Advice on changing grill on GT Sport to GTI ones please

[coullgfx]

Hi all.  My 1st post, had a search and couldn't find anything, sorry if there is other topics and ive missed them.

I currently own a 2008 GT Sport TDI.  Had an ep3 before, and decided diesel was the way forward.  I know this is technically a GTI forum, so you can all haze me for being a diesel owner lol.

Anyways, I was wondering if I bought the GTI front grill kit, would it straight swap onto my gt sport, or is the fitting different?  As the GTI grill looks much better, especially the red trim.

Not my car, but here is a google image of my model.



What I want it to look like


Was also thinking of buying a matte black front VW badge as theyre only about £15.  Too cheesy?

Thanks in advance

[PatchySan]

The GT Sport shares the same bumper design as the GTI so you can do a direct swap on the grilles no problem.

[coullgfx]

The GT Sport shares the same bumper design as the GTI so you can do a direct swap on the grilles no problem.

100%?  I only ask as quite expensive, and ebay listings only list the gti as models the parts will fit.  Although they do look like they will from images

[PatchySan]

Yeah a couple of people have converted from the GT Sport Slats (aka Wolfsburg in the US) to the GTI Honeycomb grilles without issues (and vice versa). You could try and see if there are any GTI grilles available here in the For Sale section as it may be cheaper than those found on eBay.

[coullgfx]

Yeah a couple of people have converted from the GT Sport Slats (aka Wolfsburg in the US) to the GTI Honeycomb grilles without issues (and vice versa). You could try and see if there are any GTI grilles available here in the For Sale section as it may be cheaper than those found on eBay.

thanks you for your replies, ill give the section a look

[JimmyC92]

I Have a GT too, I've swapped the grills no problem! As they say above a direct swap  look at my thread if you need to

[andybon]

I'm about to fit a gti grille to mine, only thing I'd like to know is how do I remove the gti badge?
Want to cut the "I" off as my car is only a gt, don't want to badge it up as something it isn't.

[jaffa]

I'm about to fit a gti grille to mine, only thing I'd like to know is how do I remove the gti badge?
Want to cut the "I" off as my car is only a gt, don't want to badge it up as something it isn't.

The badge simply unclips from behind

GTI grills will 100% fit on your GT, i did the opposite and fitted GT grills to my GTI