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Offline howie1987

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A question about gti sideskirts.
« on: March 09, 2015, 08:05:53 pm »
Does anyone know if gti and r32 side skirts are the same part, part from the r32 skirts are smoothed? Its for an mk5 gti

Reason i'm asking is i want to wrap my car but the gti side skirts are textured so the wrap probably won't bond.

Or any other alternative am open to ideas.

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Re: A question about gti sideskirts.
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2015, 10:29:35 am »
Anyone?

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Re: A question about gti sideskirts.
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2015, 10:43:30 am »
The sideskirts have the same shape but the R32/Ed. 30 are smoothed and are primed coated, so they're ready to be painted, hence much more expensive.

You can get the textured GTI sideskirts and then sand them until they're smooth.

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Re: A question about gti sideskirts.
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2015, 11:29:32 am »
The sideskirts have the same shape but the R32/Ed. 30 are smoothed and are primed coated, so they're ready to be painted, hence much more expensive.

You can get the textured GTI sideskirts and then sand them until they're smooth.
I know i could sand them but that would take me too much time and i don't really have time lol.

 Hopfully i can get a pair of 2nd hand r32 skirts.

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Re: A question about gti sideskirts.
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2015, 02:35:58 pm »
You could have high build primer applied and then a quick flatten, much cheaper than buying new from VW.

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Re: A question about gti sideskirts.
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2015, 01:30:07 am »
Decided just to leave as they are as the car is anthracite grey so actually go well.