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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: passant on 09 January 2014, 13:18
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I've had my golf for 1 year now, and I don't know what to do to it, so I'm hoping for ideas!
The car is nearly completely standard, apart from Honey Comb Upper Front Grill - DE badged everything apart from GTD, fitted an airfilter, and have just bought H&R 35mm ( not a lot I know ) lowering Springs. Windows are slightly tinted, but could go darker.
I've tried to fit hids, but its a complete nightmare, but I'm going to try again soon ... but apart from all this, what can I do to my car ... I'm keeping it for the foreseeable future so I want to be happy with it?
Any ideas ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/113896374@N07/11853973394/ - how the car looks now.
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First off, I'd loose the GTD badge. It makes it look like a wannabe.
Skoda Yeti exhaust tips will be the best £25 you'll spend on it.
I've been toying with the idea of fitting Bluemation/ED35/.:R side skirts and rear spoiler to mine, or an R-line kit.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/rline5.jpg) (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/dubber36/media/rline5.jpg.html)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/dubber36/rline3.jpg) (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/dubber36/media/rline3.jpg.html)
I've already fitted .:R LED rear lights. I'd like OEM xenons, but really can't justify the expense.
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The led rear lights are something Id like, but again, I can't justify £500 for the genuine ones! I've got two tips on the exhaust, not skoda yeti ones but look similar / the same as them! I was thinking a rear spoiler, and I am going to have the wheels painted ... Not a fan of the blue motion kit at all or the r line at all!
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You don't need to pay £500 for LED rears. I didn't. Lots of people retro fitted them to their early GTI's and are now moving on to Mk7's so are reverting back to stock before trading in. You just need to either be patient, or to be cheeky and contact people who you think might sell theirs.
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Fair point... I'll just be patient ... Price might come down a bit now, because there will be more second hand ones on the market... Have you seen the picture I posted of my car ( the link to flikr ) reckon dark grey wheels or possibly black?
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I think it looks spot on how it is !
Maybe some interior mods if you haven't done any as that's what you see most of the time :)
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Have you seen the picture I posted of my car ( the link to flikr ) reckon dark grey wheels or possibly black?
I have seen the picture, which is why I made the comment about the GTD badge.
Personally I think it's the wrong colour car for dark wheels. I think the Vancouvers look just right the way they are.
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Apart from the GTD badge, which I'd lose, think it looks good as it is too. Dark wheels? IMO Black can look good against dark blue, but it would very much depend on the style of wheel.
Have you done the interior LED's? Little mods like that can make quite a difference.
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If I could use photoshop I'd have a play around with different colours, I do think amphasite grey ( I think that's the name of it ) would look good with my car ... I'm getting the GTD bumper for my car, hence why I think I'm going to keep the GTD badge, even if it does make me look like a wanna be ;)
Interior Mod's, not much that can be done really, I've got a decent head unit, don't know the VW name for it ;) I've done little bits and bobs, sill's, drivers foot rest etc etc etc and I do want to swap the interior lights for LED's but I need to know what type of bulb they are . . . anyone know?
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If they're the same as the gti, then:
Vanity lights - Festoon 36mm type (ones with 6 led tabs give better brightness).
Map/dome/footwell lights - 501 T10 W5W side lights (some of these are too long and touch the light cover when installed so you need the shorter ones).
Don't think interior lights are monitored but best to get canbus error free.
Plenty on ebay
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Sound! Will have a look now! Reckon I should get the windows tinted more?
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Loose the gtd badge look for rear drl's I know people have said this in previous post's but they do look cool keep it suttle and it will look quality and go for tints :smiley:
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Nice one, I'll go for darker tints, you reckon the full 100% tints? ( well 0% light ) Will have to trawl ebay for the rear LED's. Are they easy to fit??
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Looks pretty good as it is, I like the blue with the vancouvers. GTD front bumper, tints :cool:
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Tints would suit your car :cool:
But lose all the crap dangling from the rear view mirror :tongue:
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Tints would suit your car :cool:
But lose all the crap dangling from the rear view mirror :tongue:
well spotted booth 11 :laugh:
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Haha, VW removed my collection of air fresheners when I took it for its MOT. Bast*rds! Haha, Tints it is!! I've decided if they are slightly darker they will look much better, its only £60 for them painting aswell so I can't moan!
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Tints would suit your car :cool:
But lose all the crap dangling from the rear view mirror :tongue:
Very good spot! How did I miss that in the picture but you saw it!?!
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Haha, VW removed my collection of air fresheners when I took it for its MOT. Bast*rds! Haha, Tints it is!! I've decided if they are slightly darker they will look much better, its only £60 for them painting aswell so I can't moan!
Jeez, how bad did your car smell? :evil:
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Tints would suit your car :cool:
But lose all the crap dangling from the rear view mirror :tongue:
Very good spot! How did I miss that in the picture but you saw it!?!
booth11 doesn't miss a thing I reckon she's a rozzer :grin:
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Haha, VW removed my collection of air fresheners when I took it for its MOT. Bast*rds! Haha, Tints it is!! I've decided if they are slightly darker they will look much better, its only £60 for them painting aswell so I can't moan!
Jeez, how bad did your car smell? :evil:
:grin:
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Tints would suit your car :cool:
But lose all the crap dangling from the rear view mirror :tongue:
Very good spot! How did I miss that in the picture but you saw it!?!
booth11 doesn't miss a thing I reckon she's a rozzer :grin:
Lol. Haven't we had this conversation before charlie...........for the last time, I'm not a plod :kiss:
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Haha, VW removed my collection of air fresheners when I took it for its MOT. Bast*rds! Haha, Tints it is!! I've decided if they are slightly darker they will look much better, its only £60 for them painting aswell so I can't moan!
Jeez, how bad did your car smell? :evil:
It smelt bloody excellent 50 Air Fresheners later! haha! :evil:
Does anyone know how to fit HID's to a MK6 Golf!? It's a bloody nightmare. If you are the police ... I will only use my HID's off road and not on the public highway .... I promise. :whistle: :wink:
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Haha, VW removed my collection of air fresheners when I took it for its MOT. Bast*rds! Haha, Tints it is!! I've decided if they are slightly darker they will look much better, its only £60 for them painting aswell so I can't moan!
Jeez, how bad did your car smell? :evil:
It smelt bloody excellent 50 Air Fresheners later! haha! :evil:
Does anyone know how to fit HID's to a MK6 Golf!? It's a bloody nightmare. If you are the police ... I will only use my HID's off road and not on the public highway .... I promise. :whistle: :wink:
Oh god, don't start the HID debate off again. They are not popular on here, to say the least, mainly because they are illegal in reflector headlamps and dangerous to other drivers. Here's a taster for you http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=261860.msg2406465#msg2406465
That said, If you look in the mk6 maintenance + info child board, there is a thread about fitting in there.
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Hmmm, well what do you recommend? I hate the standard bulb's I've got, and Ice white or Ice blue bulbs just f*ck my bulb holders up!
Also, I can not add a picture to my signature and its annoying me! How do I do it!
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Haha, VW removed my collection of air fresheners when I took it for its MOT. Bast*rds! Haha, Tints it is!! I've decided if they are slightly darker they will look much better, its only £60 for them painting aswell so I can't moan!
Jeez, how bad did your car smell? :evil:
It smelt bloody excellent 50 Air Fresheners later! haha! :evil:
Does anyone know how to fit HID's to a MK6 Golf!? It's a bloody nightmare. If you are the police ... I will only use my HID's off road and not on the public highway .... I promise. :whistle: :wink:
she's not in the rozzers :grin: there loss is our gain :laugh:
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Haha, VW removed my collection of air fresheners when I took it for its MOT. Bast*rds! Haha, Tints it is!! I've decided if they are slightly darker they will look much better, its only £60 for them painting aswell so I can't moan!
Jeez, how bad did your car smell? :evil:
It smelt bloody excellent 50 Air Fresheners later! haha! :evil:
Does anyone know how to fit HID's to a MK6 Golf!? It's a bloody nightmare. If you are the police ... I will only use my HID's off road and not on the public highway .... I promise. :whistle: :wink:
she's not in the rozzers :grin: there loss is our gain :laugh:
Good ;) So HID's are frowned upon here ... I always thought they looked pretty good, I never really get blinded by them ........
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Hmmm, well what do you recommend? I hate the standard bulb's I've got, and Ice white or Ice blue bulbs just f*ck my bulb holders up!
Also, I can not add a picture to my signature and its annoying me! How do I do it!
I'm no expert on bulbs as I've got oem Xenons :tongue: but the consensus seems to be fitting updated bulbs is the way to go, i.e. Osram Nightbreakers. Have a look in the thread I linked, as a couple of options are mentioned in there.
Re adding a pic to your sig, if you're using Flickr:
In Flickr, go to your chosen photo, click on the icon that's a rectangle/box with a sweeping arrow (along bottom right of the page)
Click on the 'grab the HTML/BBC code link. Select and copy the link text.
Go to signature box in your forum profile and paste in the link.
Choose medium size 500, otherwise it may be too big.
You should be good to go :cool:
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she's not in the rozzers :grin: there loss is our gain :laugh:
Yes, and you're lucky to have me :grin:
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Hmmm, well what do you recommend? I hate the standard bulb's I've got, and Ice white or Ice blue bulbs just f*ck my bulb holders up!
Also, I can not add a picture to my signature and its annoying me! How do I do it!
I'm no expert on bulbs as I've got oem Xenons :tongue: but the consensus seems to be fitting updated bulbs is the way to go, i.e. Osram Nightbreakers. Have a look in the thread I linked, as a couple of options are mentioned in there.
Re adding a pic to your sig, if you're using Flickr:
In Flickr, go to your chosen photo, click on the icon that's a rectangle/box with a sweeping arrow (along bottom right of the page)
Click on the 'grab the HTML/BBC code link. Select and copy the link text.
Go to signature box in your forum profile and paste in the link.
Choose medium size 500, otherwise it may be too big.
You should be good to go :cool:
Nice one! Got it sorted now! Hmmm Jealous of the OEM Xenon's, I'm jealous of anything compared to the candles in my golf! :cry: Need to paint the back brakes this weekend! :laugh:
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here's my build thread: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=247999.0
all depends on what your budget is and which route you want to take, subtle mods or scene boy
coilovers, blue motion side skirts, LED rear lights and a set of nice rims would see a big change
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Nice one! Got it sorted now! Hmmm Jealous of the OEM Xenon's, I'm jealous of anything compared to the candles in my golf! :cry: Need to paint the back brakes this weekend! :laugh:
Success! Nice sig :wink:
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Nice one! Got it sorted now! Hmmm Jealous of the OEM Xenon's, I'm jealous of anything compared to the candles in my golf! :cry: Need to paint the back brakes this weekend! :laugh:
Success! Nice sig :wink:
It's my first one I know it's sh*t I'll get a better one :wink:
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here's my build thread: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=247999.0
all depends on what your budget is and which route you want to take, subtle mods or scene boy
coilovers, blue motion side skirts, LED rear lights and a set of nice rims would see a big change
Thank's I'll have a look at it now !!! I just need some inspiration! What H&R Springs have you got?
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couple of build threads on ED38 to take some inspiration from...
http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=513480&hl=+mk6&page=1
http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=501895&hl=mk6&page=1
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I see in your sig theres a car meet on in Preston every Thursday? Coming from Wigan that would be Ideal! Is it a busy one??? Normally go up to Trafford in summer on a Friday but the police just pestered everyone!
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biggest VAG meet in the northwest mate, always a massive turn out. we're having our first show this year in Leyland. sign up to the forum: http://www.un-phased.co.uk/
I'm in wigan as well by the way. where abouts are you from?
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biggest VAG meet in the northwest mate, always a massive turn out. we're having our first show this year in Leyland. sign up to the forum: http://www.un-phased.co.uk/
I'm in wigan as well by the way. where abouts are you from?
Standish Lower Ground / Appley Bridge mate ... Depends where I'm staying at home or at the Mrs' haha! Yourself? Not seen your car knocking about round Wigan if I'm honest, but then again there's no where to go in Wigan! Gonna Sign up to that now, I know Worden Park well, is it expected to have a big turn out? You been to Modified Live before?