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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Margy on 15 December 2016, 09:31

Title: Badges
Post by: Margy on 15 December 2016, 09:31

I'm looking at an April 2014 PP car. The GTi badges front & rear are silver. Am I correct in thinking that PP cars have red badges?

Cheers,

Title: Re: Badges
Post by: CraigW on 15 December 2016, 10:07

Hi Margy,

Originally all UK spec GTI's came with silver badges regardless of whether they were PP or not. They changed them round about May 2014 so now only PP GTI's have the red badges

Title: Re: Badges
Post by: Watts on 15 December 2016, 10:13

A PP car will have red calipers with GTI on the fronts and rear vented discs if that helps.

Title: Re: Badges
Post by: nigelsmith on 15 December 2016, 11:29

I've seen Nov 63 plate cars with the red badges & 64 plate. 14 plates seem to have silver badges.

Title: Re: Badges
Post by: Brenbo on 15 December 2016, 11:44

I had a 63 plate GTI PP and can confirm all GTI's regardless of PP or Std spec had the silver badges pre-may 2014.  As Craig states the red badges were introduced during May 2014.  The only way to tell a pre-May 2014 GTI PP is the brake calipers with "GTI" in them and the rear vented disc brakes. 

The reason you may have seen the red badges on 63 plate GTI's may be as a result of them being added after.

Title: Re: Badges
Post by: Gnasher on 15 December 2016, 11:56

My 14 plate (April/May 14) has silver badges if that helps. You'll probably get a bit of changeover around that time as some might have been held back for new registrations etc.

Title: Re: Badges
Post by: Margy on 15 December 2016, 12:39

Cheers everyone!

Title: Re: Badges
Post by: Finglonga on 15 December 2016, 13:13

They have whatever badges that are in the parts build at time of build.

Title: Re: Badges
Post by: matchboy on 15 December 2016, 14:10

My GTI PP originally had the silver badges as it was a 2013 car, but I ordered some red ones from my dealer when VW changed them over - and they fitted them for next to nothing, so worth doing I thought  :smiley:

Title: Re: Badges
Post by: Walts on 15 December 2016, 14:18

You may find some have fitted these.......

http://www.badgeskins.com/mk7.html

Could be an option for you if you don't want the hassle of changing the badges

Title: Re: Badges
Post by: gtiaps on 16 December 2016, 08:22

Mines a 2016 Gti non PP originally came with silver badges front and rear sorted with dealer prior to collection they swapped em for red ones for free just cost me the badges then I got the black badge skin to  over the chrome part of the blade and silver Gti on the wings  :whistle: