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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: TFSiLover on 28 March 2010, 11:22
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What do you think about steel grey? I have only seen one and that was 5dr, anyone got pics of 3dr and a clean 5dr.
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Colour choice is ever so personal.
I have seen quite a few lower spec Mk6 Golfs in this colour in London. My personal opinion: they look quite dull. However, the GTi might be another matter. I think 'standard' Golfs look dull in all colours except Candy White. This is quite a dramatic colour IMO.
Mine is Tornado Red which is also quite dramatic and in addition it does not show the dirt as much as Candy White!
Metallic paints may also seem to be tougher wearing. See the link below:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=148677.0
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What do you think about steel grey? I have only seen one and that was 5dr, anyone got pics of 3dr and a clean 5dr.
A good idea is to use the search box , type in your colour and up will pop posts in that colour where you should find pictures of chosen colour.
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My MK5 was in Steel Grey, loved that colour on the mk5 and love it on the mk6.
Classy, understated and discreet.
In fact I've only seen two mk6 GTIs in Steel Grey, so it's not too common either (not that you could call mk6 GTIs common thanks to the build delays).
It suits the GTI. The grey contrasts well with the black bits and red highlights & looks even better with the shiny and black Shadows.
However I saw a new Polo in that colour yesterday, looked dull as hell (and a new Polo looks just like a base model Golf but taller) and it drove straight through a red traffic light! In fact it overtook me who was sat at said traffic light to drive straight through it. I know that's got nothing to do with the topic, but I thought I'd mention it anyway! :grin:
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Another link:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=132411.0
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Some decent pics here....
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=124903.0
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My MK5 ED30 was Steel Grey...
I really liked it - it blended in and was pretty easy to keep.
I was tempted to go for the same again, but fancied something slightly different!
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Some decent pics here....
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=124903.0
I can't decide whether I like it or not: it looks nice, but odd at the same time, at least on a sporty GTI.
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Some decent pics here....
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=124903.0
I can't decide whether I like it or not: it looks nice, but odd at the same time, at least on a sporty GTI.
Go for a dramatic colour if you feel young at heart: Red or White?
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As others have said its a personal thing. If it was me and i wanted gray i would be going for the other one.
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Only you can decide on the grey, it's a personal decision. Me and the wife pondered over Reflex Silver, Steel Grey and utlimately Carbon Grey. We were going to change our original Reflex Silver order to Steel Grey and went to the showroom to have a look at it on a std Mk6. It was a bit lifeless for me, so we changed to Carbon Grey instead. Haven't seen Carbon Grey in the flesh, but it looks good in pics we've seen.
But ultimately it's not what others think, it's down to you and what you like
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My GTD in Steel Grey.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s175/AlanH_photos/GTD3.jpg)
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Some decent pics here....
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=124903.0
I can't decide whether I like it or not: it looks nice, but odd at the same time, at least on a sporty GTI.
Agreed, in some of those pics it looks a bit odd! I went for it anyway though as i've got a mk5 in it at the mo and found it fairly easy to care for and as p3eps says it blends in, I love the mk6 in red and white but they just aren't for me, my dealer tried to convince me to go for carbon grey but it's a bit too dark for me having had black cars in the past, i would have love it in rising blue!
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my dealer tried to convince me to go for carbon grey but it's a bit too dark for me having had black cars in the past
I would have to agree with your dealer on that one. I have had 2 or 3 black cars in the past and vowed never to get one again (swirl marks, impossible to keep clean, etc.). CG is nowhere near as dark as black and doesn't show the dirt nearly so much.
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my dealer tried to convince me to go for carbon grey but it's a bit too dark for me having had black cars in the past
I would have to agree with your dealer on that one. I have had 2 or 3 black cars in the past and vowed never to get one again (swirl marks, impossible to keep clean, etc.). CG is nowhere near as dark as black and doesn't show the dirt nearly so much.
Hi FroGTi:
Can you tell us what you have by completion of your signature, please. :smiley:
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Aug 2009 carbon grey 5 door DSG, remapped by Revo to 275hp, Interlagos wheels. R led rear lights since last month.
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Aug 2009 carbon grey 5 door DSG, remapped by Revo to 275hp, Interlagos wheels. R led rear lights since last month.
Thanks, but it needs to go into the signature section where your picture is, if you don't mind.
Nice spec.
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my dealer tried to convince me to go for carbon grey but it's a bit too dark for me having had black cars in the past
I would have to agree with your dealer on that one. I have had 2 or 3 black cars in the past and vowed never to get one again (swirl marks, impossible to keep clean, etc.). CG is nowhere near as dark as black and doesn't show the dirt nearly so much.
It all comes down to how you maintain the body work in dark colours. I would never put a dark colour through a machine wash or use one of the many had washes that are about. Washing the car yourself the proper way will stop swirl marks. However I understand some don't have the time of the facilities do it themselves. I had a black A3 and after three years there was not a mark on it. My current car is silver but I find it very boring to look at after a while. So have a black pearl golf on order. I know it will take more cleaning than the silver car but will look very good.
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Thanks, but it needs to go into the signature section where your picture is, if you don't mind.
No offence, mate, but actually I do mind :smiley: That is why I have chosen to have a simple picture with a couple of highlights. If others want to include every boring detail of their car's spec in their signature, then I have no problem with that, but I don't really want to follow :smiley:
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Thanks, but it needs to go into the signature section where your picture is, if you don't mind.
No offence, mate, but actually I do mind :smiley: That is why I have chosen to have a simple picture with a couple of highlights. If others want to include every boring detail of their car's spec in their signature, then I have no problem with that, but I don't really want to follow :smiley:
No offence taken here either.
Frenchness is rubbing off on you! :laugh:
Enjoy those excellent French wines! :smiley:
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Hi Frog...then you better take out the boring details of MK VI, DSG and 275 BHP in your pic.... :evil: :wink:
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Hi Frog...then you better take out the boring details of MK VI, DSG and 275 BHP in your pic.... :evil: :wink:
Actually I find them quite exciting myself :cool:
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Hi Frog...then you better take out the boring details of MK VI, DSG and 275 BHP in your pic.... :evil: :wink:
:laugh: :laugh:
Where have you been?
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Frenchness is rubbing off on you! :laugh:
Enjoy those excellent French wines! :smiley:
Tell me about it. 21 years in England and 25 in France. Help, I'm more French than English. I'm more of a Belgian beer man, though, so there is hope :laugh:
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Frenchness is rubbing off on you! :laugh:
Enjoy those excellent French wines! :smiley:
Tell me about it. 21 years in England and 25 in France. Help, I'm more French than English. I'm more of a Belgian beer man, though, so there is hope :laugh:
Mid-life crises - French style! :laugh:
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Hi Frog...then you better take out the boring details of MK VI, DSG and 275 BHP in your pic.... :evil: :wink:
:laugh: :laugh:
Where have you been?
Preparing for D-DAY coming friday, meaning buying SD-cards, phone, memory stick, I-pod...and trying to understand all this stuff in combi with RNS510.. :nerd:.
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you better take out the boring details of MK VI, DSG and 275 BHP
275hp in a car that weighs 1.3 tons is never boring :grin:
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Hi Frog...then you better take out the boring details of MK VI, DSG and 275 BHP in your pic.... :evil: :wink:
:laugh: :laugh:
Where have you been?
Preparing for D-DAY coming friday, meaning buying SD-cards, phone, memory stick, I-pod...and trying to understand all this stuff in combi with RNS510.. :nerd:.
It's all too, too much.
Have just learned how to re-programme a couple of things.
My turn will come next month when I have the RNS 510 and FISCON installed.
Busy at present getting my bonnet re-aligned! :rolleyes:
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you better take out the boring details of MK VI, DSG and 275 BHP
275hp in a car that weighs 1.3 tons is never boring :grin:
No, no Froggy. It is more like 269 bhp. Now that is not boring! :laugh:
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just picked up this week...Hi from Sydney...
(http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg251/juventus23/IMG_0005-3.jpg)
(http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg251/juventus23/IMG_0001-3.jpg)
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just picked up this week...Hi from Sydney...
Welcome to the board. Very nice car, but I suggest you post your pix in a new thread, so everyone can see them. Especially as this is the Steel Grey thread and your GTI is Carbon Grey (like mine) :smiley:
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Just got back from the Big Apple and i saw a
Steel Carbon Grey gti driving through Times Sq looked really :cool:
Really stood out amoung all the yellow cabs and was turning a lot of heads, it would of been a great pic but my bloody camera was full :angry:
Looks a really nice colour in the flesh
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(1) Grey. :rolleyes:
(2) High quality undercoat. :rolleyes: Sorry Snoops!
(3) Suits our weather. :rolleyes:
Now, Carbon Grey is a much better colour. :smiley:
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Just got back from the Big Apple and i saw a Steel Carbon Grey gti driving through Times Sq looked really :cool:
Really stood out amoung all the yellow cabs and was turning a lot of heads, it would of been a great pic but my bloody camera was full :angry:
Looks a really nice colour in the flesh
Cool, New York is great, hope you had a good time there.
I heart NY!just picked up this week...Hi from Sydney...
(http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg251/juventus23/IMG_0005-3.jpg)
(http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg251/juventus23/IMG_0001-3.jpg)
I think in some markets Carbon Grey is marketed as Carbon Steel? In the UK Steel Grey is the equivalent to United Grey.
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Exonian - here in Dubai carbon grey is carbon steel grey and the steel grey in the pictures (in the earlier pages of this thread) is called united grey.. :smiley:
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I like carbon grey but although the car from Sydney looks great I do think the 17" wheels do it an injustice. Somehow the shadows make the car look bigger and suit it better, just an opinion so sorry to all those with 17s.
Gizzy
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IMO, that inch makes all the difference! :smiley:
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The funny thing is i don't like any photos of the mk6 with the 17s on but in real life some colours i don't mind them on as to me in real life the 17s and 18s look bigger again.
(1) Grey. :rolleyes:
(2) High quality undercoat. :rolleyes: Sorry Snoops!
(3) Suits our weather. :rolleyes:
Now, Carbon Grey is a much better colour. :smiley:
You know Karma? I think me making undercoat coments a while back just came round and bit me on the ass!
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IMO, that inch makes all the difference! :smiley:
Hee hee hee :laugh: Your wife is a very lucky woman!! :wink:
Gizzy
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IMO, that inch makes all the difference! :smiley:
Hee hee hee :laugh: Your wife is a very lucky woman!! :wink:
Gizzy
Ex-wife now.
She just buys bigger cars than me and I choose them for her!
Replacement therapy or what? :grin:
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IMO, that inch makes all the difference! :smiley:
Hee hee hee :laugh: Your wife is a very lucky woman!! :wink:
Gizzy
Ex-wife now.
She just buys bigger cars than me and I choose them for her!
Replacement therapy or what? :grin:
Sorry darl :kiss: Sounds like you've got a good deal going on tho :wink:
Tc
Gizzy
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You know Karma? I think me making undercoat coments a while back just came round and bit me on the ass!
The Germans don't believe in Karma.
I think they prefer army grey cars as this colour is in their comfort zone.
I am sorry your car is tending to be a pain in the arse (PITA).
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Sorry darl :kiss: Sounds like you've got a good deal going on tho :wink:
Tc
Gizzy
Divorce is better than murder! :laugh:
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Sorry darl :kiss: Sounds like you've got a good deal going on tho :wink:
Tc
Gizzy
Divorce is better than murder! :laugh:
:grin:
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The funny thing is i don't like any photos of the mk6 with the 17s on but in real life some colours i don't mind them on as to me in real life the 17s and 18s look bigger again.
(1) Grey. :rolleyes:
(2) High quality undercoat. :rolleyes: Sorry Snoops!
(3) Suits our weather. :rolleyes:
Now, Carbon Grey is a much better colour. :smiley:
You know Karma? I think me making undercoat coments a while back just came round and bit me on the ass!
Snoops: There is Karma. Stupidly dropped my briefcase + shopping on the offside front wing and dented it in 4 places. Looks awful. Thankfully, no broken paint or scratches! Bloody upset. :cry:
Thankfully, Luis from A1 dents will come to my work address tomorrow and fix it. I have known him since he first started many years ago and he is superb. Plus, I got a good deal.
Now who has the biggest bite on his sorry arse? :rolleyes:
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We're all still waiting for piccies am1w! A wise man once said "Without pics it didn't happen!" i think that's what he said anyway :grin:
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We're all still waiting for piccies am1w! A wise man once said "Without pics it didn't happen!" i think that's what he said anyway :grin:
I am very upset as to what has happened. My stupid fault for rushing here, there and everywhere.
Was hell today at work. Power station outage. No computers, no phones, huge problems and then this.
Some sympathy please.
Hopefully Luis Perez of A1 dents will be able to get it fixed and perfect.
PS: I am hurt that there is no sympathy from Snoopy after all I have been through with and for him.
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Alright....I'm sorry to hear of your misfortune and i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy :rolleyes: OK?
Now get it fixed n washed and get some pics up!!!!!!!!! :evil:
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Alright....I'm sorry to hear of your misfortune and i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy :rolleyes: OK?
Now get it fixed n washed and get some pics up!!!!!!!!! :evil:
Thanks. Your support is much appreciated. Feeling like sh!t.
Getting it washed and hovered on Saturday at my local VW dealership with my Toughseal shampoo etc.
Charge: £10. Not bad.
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Hovered?? is that a new service? :laugh: Take your camera for the money shot! :cool:
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Hovered?? is that a new service? :laugh: Take your camera for the money shot! :cool:
Vacuumed in new money, hovered in old money.
Hope it all works out tomorrow. Otherwise, this is the last you will hear from me!
To some on this forum, this would be a boon!
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Alright....I'm sorry to hear of your misfortune and i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy :rolleyes: OK?
Now get it fixed n washed and get some pics up!!!!!!!!! :evil:
All dents fixed perfectly except one which is impossible to get to & thankfully difficult to pick out.
Took Luis Perez of A1 dents over 1 hour. Job done. :smiley:
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Good stuff! at least the dents won't spoil the IMMENENT piccies :cool:
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Good stuff! at least the dents won't spoil the IMMENENT piccies :cool:
You minx. You are definitely on my case!
Will do my best not to let you down. :wink:
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Good stuff! at least the dents won't spoil the IMMENENT piccies :cool:
He's never bought a GTI in his life.
Tells a good story though :laugh:
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He's never bought a GTI in his life.
Tells a good story though :laugh:
:tongue:
We don't know what you drive. It is probably a White Golf Bluemotion with those dinky wheels. :grin:
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Ah attack, the best form of defence :grin:
See you never denied not having a GTI anyway.
Believe it or not the big picture below gives it away!! Yeah a white bluemotion :laugh:
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I went for white, but if i hadn't i would have probably picked Carbon Grey, it looks good in the metal. The Silver and steel grey don't look quite as nice to me. It's all about personal preference of course so go and see some in the metal if you can.
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spotted my first Golf R yesterday near clapham junction c6pm - 3dr steel grey and looked very nice indeed :cool:
colour certainly suited the R - and they look soo much better in 3dr than 5dr
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Ah attack, the best form of defence :grin:
See you never denied not having a GTI anyway.
Believe it or not the big picture below gives it away!! Yeah a white bluemotion :laugh:
You are so sweet to me.
I do deny that I don't have a GTi! :laugh:
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Do you or your good lady not have a phone with a built in camera? Surely a GTI and BMW or was it Merc owners must have a camera phone?!?! :smug:
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Do you or your good lady not have a phone with a built in camera? Surely a GTI and BMW or was it Merc owners must have a camera phone?!?! :smug:
Car will be washed on Saturday.
Will take pictures with my Blackberry immediately as I promised in an earlier post to Jimble.
I will download them and post them on the forum.
If I don't, I know I will be beaten up verbally by lots of others too. Scary. :grin:
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I wait with baited breath! :smiley:
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I wait with baited breath! :smiley:
You baiter!
Got the pics.
p3asa is on my case too on another thread!
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I should think so too! i thought it was an unwritten rule of the forum! :grin:
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I should think so too! i thought it was an unwritten rule of the forum! :grin:
I bend to and for the majority! :laugh:
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I should think so too! i thought it was an unwritten rule of the forum! :grin:
I bend to and for the majority! :laugh:
still waiting.. am1w...
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Linch mob needed :evil:
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I am going to do it tonight.
The computers at work are too slow.
PROMISE. :smiley:
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Steel grey with black alloys looks pretty cool on the R:
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs473.snc3/25925_357248949207_625344207_3661539_7873760_n.jpg)
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Now that is a thing of beauty!! :drool:
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(http://www.golf6gti.com/upload/avatars/utool_f_1270152807_2105.jpg)
(http://www.golf6gti.com/upload/avatars/utool_f_1270152686_2105.jpg)
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