. Just wondering if the back box you put on was a standard GTI one and was it a straight fit? Also do you have a link to the ebay ed30 splitter?

Thanks.