Gloss black mirrors now standard?

[SRGTD]

My post WLTP car’s wing mirrors are in body colour. Must be a glitch

But technically your car was built pre WTLP? These have appeared since its been added back to the configurator so might well be included as part of price increase?

It may be an error with the configurator. VW aren’t the best at producing error-free marketing and promotional material. There’s been a number of errors in the configurator over time for the Golf and Polo and probably other models too; e.g. wrong steering wheels, incorrect gear selectors (manual gear lever in DGS equipped cars) and no gear leverl /selector at all - just a black hole! The content of some option packs in the price list for the Polo were incorrect for much of 2018 too.   

[BobbyT]

Black mirrors do look good on the Golf 

[2007GTI]

I see your point on the Clubsport, but I like OEM, so yes would leave them on a Clubsport.

I have shiney chrome mirrors on my 60s Mini, so I wouldn't say my tastes were stuck in the 80s, I aint that old! 

Makes me laugh, as up until few years ago black and therefore unpainted mirror caps were a sign of a base model, and hence a poverty spec car. It blows my mind why someone would want to make their car look poverty spec, even if it is carbon fibre.

 

i have the official Carbon Mirror Caps from VW and I have to say they do not look poverty spec at all.  I know what you are saying as several years ago if it was not painted, it was a matt black unpainted cheap plastic or worse and deemed as the standard for base models. 

But the gloss black and Carbon Fibre Mirror caps look nothing like the horrible matt black plastic mirrors and in my personal opinion the gloss black and Carbon Fibre mirror caps do add an extra premium appearance to the car.    Whether you like painted mirror caps and/or gloss black/carbon fibre mirror caps and feel they add to the appearance of your car or not, will be on a personal preference basis. 

In my case I feel the Carbon Fibre Mirror Caps add to the appearance of my Oryx White Golf R.  But when i had a Golf GTI PP previously I had painted mirror caps and I have to say I liked both and don't feel either was poverty spec.

2007GTI said the same thing previously so really really must like body colour mirrors. So if you bought a Clubsport would get the mirrors colour coded to the body? No, you wouldn't.

Of course, as you pointed out they weren't gloss or carbon back then but cheap nasty plastic. Cars used to have lots of chrome round the window and then peopled started buying every chrome accessory off eBay such as light covers and number plate surrounds.

Gloss black parts are used on many higher end and performance variant cars and labelling them as poverty spec is clearly someone who's tastes are stuck in the 80s. The facelift R has lots of gloss black. Would you get that all painted body colour? No,you wouldn't.

[jaceyboy]

Black mirrors do look good on the Golf 

Sure do

[Jim_mk7.5]

I see your point on the Clubsport, but I like OEM, so yes would leave them on a Clubsport.

I have shiney chrome mirrors on my 60s Mini, so I wouldn't say my tastes were stuck in the 80s, I aint that old! 

Retro! 

[Exonian]

I get where people are coming from when they say the gloss black mirror covers remind them of base model hatchbacks of yesteryear but in the flesh they work with modern styling and other gloss black add ins.
Hell, until Minis made it popular again black roofs were the doyen of chavved up Saxos going for the MaccyD DTM racecar look, but now even Uber conservative VW offers them as an option on some of the GTI range.

Opinions will no doubt be strongly divided on both.

Gloss black mirrors work on certain cars and with certain colour schemes.

Should we start on the subject of black wheels next?   

[dubber36]

Having just changed to gloss back mirrors and wheels on the white Tig, I'm all for gloss back accents. The roof is next on the list to do.

[JB GTI]

Should we start on the subject of black wheels next?   

I’ll start... I think it just looks like someone has nicked the wheel trims once the car is moving 

I’ll get me coat and start running 

[king monkey]

I really like the gloss black mirrors. If I order a gti or R I’ll be adding them. Think they’ll look great with the pan roof.

Anyone know the part numbers for the gloss black or carbon ones?

[Jim_mk7.5]

I really like the gloss black mirrors. If I order a gti or R I’ll be adding them. Think they’ll look great with the pan roof.

Anyone know the part numbers for the gloss black or carbon ones?

Just ordered mine from here, OEM and has the VW part number on - 5G0072530A

https://vdsshop.co.uk/collections/mk7-golf-gti/products/gloss-black-mirror-covers-for-mk7-golf