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Where can i get this trim from?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:07 pm
by JKM_GTI
Hi
Would like to give my polo a little fresh look, i have just got a new red gti badge of ebay...£2.50! and would like a bit of red trim on the grill to go with it!
I hope Grum doesn't mind me using his pic (i want to black my b-pillar like his too
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Thanks in advance!
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:06 pm
by inder
That red trim is not a VW part m8, been DIY'd
I forget exactly what with though lol
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:33 pm
by Si_GTi
One of our members, PoloGTi (aka J.T.) has done this mod to his black GTi. In fact I think that's his car in the large pic above... if I remember rightly he used some red tape he found at a craft shop or similar for about 50p a reel! Ask any of the guys and gals who were at VWNW back in August and they'll tell you that I had a bit of a game applying the same tape he used to my own grille at the time - it really needs a hairdryer to help the tape stick securely!
Cue lots of laughs at the spider's web in my engine bay too
But yeah, it's been DIY'd, and it's not too hard if you have a hairdryer to hand when you apply the tape... ROFL!
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:26 am
by inder
Spiders web?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:00 am
by JKM_GTI
inder wrote:That red trim is not a VW part m8, been DIY'd
I forget exactly what with though lol
Yeah i did think that, thought that maybe it came off a mk5 golf gti....
I will get down to my local hobby store this weekend and look for something!
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:13 am
by waveydavey
JKM_GTI wrote:inder wrote:That red trim is not a VW part m8, been DIY'd
I forget exactly what with though lol
Yeah i did think that, thought that maybe it came off a mk5 golf gti....
I will get down to my local hobby store this weekend and look for something!
I've done the same trim on my Silver GTi........... Halfords red stripe stuff..... The stuff you use as speed stripes down the side of 1988 Ford Sierras....... about 4mm wide i think.....
Cheers
Dave.
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:05 pm
by JKM_GTI
thanks for the replys guys...
I will be going to Halfords later then! I need de-icer anyway.
Thanks
Joe
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:13 pm
by Grum
i just used red electrical tape on mine but took my time so it looks good and nobody who ever looks at it can tell its just tape!
only thing with the tape is to make sure u dont hit the spars of the grill as the tape stick up on these and looks messy so make sure to take ur time!
look how good it looks in this pic....
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:03 pm
by neilw
I'm so sorry,
That red tape looks so damm good i had to copy it.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:38 pm
by inder
A new craze
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:48 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Can you take a few close up pics and one with the grille out so I can see what it looks like, I may consider it.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:04 pm
by neilw
yes ill take a close up its tommorow as its too dark now.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:06 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Cheers, is it real thin tape or is it wrapped round the side of it?
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:43 am
by Silky V
Just seen the trim. Looks amazing. Will be doing it to me grill as well. As soon as I get some time. Maybe this sunday.
. I can't believe I didn't think of the red trim before.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:46 am
by GMANGTI
ooooo, think im on my own here but....i dnt think the gti grill suits the red tape to well, maybe theres a reason why vw didnt do it as factory fit, nice to see something different tho!