colour coding handles and interior....

kipper · Post by **kipper** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:03 pm

recently theres been a lot of talk about colour coding handles so i havd a day of yesterday so decided im gonna have a go myself..... im happy with the results....... here goes......

firstly the undoing, the recessed torque screw top right needs undoing.

then u push the handle forward towards the front of the car, then the rear end should pull out first followed by the front end.

once removed i sanded it to roughen it then spray it with plastic primer.

then after a couple of coats the top coat couple of coats then the lacquer. once the lacquer is applied its best to leave it for atleast a couple of hours to give the lacquer a better drying time, otherwise if u rush it ull end up starting again.... i know.

after it was done i wanted to see wat it looked like on the car......

then wat it looks like with both handles done......

im pretty impressed altho i did manage to break one of the lock barrels. so i have a dillema, do i get a new lock so i got both front doors with the key lock or do i just blank of the passenger side so its only got the lock on the drivers side?

also i fitted my gti splitter to............ only took me about 30 seconds literally. start from the middle then work out.

later today i'll put the pics up of wat ive done on the inside as well......... hopefully u'll like it........

one_must_fall · Post by **one_must_fall** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:44 pm

Good stuff. Loose the lock. You can get a blanking plate from vagparts.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:51 pm

Nice mate, definitely get a rear 5-door handle and blank the front passenger side, I can't see the point in it being there to be honest!

kipper · Post by **kipper** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:48 pm

Tim_GTi wrote:Nice mate, definitely get a rear 5-door handle and blank the front passenger side, I can't see the point in it being there to be honest!

my thoughts exactly, after all not having central locking means i dont really need a lock on the passenger side as i most of the time open it from inside anyway....

im thinking in the near future of getting the rear handles removed totally and just having the 2 front ones. seen it befor on a polo and thought it looks sweet.....

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:59 pm

Yeh Joe's done it on his mark 4 (either that or he's photoshopped his sig!),
However I feel 5-doors are made because they are more practical than 3-doors, and taking the rear handles out means they are less practical! Sorta of defeats the object in my opinion.

kipper · Post by **kipper** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:14 am

as i said in the first post, i was gonna post some pics of wat i been doing inside tonight.... bit later then planned. hopefully u will like it. i think it looks pretty sweet.

firstly the silver bit u see i did but then touched the lacquer befor it dried properly so i redid it along with the driver side vent and light switch sorround.

then after some sanding, plastic primer again and lacquer its finished. but this time i left it for about 3 hours to dry befor i put it back in my car.

now this is how it looks back in the car in all its glory witht he switches back in place.....

and i also did the centre bit where the heating controlles are. did do the passenger side heater grill to but didnt do photos of that.

hopefully thursday i'll do the centre bits that have the 2 heaters and hazard light button on........

li think it will look nice when its complete....... wat u think?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:19 am

Look good mate, your 6 lower switches look a tad messy though, what do they all the extra switches do?

kipper · Post by **kipper** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:33 am

yea i noticed that, i was thinking they ruin the pic. the green one i believe is blank. used to do the neons under the car befor one got ripped of going over a slightly raised mini roundabout so i ended up taking them of but left the switch as theyre would of been a whole otherwise. the red one does the light in my parcel shelf.... the black button does the boot popper and the led is the alarm. might see if i can get a couple more and swap the bad ones over and maybe spray them.

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:51 am

sorry but that just looks tacky to me

but each to their own mate, your car at the end of the day

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:43 am

Well done on the door handles and splitter bud

Its nice to see it on the car finally! As for the interior spraying, not my cup of tea, but youve done a good job on it nonetheless!

jason11 · Post by **jason11** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:17 am

not a fan on interior bits, but then again aint my car....

kipper · Post by **kipper** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:51 pm

i thought id have some slagging of so i was prepared for it. however, im not totally sure if i like it so im gonna leave it for now and see if it grows on me and if not thinking of spraying it matt or gloss black.

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:52 pm

kipper wrote:i thought id have some slagging of so i was prepared for it. however, im not totally sure if i like it so im gonna leave it for now and see if it grows on me and if not thinking of spraying it matt or gloss black.

My mate done this to his mk4 golf

MaxZ · Post by **MaxZ** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:32 pm

The handles look good, but not keen on the interior stuff.

If I was you, I'd replace the front grill and the rear lights.

Polo96CL · Post by **Polo96CL** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:13 pm

I like the handles, tidy.

Personally I thought the interior ones looked pretty good, better than I thought it would.