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Offline 1995GTI

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[b]Can you colour code golf mk3 door handles?[/b]
« on: 27 April 2009, 19:21 »
Hello everybody. I was just wondering if it is possible to colour code mk3 golf door handles?
I mean will the paint start peeling off after a while because of the use of the handles or what?
Let me know if you have colour coded your handles or what all material you used!
Thanks  :cool:
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Offline Neo Badness

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Re: [b]Can you colour code golf mk3 door handles?[/b]
« Reply #1 on: 27 April 2009, 19:30 »
Yup it's totally possible.

Would recommend if you're doing it  remove them from the car, give em a damn good clean and rub down with P1000 wet and dry. Degrease them, (fairy liquid) Couple of good coats of decent plastic primer, normal primer would be ok but it'll not last v.long, leave it to go off then coat with a couple of decent coats of you're body colour. Compound buff to mirror shine. Refit and admire your handiwork
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Re: [b]Can you colour code golf mk3 door handles?[/b]
« Reply #2 on: 27 April 2009, 19:33 »
Quote from: Neo Badness on 27 April 2009, 19:30
Yup it's totally possible.

Would recommend if you're doing it  remove them from the car, give em a damn good clean and rub down with P1000 wet and dry. Degrease them, (fairy liquid) Couple of good coats of decent plastic primer, normal primer would be ok but it'll not last v.long, leave it to go off then coat with a couple of decent coats of you're body colour. Compound buff to mirror shine. Refit and admire your handiwork
Thanks for that! Is that the same method you use for colour coding all the black strips on the car also?
I got a mk3 and i want to colour code all of the black trim you see. haha
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Offline spunkymonkey

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Re: [b]Can you colour code golf mk3 door handles?[/b]
« Reply #3 on: 27 April 2009, 19:36 »


Plastic primer FTW
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Re: [b]Can you colour code golf mk3 door handles?[/b]
« Reply #4 on: 27 April 2009, 19:47 »
Quote from: spunkymonkey on 27 April 2009, 19:36


Plastic primer FTW
The coloured handles on the GTi look great!
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Offline boneybradley

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Re: [b]Can you colour code golf mk3 door handles?[/b]
« Reply #5 on: 27 April 2009, 20:14 »
or you could buy some later model (already colour coded) handles and you'll know the paint will stay... plastic primer is ballacks  :wink:
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Offline shepgti

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Re: [b]Can you colour code golf mk3 door handles?[/b]
« Reply #6 on: 27 April 2009, 20:16 »
black suits the a gti with plastic trim better anyway! :evil:
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Re: [b]Can you colour code golf mk3 door handles?[/b]
« Reply #7 on: 27 April 2009, 20:25 »
This is for my Golf CL by the way, not the GTI. I agree that the GTI needs a bit of black trim, but i have yet to see a fully colour coded GTI. Anybody got pics?
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Offline Dec

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Re: [b]Can you colour code golf mk3 door handles?[/b]
« Reply #8 on: 27 April 2009, 20:55 »








16v GTI, although I have rear doorhandles from a mk4 polo. :)


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Offline Mikester

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Re: [b]Can you colour code golf mk3 door handles?[/b]
« Reply #9 on: 27 April 2009, 21:21 »
Yeah, polo handles, colour coded FTW.

Decs look good.
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