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Offline simonp

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Odd colour
« on: January 13, 2011, 09:16:37 pm »
I saw what I'm sure was a mk5 the other day and it was a colour I've never seen before. It was a pale metallic red and the closest colour I can think of to compare it to is Vauxhall's Pomegranate Red, but a little pinker maybe (example below). Any ideas?

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm46/amosvectra/PICT0461.jpg

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Re: Odd colour
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2011, 10:15:47 pm »
Probably a custom paint job. GTIs came is specific colours and the closest thing to red is 'Tornado Red'.
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Re: Odd colour
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2011, 10:22:51 pm »
Apologies, it wasn't a GTI, as you say, though, it must've been a one-off, as I think the standard Golf only came in TR, as well.
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Re: Odd colour
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2011, 10:44:40 pm »
You could get the normal mk5 in metallic red but not the GTI though unless you imported it from Germany as a special order colour.
« Last Edit: January 15, 2011, 10:53:14 pm by Snoopy »
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Re: Odd colour
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 11:26:05 pm »
Any pics (or the name of the colour)??  :happy2:
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Re: Odd colour
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2011, 08:48:53 pm »
Well, at least I know what the colour's called now!

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,24398.0/topicseen.html
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