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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Hurdy on 07 October 2008, 17:15
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Well, Autumn and Winter are here/coming and I am truly getting fed up with opening the window and getting covered in rain off the car :sick:
Seriously considering some of these:-
http://www.palmautomotive.co.uk/4trucks/acatalog/VW_Golf_Plus_05_03-on__wind_deflectors.html
They look good quality and are even fitted on the OSIR R32 demo car. Smoked colour and so should fit with the colour scheme. Under £70 for the front and rears on my 5 door, so if they are crap I can simply flog them on!
Naff or okay?
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I bet the guys at JKM wish MKVs had them - they kept on having to wipe the roof and edge of the window to stop the dripping.
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Just keep the window shut until the water has run off the roof!
Always remind me of old men driving years ago those wind deflectors, or cab drivers in Turkey!!
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Yes, I know they have the faint whiff of caravan driver/old geezer about them, but I'm simply p1ssed off at getting covered in water everytime I get a ticket at the local carpark or enter my password number into the firms gate access/egress :sick:
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http://www.palmautomotive.co.uk/4trucks/acatalog/VW_Golf_Plus_05_03-on__wind_deflectors.html
Strewth, the hound in that picture really shouldn't roll down her tinted windows without broadcasting a fright warning beforehand. Iv'e just gone right off my sticky buns! :sick:
Seriously, they look alright, but will the smoke colour go well with silver?
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http://www.palmautomotive.co.uk/4trucks/acatalog/VW_Golf_Plus_05_03-on__wind_deflectors.html
Strewth, the hound in that picture really shouldn't roll down her tinted windows without broadcasting a fright warning beforehand. Iv'e just gone right off my sticky buns! :sick:
Seriously, they look alright, but will the smoke colour go well with silver?
LOL, she did put me off for a minute there too :grin:
I think the smoke would be okay, Steel Grey is an obvious match, but with the paintwork I'm going to do, it should be fine :smiley:
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lol will they take a few 1000's of your 1/4 mile blast. :smiley:
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lol will they take a few 1000's of your 1/4 mile blast. :smiley:
Quite possibly, but at least i'll have an excuse :rolleyes:
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They look totally naff!!! But i see your point.. i too am totally pi$$ed off with getting my arm wet. Need something but I dont think I would be brave enough to fit one of those. But if you do.. let us know if it solves the problem :smiley:
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naff Hurdy ! and that woman (!) looks like sarah palin !
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that woman (!) looks like sarah palin !
No she don't - Sarah Palin is well fcuk-able, :embarassed: but that bint on the website - prolly an eight pinter! :sick:
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aw cmon , you a MILF hunter TT ? (dont know what that is of course :wink:)
(http://www.johnoldfield.dsl.pipex.com/images/weblog/palin.jpg)
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sorry iv strayed from the comfort of the mk4 section :wink: them deflectors are great i had them on my old car and havn't got anything bad to say about them :grin:
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not sure on the deflectors TBH, but that woman looks like she is about to have a dump or sumit with the expression on her face!
i tend to use a microfibre towel in the winter and just run it across the top before i set off!
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sorry iv strayed from the comfort of the mk4 section :wink: them deflectors are great i had them on my old car and havn't got anything bad to say about them :grin:
Cant be all bad if they get the job done :huh:
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shame they dont come in carbon fiber!!! :grin:
i am also tempted by this as it really p!sses me off aswell.
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i think they look smart i have been thinking about getting some too
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Not a fan, i dont really notice a problem with the rain TBH, then again i dont really need to open my window when it rains
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then again i dont really need to open my window when it rains
very true....climate control people! :wink:
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aw cmon , you a MILF hunter TT ? (dont know what that is of course :wink:)
(http://www.johnoldfield.dsl.pipex.com/images/weblog/palin.jpg)
Get a better pic of the one on the left - and I bet you would too! :lipsrsealed:
And I reckon she is younger than me too, so HTF could I be a MILF? :smug: :grin:
Don't ever remember seeing her when I was in Alaska a few years back. Was even in her home town of Wasilla too! :rolleyes:
EDIT: I may be away for some time whilst I have a shuffle over these pics: :embarassed:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sarah_Palin
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that woman looks like she is about to have a dump or sumit with the expression on her face!
i tend to use a microfibre towel in the winter
What, when you have a dump - bit of a waste - or do you wash them and reuse? :evil:
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Here's a picture of my wind deflectors:
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Picture002.jpg)
Some people don't like the look, but personally I do. Never getting soaked ever time it rains is a godsend in Ireland too :grin:. It's fantastic to be able to lower the window a bit without getting everything wet. When I bought them I also got a set for the rear windows and although they work they look completely stupid, so I took them off.
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That actually looks quite good on yours. Maybe they suit the darker colours better.
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They dont actually look too bad there tbh. Still not enough to convince me to get some but they certainly dont stand out. How easy are they to fit and remove???
T_T i got to say either your very old or im very young.. but that bird is a minger no matter how you look at her!! :grin:
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They dont actually look too bad there tbh. Still not enough to convince me to get some but they certainly dont stand out. How easy are they to fit and remove???
I think they just shove up into the window seal.
T_T i got to say either your very old or im very young.. but that bird is a minger no matter how you look at her!! :grin:
My SWMBO actually looks similar to Sarah Palin. I've actually just posted a pic of her somewhere else on the forum.
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They dont actually look too bad there tbh. Still not enough to convince me to get some but they certainly dont stand out. How easy are they to fit and remove???
I think they just shove up into the window seal.
T_T i got to say either your very old or im very young.. but that bird is a minger no matter how you look at her!! :grin:
My SWMBO actually looks similar to Sarah Palin. I've actually just posted a pic of her somewhere else on the forum.
Ooops! :huh: bit older mature than I would usually go for but very pretty none the less :cool:
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They dont actually look too bad there tbh. Still not enough to convince me to get some but they certainly dont stand out. How easy are they to fit and remove???
I think they just shove up into the window seal.
Yep that's it. It seems to be designed to keep itself up there. As for removing, just bend out a little in the right spot and it pops out nice and easy :smiley:.
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I would only buy the deflectors if the rest of my interior mods were the same as TT's. :smug:
(http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm104/tomashandmilly/Seat_cushion_bead_standard_small.jpg)
(http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm104/tomashandmilly/SNN1833B_471637a.jpg)
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^^ROFL
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that woman looks like she is about to have a dump or sumit with the expression on her face!
i tend to use a microfibre towel in the winter
What, when you have a dump - bit of a waste - or do you wash them and reuse? :evil:
wash and re-use of course! :grin:
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One issue I've heard of with these wind-deflectors is that it can cause extra strain on the electric-window motors, (causing premature wear and/or failure) as you've obviously made the window runners much tighter near the top!
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Hurdy,
I agree I HATE the water running into the car - was considering looking aroud for some myself for the winter.
Regards,
Gareth
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They dont actually look too bad there tbh. Still not enough to convince me to get some but they certainly dont stand out. How easy are they to fit and remove???
I think they just shove up into the window seal.
T_T i got to say either your very old or im very young.. but that bird is a minger no matter how you look at her!! :grin:
My SWMBO actually looks similar to Sarah Palin. I've actually just posted a pic of her somewhere else on the forum.
Ooops! :huh: bit older mature than I would usually go for but very pretty none the less :cool:
No worries. With age comes experience, as they say! :wink:
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I would only buy the deflectors if the rest of my interior mods were the same as TT's. :smug:
(http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm104/tomashandmilly/Seat_cushion_bead_standard_small.jpg)
They are horrendous. My father in law had them, and they were agony. One day I snipped the buggers off!
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One issue I've heard of with these wind-deflectors is that it can cause extra strain on the electric-window motors, (causing premature wear and/or failure) as you've obviously made the window runners much tighter near the top!
Don't know where you heard that, but it is nonsence. The leccy window motors actually have an "override" function for that very purpose.
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Just keep the window shut until the water has run off the roof!
Always remind me of old men driving years ago those wind deflectors, or cab drivers in Turkey!!
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