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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: fozziie on 01 October 2010, 21:14

Title: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: fozziie on 01 October 2010, 21:14: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Golf-VR6-GTI-Mk3-Smoothed-Tailgate-and-Custom-Bumper-/280567407880?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item41531ee508#ht_500wt_1154 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Golf-VR6-GTI-Mk3-Smoothed-Tailgate-and-Custom-Bumper-/280567407880?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item41531ee508#ht_500wt_1154)

personally, i think it looks awful
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: Wayne on 01 October 2010, 21:35: Yep horrid.
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: -danisdubbin- on 01 October 2010, 21:47: Quote from: Wayne on 01 October 2010, 21:35
Yep horrid.

+1 ....... savage (there is a bright orange version of this in Aberystwyth which looks :sick:) shame really coz the guys that own it are legends and run a wicked little garage and love veedubs
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: Gash on 01 October 2010, 23:40: too smooth! im looking at taking the rear badge/wiper etc off mine and maybe frenching the number plate but this is too much
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: MrAnderson93 on 02 October 2010, 00:30: if you want a mk4 rear end, go buy a mk4 lol

too smooth, rear badge and wiper is enough smoothing, otherwide it looks bunk (as we can see) lol
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: Jimp on 02 October 2010, 13:46: Very few cars can pull off a shaved boot any more. Somehow it makes the boot look too rounded and flat for the mk3 :undecided: Shaving some bits looks good though :cool:
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: Reasty on 02 October 2010, 16:24: I really do not like smoothed tailgates,frenched ones looks really nice when done properly but fully smoothed ones just look gash! :sick:
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: fozziie on 02 October 2010, 16:33: excuse my lack of knowledge...but whats "frenched"?
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: kells on 02 October 2010, 16:44: Quote from: fozziie on 02 October 2010, 16:33
excuse my lack of knowledge...but whats "frenched"?

frenched is another name for Flushed, basically coz the french were the first to do it with the tailgates, worked in the 90's but not now
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: fozziie on 02 October 2010, 16:55: ahhh, lol. well, it left as it is. let the Saxo-chavs have their smoothed tailgates lol
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: jonnypolish on 02 October 2010, 17:30: Compleltly smoothed looks W$nk!
But i love the badge and wiper smoothed out with the key bit also smoothed with a boot pop!
Looks nuts :afro:
Never been a fan of relocating license plates unless for FMIC's :cool:
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: Walkerboy on 02 October 2010, 19:37: being very stupid here but has anyone a pic of the debadged ect look????was gonna go the whole smoothed tailgate look but,yer it looks sh!te
so u just debadge,dewiper and delock the boot,hmmm would need a pic guys
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: Jack3559 on 03 October 2010, 01:48: You need your rear plates illuminated too.

If you don't have lights in the plate tub/don't have a plate tub you will get pulled over.
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 03 October 2010, 07:20: Nice abortion.
Title: Re: opinions on a smoothed tailgate?
Post by: tshirt2k on 06 February 2011, 19:33: Bit of a thread revival. But i'm in the process of smoothing the wiper on my a spare tailgate. Not sure whether to dfo the badge also or have a black one in there. Any pics to make my mind up? i'll be having a smooth plinth also.