red pipping around grill...

jason11 · Post by **jason11** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:38 pm

wat have u used ?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:46 pm

Â£3 tape from halfords, its all over this forum dude!!

Best to warm it with a hairdryer first too so it sticks better.

jason11 · Post by **jason11** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:49 pm

wat the pin stripping in the lil blue box thingy lol?

wat size did u use cos it comes in different sizes 3mm 6mm 9mm 12mm ?

is it hard to do ?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:55 pm

Yes that stuff, umm I havn't got a ruler on me, but I'm guessing 6mm?

Yeh it's easy mate, as long as you heat the tape up first. that way it sticks really easily and curves round the grill without any hassle!

jason11 · Post by **jason11** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:59 pm

u dnt carry a ruler lol me either lol

well ill have a go den pal

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:05 pm

Yeh I'd be confident in buying 6mm for myself so I'd go with that, 3mm is definately too small, and I can't imagine it being as big as 9mm

Mike_M · Post by **Mike_M** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:42 pm

I used red wing bead on mine....its used on the old classic and kit cars

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:53 pm

Is that just another form of tape Mike?

jason11 · Post by **jason11** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:47 pm

were can u get it from mike ?

pologti76 · Post by **pologti76** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:32 pm

i masked mine up and used the original mk1 golf gti car and grill colour Mars Red i think it looks good done either way paint or tape

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:22 pm

pologti76 wrote: i think it looks good done either way paint or tape

True, tape takes two minutes though and you don't have to mask or remove the grill

pologti76 · Post by **pologti76** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:41 am

Tim_GTi wrote:
True, tape takes two minutes though and you don't have to mask or remove the grill

I couldnt get any red tape from my local halfords so thats the main reason i painted mine

nogwuy · Post by **nogwuy** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:14 am

i got some piping/beading off someone on club lupo its a rubbury type material that in cross section looks kind if like a pea on the end of a stick (sorry i dont have access to any photos at the mo) it has a thin blade type section behind the visible part that wedges in between the edge of the black part of the grill, and the painted part beneath it. i just used a bit of double sided tape to hold it in place. looks very oem and nice!

Mike_M · Post by **Mike_M** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:06 pm

As mentioned it is a solid, impregnated colour rubber that is designed to fill gaps in classic car wings.

It looks like this on the roll in red

and in white

I cut it too length and took some notches out for the grill tabs, before sliding it into the gap....to get the result of my pic.

I did have the tape before, but this wing bead looks better in my opinion.

nogwuy · Post by **nogwuy** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:12 pm

Mike_M wrote:As mentioned it is a solid, impregnated colour rubber that is designed to fill gaps in classic car wings.

It looks like this on the roll in red

and in white

I cut it too length and took some notches out for the grill tabs, before sliding it into the gap....to get the result of my pic.

I did have the tape before, but this wing bead looks better in my opinion.

yeh thats the stuff, its v good