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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: northeast_gti-t on 26 March 2010, 14:24
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Well finished work earlier to get all my paint,filler etc as well as some parts from vw in the form of a wheelarch liner,front grille,retainer and an R32 bumper centre vent in order to carry out my front grille mod hoping to make a start later this afternoon :afro:
heres what its all about http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2430048 courtesy of barry_gti :smiley: bit of work involved but it does look quite awesome :cool: :cool:
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00117-20100326-1319.jpg)
so this should keep me busy over the next week :rolleyes:
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I did read the Vortex forum and agree that this grill looks smart :cool:
I must say i do love the parts dept at VW when you ring up/go in and order random parts like this - they're always a bit like wtf!?!
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But you don't have an .:R front bumper :tongue:
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I'm not to keen on this grill if I'm honest.
Good luck to you though!
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I think it looked great in that thread, but looks like a b!tch to get right and looking decent. Good luck squire!
Oh, and remember to post some pics on progress etc..... some mods seem to like having 12 page threads without any pics what so ever :drool: :evil:
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Dont worry Matt WILL post lots of pictures :grin:
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Good luck mate! dont fcuk it up :grin:
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Looks good, Alot of effort though, good luck
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good luck fella :wink:
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But you don't have an .:R front bumper :tongue:
dont think it will go with the standard bumper, but looks wicked with the r32 bumper. good luck tho mate :)
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Yep steve matt is a pic whore tbh lmao
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Good luck mate! I hope it comes out well, I'll be keeping my eyes on it! On another note, if it works well I might pay you to do me one! :grin:
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Good luck mate! I hope it comes out well, I'll be keeping my eyes on it! On another note, if it works well I might pay you to do me one! :grin:
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Cant wait for pics :cool:
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just to say thanks everyone for all your comments :afro: much appreciated indeed :smiley:
agree with you it is akward and alot of work but i'm prepared for doing it i'm determined to pull this mod off as i want to have something a little different :smiley:
oh and looks like i'l be selling the black one i have at the moment :wink:
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Okay well started on some of the work earlier and so far the retaining piece has had the original lugs removed and tidied up,centre vw piece has had the grille slats removed and made up some plastic infills from the wheelarch liner bonded those in and applied 2 lots of filler which has not long been rubbed down with 400 grade wet/dry (used dry) and had a go over with (wet) 600 grade and fixed/clipped to the retainer also got the R32 bunper grille cut around the edges ready for sizing up for fitting to the retainer so some steady progress and i'm pleased with how its going so hopefully will be working on it on and off over the weekend :afro: so in the meantime here's some of the progress :smiley:
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00118-20100326-1958.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00119-20100326-1959.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00120-20100326-1959.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00121-20100326-2219.jpg)
alot more to do but so far so good :wink:
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Looking good so far :smiley:
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Very different, good luck :afro:
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well this morning i got the R32 mesh cut to shape for either side of the vw badge and tonight set about cutting and making up two infills for each end of the grille so as to give it a finished look where the mesh ends well spent an hour making and ensuring they fitted okay but once trying to bond them onto the back retainer they wouldnt bond successfuly even tho i was using some decent epoxy resin so it must be down to the composites of the two plastics :laugh: so in the end ditched that idea and just going to leave them cut to shape not what i wanted but has to be just a little frustrating having spent the time making up the pieces oh well :angry: so tonight managed to get the mesh 'fillered' and made a start on smoothing it down level which is going to be slow progress and i'l be taking a trip out to get some more wet and dry i think :laugh: so for the time being most of the work will be spent sanding and touching in any filler to level it up
so for now heres some pics of the progress
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00123-20100327-0853.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00122-20100327-0852.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00124-20100327-2154.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00125-20100327-2154.jpg)
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I cant wait to see this finished mate :cool:
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After the formula one this morning set about the task of sanding down the filler to level it up and to see any imperfections etc that need some filler adding well looking at the grillle i thought how the fcuk am i going to get that flat :laugh: well stuck with it and got it half decent before going out and getting a decent sanding block and some more wet & dry and how much better did it go with the block well had it level in no time :afro: so washed all the dust off and let it dry ready for filling all the areas that have imperfections and the get these sanded down before smoothing it off very wet with some finer grade wet & dry to hopefully get the coats of primer on in the middle of the week
so progress from today....
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00126-20100328-1211.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00127-20100328-1211.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00128-20100328-1739.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00129-20100328-1739.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00130-20100328-1806.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00131-20100328-1806.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00132-20100328-1806.jpg)
got to love all this sanding down nearly there :smiley:
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Hello northeast. Grill looks great. Hope I can get my newly equired silver gti as good as urs lol not to say that I am gonna copy it lol
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Hello northeast. Grill looks great. Hope I can get my newly equired silver gti as good as urs lol not to say that I am gonna copy it lol
hello andy. thanks :afro: and welcome to mk 4 ownership you got the best colour to :smiley: thanks for your comments no problem :wink:
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Finally this morning i have applied the final amount of filler to level up and fill any imperfections ready for a final sanding and then smoothing up in readiness for the plastic primer all depends on the weather :sad: as to if i can get it sanded etc tommorrow just have to see :rolleyes:
so today heres the progress.
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00133-20100329-1146.jpg)
managed to get the airvent cutout levelled up and also at the top two edges slowly but surely getting there :laugh:
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lets hope it looks good because you're going to be well pissed off if it doesn't after all this effort :laugh: :laugh: :tongue:
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Lol rhyso
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lets hope it looks good because you're going to be well pissed off if it doesn't after all this effort :laugh: :laugh: :tongue:
i hope so aswell :grin: considering all my effort
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Looks like your nearly on the home straight dude!
Reading through that thread the other day, it looked a bit of a nightmare - how easy have you found it?
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cant wait 2 see then end product
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Looks good so far, but why are you filling all the gaps along the top up? Surely that bit will be hidden by the bonnet anyway?
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Looks like your nearly on the home straight dude!
Reading through that thread the other day, it looked a bit of a nightmare - how easy have you found it?
cheers :wink: yep i'm nearly there :smiley:
tbh well alot of work involved and rubbing/sanding down filler but i think this would defo be a one of **bobbarley take note :grin:**
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Looks good so far, but why are you filling all the gaps along the top up? Surely that bit will be hidden by the bonnet anyway?
thanks :smiley:
really because i wanted it to flow with the shape of the original retainer i realised the tops mostly hidden but well me being me :laugh: alittle bit more work invoved but well worth it
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right well this morning looked as tho the weather was going to hold out for me to be able to get the filler applied yesterday all sanded down and shaped/levelled up etc all thats finished and then i have smoothed down with very wet 600 grade wet & dry to prepare for the primer all the dust has been washed out and just letting it dry until the morning and hopefully tack the part off to get rid of any dust and hoping to get it primed :smiley:
so finally after a good couple of hours this morning its now ready for primer/paint
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00134-20100330-1230.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00135-20100330-1230.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00136-20100330-1231.jpg)
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Looking good mate, cant wait to see how this turns out :smiley:
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Looking good mate, cant wait to see how this turns out :smiley:
cheers :afro: i can't now looking forward to the next bit with the primer/painting as its downhill now and nearly complete and it will start to look like a grille :smiley: just the 'gti' badge to remove from the old one and get that on once the laquer drys :afro:
will be inside from now for primer/paint so weathers not gona be an issue so hoping for finish around friday/sat
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Well nearly getting there now :laugh: finally its time to get down to painting so after tacking the grille off earlier got all set up to start putting some primer on two coats on the rear and the front has had 4 coats so leaving it to dry off until the morning and then its going black :afro:
and now primered....... :smiley:
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00137-20100331-1059.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00138-20100331-1140.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00139-20100331-1140.jpg)
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:cool:
Finish this one then the production line can begin :evil:
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:cool:
Finish this one then the production line can begin :evil:
:grin: not to sure on that one :laugh: :tongue: i may be able to have my arm twisted :undecided:
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looks very good matt, might try this one!
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looks very good matt, might try this one!
cheers Ry :wink: now i'm nearing finishing it i can't wait to get it fitted it is worth doing and will definately be different :cool:
that'l keep you busy :grin: go for it
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took half a shift off work earlier so came home rubbed the primer down with very wet 1200 washed dried off and then a final coat of primer once dry onto 4 coats of satin black which i finished about 15 mins ago :laugh: 2 coats of laquer to apply later on this morning and finished :smiley: just the 'gti' badge to remove from the old grille and put onto this one and fit
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took half a shift off work earlier so came home rubbed the primer down with very wet 1200 washed dried off and then a final coat of primer once dry onto 4 coats of satin black which i finished about 15 mins ago :laugh: 2 coats of laquer to apply later on this morning and finished :smiley: just the 'gti' badge to remove from the old grille and put onto this one and fit
An update without pics?? :huh:
Slacker!! :tongue: :laugh: :laugh:
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took half a shift off work earlier so came home rubbed the primer down with very wet 1200 washed dried off and then a final coat of primer once dry onto 4 coats of satin black which i finished about 15 mins ago :laugh: 2 coats of laquer to apply later on this morning and finished :smiley: just the 'gti' badge to remove from the old grille and put onto this one and fit
An update without pics?? :huh:
Slacker!! :tongue: :laugh: :laugh:
:grin: was late :tongue: no more pics till the badge is on and its ready to fit :laugh:
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spoilsport :tongue: :tongue:
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What a Ghey :rolleyes:
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All in good time :tongue: well the final coat of laquers just done so thats it :smiley: will be fitting the GTI badge in the morning at some point so there maybe a pic then :wink:
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Come on, just one pic of it all painted! Build up to the fitted pic 2moro!! :laugh: :grin: :grin:
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Yeah, is it really so hard just to get a pic now?
Or did you flop in and you're just tryna hide it?? :smug: :grin:
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WE WANT A PIC, WE WANT A PIC!!! How about a trade? Pic of your grill for a pic of my black wing mirror covers fitted?
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(http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy80/mowlamb/wingmirrors.jpg)
(http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy80/mowlamb/wingmirrors2.jpg)
Your turn :wink: :grin:
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WE WANT A PIC, WE WANT A PIC!!!
WE WANT A PIC, WE WANT A PIC!!!
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Been a little busy this morning :rolleyes: but finally got the time to remove the gti badge from the old grille and remove the old adhesive backing to put some new on ready to fit the letters to the new grille that done a quick polish on the letters and transfer them to the new one just about in the same oem position as they would be on the old grille :tongue:
so finally i have my new grille complete :smiley: and heres some pics :
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00144-20100402-1302.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00145-20100402-1302.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00146-20100402-1303.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00143-20100402-1302.jpg)
will find time abit later to fit it to the car :cool: so expect some pics to follow :grin:
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Fantastic job bud!! Love it! :cool: :cool: :cool: :afro:
Get it on the the car asap :laugh:
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Fantastic job bud!! Love it! :cool: :cool: :cool: :afro:
Get it on the the car asap :laugh:
thanks rich :cool: :wink:
will be at some point today hopefully :laugh: can't wait myself to see how it will look
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looks awsome buddy! cant wait to see it on the car!!
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looks awsome buddy! cant wait to see it on the car!!
Thankyou very much :smiley: me neither will get it fitted at some point today so will get some pics up :wink:
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Looks good mate! Get it on there now it dont take 5 mins lol
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Come on get on it!
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Is it fitted yet????
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Very nice mate, get theos pics up :smiley:
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Looks good, well worth the effort.
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Well couldn't resist any longer :grin: and got myself out to get it fitted
well been looking forward to this moment and after all the work i put in to say i'm extremely happy is an understatement :smiley: certainly makes it stand out compared to the original grille and noticeable so i'l let some pics do the talking :cool:
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00147-20100402-1651.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00148-20100402-1652.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/IMG00149-20100402-1652.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/Photo-0425_exteriormeshedblackfront.jpg)
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(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/Photo-0427_exteriormeshedblackfront.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/Photo-0428_extewriormeshedblackfron.jpg)
(http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr22/mjwvag20vt/Photo-0429_exteriormeshedblackfront.jpg)
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As usual comments welcomed :cool:
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I really like it bud :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Looks spot on, love your engine bay aswell, what have you done to your rocker cover? been thinking of polishing mine (or getting another to polish)
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I really like it bud :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
thanks again rich :afro:
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Looking good, think it would look better with the vw badge in silver though, would help show the grill off.
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Looks spot on, love your engine bay aswell, what have you done to your rocker cover? been thinking of polishing mine (or getting another to polish)
thanks :wink: the rocker cover was powdercoated for that effect polishing would look good afaik not many mk4's have had a cam cover polished would look good with a polished inlet :wink: i got mine powdercoated as i painted the t/b and when i get the chance the inlets getting painted in satin black to :afro:
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Very nice mate :cool: I agree about reverting the badge back to silver :smiley:
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Looking good, think it would look better with the vw badge in silver though, would help show the grill off.
cheers :smiley:
the original one on the vortex link had his in silver tbh i thought about it but wasn't happening for me so kept with the black theme a valid point tho :wink:
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Very nice mate :cool: I agree about reverting the badge back to silver :smiley:
cheers fella :afro: atm and probs whilst i have the car it'l stay black :rolleyes: :grin: fed up with painting for the time being well on jobs like this :laugh:
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Looks gud
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Agree with the guys on the badge looking better in silver. You can't really see it atm. Could you not just buy a new chrome one and swap them over?
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Agree with the guys on the badge looking better in silver. You can't really see it atm. Could you not just buy a new chrome one and swap them over?
just had a look at the R32 on the original link with silver car and silver badge agree actually that it looks better so i'l be giving the dealer a call in the morning to get a chrome one :wink:
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looks crap Matt
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Looks good :afro:
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that looks good, all the hardwork shows man :afro:
whats that silver thingy next to battery :lipsrsealed:
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catch tank/oil separator
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catch tank/oil separator
what it does? :tongue:
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you did say comments were welcome, so, i agree it looks very nice, but only when the bonnet is closed. i think it needs a little more attention to detail on the honeycome at the top where all the filler is, unless its just my eyes?..
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I'm not sure about that :lipsrsealed:
Can't fault the work you've put into it,but it's not something i would fit on my car.
You sound very happy with the look and that's what counts :wink:
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that looks fookin awesome :cool:
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love it, would look so :cool: with an R:. bumper ;)
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I was joking BTW, looks good :wink:
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looks crap Matt
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Looks good :afro:
cheers :wink:
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that looks good, all the hardwork shows man :afro:
whats that silver thingy next to battery :lipsrsealed:
cheers and thanks :afro:
as wes says its my oil catch can :grin:
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I'm not sure about that :lipsrsealed:
Can't fault the work you've put into it,but it's not something i would fit on my car.
You sound very happy with the look and that's what counts :wink:
cheers for your comments yep have put some work into it but i guess i just wanted mainly to have something a little different and maybe not so mainstream that normally gets done not to many mk4's with this :laugh: also i'm pretty certain i'm the only mk4 owner around this area with this mod (correct me from the n/e if im'm wrong :wink:) tbh patch yes i'm pretty happy with how it looks works etc and as you say thats what counts :wink: appreciate your comments
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that looks fookin awesome :cool:
thanks nav :afro:
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Please start making these, because omg yours has just made me wet!.. I will be your first buyer!! :wink:
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you did say comments were welcome, so, i agree it looks very nice, but only when the bonnet is closed. i think it needs a little more attention to detail on the honeycome at the top where all the filler is, unless its just my eyes?..
i did :laugh: and good or bad :wink: i realise this may not be to everyones liking as such thanks for sayin it does look nice i would have liked to put more time in above the honeycomb'd bit as you say but in reality once the bonnet is shut not so much of this is seen had to fill the area as best possible and blend it all in not bad for a first attempt tho :grin:
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love it, would look so :cool: with an R:. bumper ;)
thanks :wink:
mmmm maybe one day :lipsrsealed:
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I was joking BTW, looks good :wink:
aye i guessed you may be :grin:
cheers wes :afro:
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Please start making these, because omg yours has just made me wet!.. I will be your first buyer!! :wink:
cheers :afro:
erm i'm not sure on that one :grin: this one was enough :tongue:
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Cant wait to see this in the flesh on sunday :smiley:
Looks great imo, think it would suit the R bumper aswel :cool:
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Cant wait to see this in the flesh on sunday :smiley:
Looks great imo, think it would suit the R bumper aswel :cool:
cheers :afro:
hoping to get down on sunday i'l text/ring jonny to see if he's still popping over 5.30 still? best get mine washed to :rolleyes:
i may have to include this in the future :lipsrsealed:
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my car is in desparate need of a wash, not been done since the day before UD :embarassed:
I'm ashamed, goin to get up early sunday watch the Gran Prix and wash & clean the car :cool:
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my car is in desparate need of a wash, not been done since the day before UD :embarassed:
I'm ashamed, goin to get up early sunday watch the Gran Prix and wash & clean the car :cool:
:shocked: :grin:
yep will be watching the Grand Prix to and may as well wash mine after weathers supposidly meant to be crap!! :sad:
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looks ace matt! :wink:
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Please start making these, because omg yours has just made me wet!.. I will be your first buyer!! :wink:
cheers :afro:
erm i'm not sure on that one :grin: this one was enough :tongue:
Yhh it looks like you've put alot of time and effort in to making this look good and it sure has paid off
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looks ace matt! :wink:
cheers Ry :afro:
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Please start making these, because omg yours has just made me wet!.. I will be your first buyer!! :wink:
cheers :afro:
erm i'm not sure on that one :grin: this one was enough :tongue:
Yhh it looks like you've put alot of time and effort in to making this look good and it sure has paid off
cheers for your comment makes it worthwhile when you get good comments from fellow forum members :smiley: