Carbon grey 5dr with Interlagos wheels

[howlingmoon]

I quite understand the pain ooooowww the pain.... sigh....

[keelaw]

Yeah but mines been curbed.  9 days old and scuffed already, it was that white van man what done it gov.  Am I sick or what, you'd need to look really close to see it but I know it's there and that is what hurts

you reckon the 17s wouldn't have been scuffed?

[gizzywizzy]

No doubt they would have.  The thing is with the bridgestones on they kind of have a bit that sticks out all round the tyre, probly to protect the alloy, well it didn't work too well!!!  Everyone just look out for those darn curbs, they have a habit of leaping out at you when you least expect it lol

[FroGTI]

I'd intended to get the leather before I even saw the car, but I wasn't that thrilled by the appearance when I did see it.  Then I saw pictures of the cloth, and realised it was rather nice.  Then I heard people here say it was rather nice.  Then the second dealer I went to had cloth on his showroom car, and it was rather nice.  And that dealer was a real fan and actively argued against the leather.

So I spent the money on the DSG instead. 

Rolfe.

Excellent reasoning there, my old Scottish friend

[keelaw]

FroGTI - do you find the cloth "scratchy " at all?

[FroGTI]

FroGTI - do you find the cloth "scratchy " at all?

Can't say I do. My bottom is quite a delicate fellow - hence the heated seat option - but even in summer shorts & t-shirt, the cloth is perfectly comfortable. More comfortable than the 'sticky' leather I had in my Eos, for example.

[VWKev]

I like those alloys, I just don't think they are suited to the GTI. Maybe its just me.

[FroGTI]

I like those alloys, I just don't think they are suited to the GTI. Maybe its just me.

You're probably not the only one to think that, but I really like them. I wanted to tone down the look of the standard car very slightly, hence the 'boring grey' colour and 'executive' style wheels. I saw a standard GTI (reflex silver + 18" Monzas) at a dealership in Hull a couple of weeks ago and I really didn't like the wheels at all. I am more Aston Martin Vantage than Ford Focus RS, if you get my drift

[FroGTI]

My lovely new GTI has been PhotoShopped by, I have to say, a very skillful member of the French GTI forum I also frequent. The wheels are not really to my taste, but whatever floats your boat, I guess. Note how he has even 'closed' the driver's (LHD!) window. Impressive skills indeed.

- Iroc prototype 18" wheels
- darkened privacy glass
- LED rear lights from the Wörthersee concept GTI (please bring these out as an accessory, VW)
- debadged
- modified exhaust pipes (which I actually quite like!)

[keelaw]

Nice job!  Though for me I'm not keen on those wheels. I'm not a fan of the darkened alloys since they remind me of wheels that have lost a hub cap!

Also I fail to see the attraction of the led rear lights. Lit up they just look too after market.