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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: KrazyZ on 04 August 2010, 23:54
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Who here has got one of these?
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My Neighbour has one with LED lights.
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Picked mine up a month ago. :smiley:
Lights do look good, 3 stone chips after 1000 miles do not. One particularly large on on the middle of the bonnet :angry:
Sounds the business tho!
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Yupo - had mine a month and [i'll say this ver quietly] - certainly worth the 9 month wait!
700 miles in, one stone chip on the offside mirror after 34 miles !
Ava
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Had mine for a month also - MY11
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It dosen't sound like the stone chip issue is getting any better then with the newer production cars then. Mines got a few chips, it's a 59 plate (12k), but none of these are really bad chips and I can't say its any worse then any other car I've owned.
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It dosen't sound like the stone chip issue is getting any better then with the newer production cars then. Mines got a few chips, it's a 59 plate (12k), but none of these are really bad chips and I can't say its any worse then any other car I've owned.
No stone chips on mine. :smug: Have a resprayed bonnet and bumper after my prang. :rolleyes:
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I'm taking mine straight from the showroom to 3M to get it covered with stone chip protection film on the bonnet, front bumper, wings, wing mirror housing, first 3" of the roof, rear bumper and sides 3" from the bottom... :nerd:
I did this for my Ed30 but waited a week and got a small but irritating chip right on the edge of the bonnet. :sick:
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Darren had a neat protective device on the front of his mk5.
Wonder if they do something similar for the mk6, I believe it was a leather protection jacket that slipped over the front edge of the bonnet, looked pretty neat and would probably do the job.
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Illyun, any details on the 3M covering?
This is something that may be of interest to me.
Thanks
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Illyun, any details on the 3M covering?
This is something that may be of interest to me.
Thanks
+ 1 Illyun, I would also be interested in knowing the details and costings for the 3m covering. Just gave mine a quick wash and noticed there's a small bloody scratch/chip on the lower part of my passenger front door :sick: So annoying things like that when you do your best to be careful and always keep your car as clean.
Thanks MAW73
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Illyun, any details on the 3M covering?
This is something that may be of interest to me.
Thanks
If you are in Scotland, Defendall in Perth do it.
They are at Tinthaus, if you know where that is...or the morgan dealership - all the same company.
They did my 911 - half the front wings, half the front cover, full front bumper/spoiler, sills, rear arches and behind all wheels.
Not cheap mind, at £1000-1200 but no stonechips.
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Thanks Ess_Three
Perth is only 45 mins away.
Needs some serious looking into. 4No chips now. Two on bonnet (large), one on A Pillar, one on near side rear wheel arch.
However, if I stop hand washing/polishing/admiring close up, I might stop spotting them.....
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Thanks Ess_Three
Perth is only 45 mins away.
Needs some serious looking into. 4No chips now. Two on bonnet (large), one on A Pillar, one on near side rear wheel arch.
However, if I stop hand washing/polishing/admiring close up, I might stop spotting them.....
That's half the probelm, we all love our golfs so much you can't help but notice notice these blemishes when your cleaning you car like mad every other day. With my car being white, I'm constantly cleaning it as soon as theres a spot of dirt on it (God knows what I'll be like in the winter).
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Darren had a neat protective device on the front of his mk5.
Wonder if they do something similar for the mk6, I believe it was a leather protection jacket that slipped over the front edge of the bonnet, looked pretty neat and would probably do the job.
You're on about a bonnet bra. I wouldn't advise it. It doesn't look bad, but if you don't take it off every week and give it a rinse - and the paintwork underneath - it rubs and causes fine scratches with all the grit and dust that accumulates underneath. I had this for one of my earlier Mk5 GTIs and noticed this problem. It was much worse with the Mk2 car bra which kept flapping over 40mph.
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Illyun, any details on the 3M covering?
This is something that may be of interest to me.
Thanks
+ 1 Illyun, I would also be interested in knowing the details and costings for the 3m covering. Just gave mine a quick wash and noticed there's a small bloody scratch/chip on the lower part of my passenger front door :sick: So annoying things like that when you do your best to be careful and always keep your car as clean.
Thanks MAW73
Ummm.. cost is about 2000 Riyals :laugh: That is around 330 pounds. I am buying my Mk6 in Saudi as I'm an expat :grin: :grin: :grin: However, in the UK I had my Ed30 done by a company called Rhino Protect which went bust a year later. They applied a film called 'Venture Shield' - google it - and they were adament that it was better than 3M as 3M caused issues on red and similar coloured cars with shade difference after a few years. This was due to 3M not being fully transparent to UV Light. 3M claim that their products are state-of-the-art, but if I had a choice- especially in Saudi where it is sunny all the time -I would have gotten Venture Shield as its been excellent on the Ed30.
As it is, I am getting a white Mk6 so not much of an issue for me. The Ed30 cost 475 pounds which included rear bumper - the number of scratches that has saved is incredible - wings, mirror housing on both sides, full front bumper and the complete bonnet. I would have paid 400 if I had only covered the leading edge of the bonnet, but I thought I should do the whole thing.
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These guys cost £399 for a venture sheild full body protection..... That seem's quite reasonable to me. I imagined it would have cost 3 x that. I wish I had got that done on mine when I picked it up, especially as I've picked up a few chips in the last few months
http://www.chipguard.co.uk/oeptYk17493/CAR-PROTECTION/VOLKSWAGEN/VOLKSWAGEN---GOLF---GTI-Model---2004--PRESENT/p-10781-10840-41736/
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Maw:
You might be interested in the sites below:-
http://www.paintshield.co.uk/ - Paintshield
http://www.glareuk.com/?gclid=CK7gicDf95QCFRSO1QodlWhorA - Glare
http://www.paintgard.co.uk/paint-protection/paint-protection-film.htm - Paintguard
http://www.bodyguarduk.com/ - Bodyguard (Ventureshield)
http://www.jewelultra.co.uk/diamondbrite - Diomondbrite
http://www.paintprotection.co.uk/ - *Toughseal*
http://www.splashgroup.co.uk/ - *Splash/Toughseal*
Stewart:-
Operations & Bookings +44 (0)1938 555754
24/7 On-site mobile +44 (0)7831 807690
I've had my car toughsealed and it is great protection against UV light, chemical rain, bird droppings etc. Really brings the colour out also.
Hope this helps. :smiley:
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Maw:
You might be interested in the sites below:-
http://www.paintshield.co.uk/ - Paintshield
http://www.glareuk.com/?gclid=CK7gicDf95QCFRSO1QodlWhorA - Glare
http://www.paintgard.co.uk/paint-protection/paint-protection-film.htm - Paintguard
http://www.bodyguarduk.com/ - Bodyguard (Ventureshield)
http://www.jewelultra.co.uk/diamondbrite - Diomondbrite
http://www.paintprotection.co.uk/ - *Toughseal*
http://www.splashgroup.co.uk/ - *Splash/Toughseal*
Stewart:-
Operations & Bookings +44 (0)1938 555754
24/7 On-site mobile +44 (0)7831 807690
I've had my car toughsealed and it is great protection against UV light, chemical rain, bird droppings etc. Really brings the colour out also.
Hope this helps. :smiley:
Thanks for the links, I shall have to have a read up on these.
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What I had noticed with protective coverings (it was possibly 3M) especially on white cars is that the edges tend to go yellow and there was a dull effect on the paintwork on darker coloured cars. Metallic colours seemed to lose their sheen.
Happy reading. :smiley:
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The one i had on the leon you got an orange peal look too it but apart from that it was fine (solid Black car)
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What I had noticed with protective coverings (it was possibly 3M) especially on white cars is that the edges tend to go yellow and there was a dull effect on the paintwork on darker coloured cars. Metallic colours seemed to lose their sheen.
Happy reading. :smiley:
I had Defendall for 5 years and it never yellowed, hazed or anything else. The early ones did...the new ones don't.
The edges were perfect as long as they were well stuck down when first fitted...otherwise you'd get a line of dirt under the very edge.
When polished, it never shines quite like paint did...but the colour with/without was identical.
You can layer on sealants/waxes like paint though...and get the shine close.
The film can be machine polished too, as long as you use a DA and a mild abraisive.
It certainly works...i'm not sure I'd bother fitting it on a GTI Golf, especially on one you may only keep 2-3 years...however, on something more exotic, that you intend to keep a longer period, I'd certainly have it again.
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Interesting comment about the 3M on white paint. I will see if I can source something different out here...
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Just been looking into this and it seems to be that the consensus amongst users and industry professionals is that:
1. Ventureshield is superior to 3M in terms of yellowing and looks.
2. 3m is thicker than Ventureshield.
However, then I found out that 3M bought Ventureshield recently - which would vindicate the views of users over the past 5 years. So now you can get Ventureshield from 3M.