My GTI progress thread (Update 31st Mar - For Sale!)

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:34 pm

Just been quoted Â£40 a wheel for refurb/powercoating, that's excellent

edit: so hopefully the car will look like this soon:

Dee-vub · Post by **Dee-vub** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:39 pm

^^^^thats a perfect choice. i'v only seen it done once with the black centres on some1's black gti.

Looks great! bit lowerage needed tho.

danny_boy · Post by **danny_boy** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:04 pm

wow 40 quid for a refurb! that sounds well good

wher are you getting it done? and do you know how much it usually costs?

---Carl--- · Post by **---Carl---** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:38 pm

thats the usual price lol about 40 a wheel

some places round here do it for about 30

quite good price,

but i think u pay for wot u get

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:22 pm

danny_boy wrote:wow 40 quid for a refurb! that sounds well good wher are you getting it done? and do you know how much it usually costs?

Finesse (sp?) finishings in Aberdeen. The guy showed me some of the wheels he'd done, all of them are amazing quality. I was expected around Â£40 for refurb then another Â£30 for powdercoating per wheel. Only trouble is, I have to take the tyres off and split the rims myself, which is a pain. 4 days to get it done, but it will be worth it

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:52 pm

Here is what I got done today. The pictures don't do the new badge justice, it looks great...

Original badge:

"Polo" off:

"GTI" off:

Debadged:

Broken badges and new badge:

New rear end:

New badge, gleaming red "I":

DubGTI · Post by **DubGTI** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:02 pm

---Carl--- wrote: but i think u pay for wot u get

Deffo

M@Turner · Post by **M@Turner** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:03 pm

Â£40. That sounds reasonable.

I went down to my local powder coaters and sand blasters to get a quote this morning!

Â£5 per centre to sandblast
Â£30 per centre for powder coating

Then its a matter of taking tyres off and splitting them, then refurbing the rims myself.

Seems a lot of effort aswell a money to bother doing!

I don't know what to do!

Mat

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:36 am

CymruPolo wrote:Did all the crap under the badges come off easily?

Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover does the job in no time

then I used a bit of Scratch X because I could still slightly see the POLO

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:44 am

I just used WD40, it took a while though. Just left a slight yellow outline. Backend looks much tidier, I'm well happy with it

Del_GTi · Post by **Del_GTi** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:59 pm

Nice sparkly new GTi badge there mate.

I went for the anni style Golf badges for mine:

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:08 pm

Wow they look stunning. They didn't look good on a photoshop, wish I got them!

My wheels are getting done on Tuesday and I'll temporarily be riding on DelG40's 13" BBS badboys from the G!

Managed to snap off the electric mirror control switch today, bummer

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:00 pm

Mouse_GTI wrote:My wheels are getting done on Tuesday and I'll temporarily be riding on DelG40's 13" BBS badboys from the G!

Will the 13"s fit around the GTi's 256mm brakes and calipers?

="CymruPolo"]Do the mirrors on the GTi bend in on the outside? (for example if you wanted to park somewhere and were afraid a passing car would clip it) I tried pushing mine in the other day and didn't like to force it 'cause it didn't seem to budge.

Yep, they do fold in, although sadly only by hand, electric folding mirrors would have been an exquisite touch though haha! If they haven't been moved for quite some time they may need just a bit of force to budge, my passenger-side mirror sometimes needs a good thump to get it to tuck in