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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Golf mk4 TDI => Topic started by: Clewsy on 05 April 2006, 13:57

Title: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Clewsy on 05 April 2006, 13:57
Hi Guys

I have seen a few GT TDI's badged up as 'GTI' on the back with the 'I' in Red.

Are they meant to be like this? and would I be a Chav if I badged my GT TDI 115 up as a GTI?
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Rhyso on 05 April 2006, 15:34
the only TDI's i know of that are badged as GTI's are either the 150bhp model of the Anniversary model.

for the rest it mainly depended on what badges the dealer had in stock!! but i reckon as a general rule of thumb the following applies

TDI - all silver is the 90 or 110 models (might be others)
TDI - red I indicates the 115bhp model
TDI - with red D & I is the 130bhp
TDI - all red is the 150bhp
GTI - is most likely the Anniversary model which also had the 150 engine

then you see some badged as GT TDI..........

more than welcome to badge it as a GTI as its quicker than the 2.0 and 1.8 n/a GTI models  :smiley:
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Dom Mk3 on 05 April 2006, 15:55
leave it - let me know they've been stuffed by a diseasel
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: JonnoGti on 05 April 2006, 16:32
Def leave it, looks better the TDI badge me thinks and Ive had Gti's before. I got the silver T then red DI looks cool enough for me :cool:
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: kingturbo on 05 April 2006, 16:44
theres a diesel round the corner from me with gti on the back with a red i not sure which one it is though its deffo not an anniversary
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: BottleJam on 19 April 2006, 18:06
i think it was down to whatever was supplied with the car at the time.. although all of the gt(red i)'s i've seen have the optional winter pack on them (btw, i have a red "i" on my gti pd150)
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: GazB on 21 April 2006, 20:24
The GTi badge with the red i is off the 1.8turbo PETROL GTi, hope this answers your question, the anniversary ones had the all silver anni badge on :nerd:
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Say bye bye on 21 April 2006, 21:47
Ive seen a 150pd badged as a GTi red i  :undecided:
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: GazB on 21 April 2006, 21:55
The red I is meant for a 1.8t, but that doesent mean you cant stick em on anything else tho :undecided: the same as I can stick an R32 badge on mine, that dont make it an R32 tho
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Kerrse on 30 June 2006, 10:30
got a  gt tdi 150 .. an it's badged as a GTI with the red I ..is a jan 2003
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Hot Stuff on 01 July 2006, 11:00
My TDI has the red 'I' and mines only the 110!  :huh:
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: GazB on 02 July 2006, 19:53
TDI's are a whole different story again :undecided:
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: arcadia on 08 July 2006, 20:08
Mine is a Sept 03' - 53 plate 150PD. It was a factory order, and its got GT Red I.

Genuine UK car - wipes the floor with most things!! Fast as and for sale in 2 months....... anyone interested, it'll be in the For Sale section & on eBay - Cheers.   :laugh:
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Hot Stuff on 09 July 2006, 19:11
Oh the joys of selling cars on Ebay!!  :rolleyes:  :laugh: Get some right cheeky bastards on there!  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: spydoor on 03 September 2006, 12:38
Mines an 02 plate 150, badged as GTI (all silver).  But its not the anni model (no matter how hard I wish).  Whats that all about?
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: adam20202 on 27 September 2006, 00:28
mines an 03 plate 150pd and its badged GTI
dont know what its all about.all models diff for some reason.
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Chupacabra on 29 September 2006, 16:12
First post for me!

Mine's a Red 02 PD150 with all silver GTI.  It's not an anniversary model but given it'll eat petrol GTI's (mk4 I mean!) for breakfast I think it deserves the badge!  :evil:

I did buy an all red TDI badge from Awesome but to be honest, I'd be doing the car a disservice as it's the best thing I've ever driven.  My previous car was a Ford Focus Zetec 2.0 ESP and it was fantastic but my Golf is something else!  :grin:
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Ridg on 09 November 2006, 10:48
mine had an all silver GTI badge on the back (GT TDI 150) but the bloke i bought it from had the badge removed to fix a dent in the boot.

I'm going to leave it de-badged for 2 reasons;

1 no matter how long i spend lining up a new badge it would never look right would either be too far left or too high etc.
2 people don't know what you've got untill you leave them in a cloud of 'dirty' smoke
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: jaybv6 on 01 May 2007, 23:33
got a  gt tdi 150 .. an it's badged as a GTI with the red I ..is a jan 2003
Mine, also a Jan 03.  Even my log book says GTi on it.

(http://www.family-burgess.com/images/golf_gti_tdi_150/gttdi150_03.jpg)
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: AlanD on 02 May 2007, 12:25
As you can see in my sig mine is just all silver GTI (2.0L).

How hard is it to replace with a GTI as I think it looks alot better with the red.
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Ridg on 02 May 2007, 12:38
How hard is it to replace with a GTI as I think it looks alot better with the red.

shouldn't be that hard, as you'll be left with the GT so the I will be easy to line up
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: AlanD on 02 May 2007, 15:52
Please excuse my lack of knowledge but how would I go about removing the I and putting a red one on? It seem pretty stuck on to me. Also E-bay the best option for purchasing a red I?
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Ridg on 02 May 2007, 18:32
Please excuse my lack of knowledge but how would I go about removing the I and putting a red one on? It seem pretty stuck on to me. Also E-bay the best option for purchasing a red I?

basically it should be stuck on with double sided tape, so it should ease off.  if you have trouble then a hair dryer should help to ease the gum.  once you've got it off, then give the area a proper clean and pollish to remove the excessive glue.

Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: AlanD on 02 May 2007, 20:29
Top man ! Cheers !  :cool:
Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: Ridg on 02 May 2007, 21:36
Top man ! Cheers !  :cool:

no prob if you want it to look really special then go for this from flea bay

American Anniversary GTI (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Golf-Rabbit-GTI-25th-Anniversary-USA-Badge-Emblem_W0QQitemZ140107680153QQihZ004QQcategoryZ72211QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem)



Title: Re: Badge up as a GTI?
Post by: AlanD on 02 May 2007, 22:58
You got to be joking!?

I've ordered one of these:

(http://i24.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/22/fd/bf_1_b.JPG)

Im only going to be using the "I" so does anyone want the "GT"?