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Offline mcmaddy

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #410 on: 06 January 2014, 20:17 »
dental floss is the best thing for removing badges.
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #411 on: 06 January 2014, 20:54 »
Replaced the reversing light bulbs with LED ones  :smiley:

Which ones did you go for mate?

Used the dimmer ones that I originally bought for the front indicators but then replaced with super bright.



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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #412 on: 06 January 2014, 21:09 »
Today I finished buffing the alloy wheels.
Cleaned the glass with Autoglym fast glass cleaner and applied AutoGylm glass polish.  :cool:
I also tidied up my car products shelf lol.  :laugh:
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #413 on: 07 January 2014, 09:34 »
Used "Plasti-dip" to turn my VW badge matt black  :smiley:





The beauty of plasti-dip is that you can just peel it off when you get bored as it's basically rubber paint  :cool:
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #414 on: 07 January 2014, 10:01 »
How did the badge come off?

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #415 on: 07 January 2014, 10:17 »
Used "Plasti-dip" to turn my VW badge matt black  :smiley:





The beauty of plasti-dip is that you can just peel it off when you get bored as it's basically rubber paint  :cool:

Did you put an overcoat on it? ive found in the past that plastidip on front facing parts last about 20miles on the m1 lol
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #416 on: 07 January 2014, 10:23 »
How did the badge come off?

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Just pop it off with a small flat headed screwdriver.  I actually removed the whole front grill but didn't need to in the end.

There's some (German) instructions here;

http://www.golf7gti.com/topic.php?p=10289&highlight=#real10289

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #417 on: 07 January 2014, 10:24 »

Did you put an overcoat on it? ive found in the past that plastidip on front facing parts last about 20miles on the m1 lol

Nope, wanted to see if I liked the look without going  to too much effort.  Fully prepared to paint it again later if I want it long term  :smiley:

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #418 on: 07 January 2014, 10:29 »

Did you put an overcoat on it? ive found in the past that plastidip on front facing parts last about 20miles on the m1 lol

Nope, wanted to see if I liked the look without going  to too much effort.  Fully prepared to paint it again later if I want it long term  :smiley:

Definitely not my cup of Tea. Some mods should be left alone

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #419 on: 07 January 2014, 10:31 »

Did you put an overcoat on it? ive found in the past that plastidip on front facing parts last about 20miles on the m1 lol

Nope, wanted to see if I liked the look without going  to too much effort.  Fully prepared to paint it again later if I want it long term  :smiley:

Definitely not my cup of Tea. Some mods should be left alone


I dont know, i think the whole black on grey look is spot on. I wouldnt be doing it on mine however, black on white is a bit overdone imo.
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