arches or no arches on a gti?

[louis_23]

tempted to d-arch, never ust to be cean on d-arched look but love it now. what would you prefer if you had a gti?

if i  decided i wanted to d-arch my golf is it a simple case of removing arches and front/rear door arches off and replacing with cl arches. what about front bumper and rear bumper do i then need to just get these colour coded or dose it mean buying bumpers that dont have the black plastic bits on them? im tempted to remove all my arches and go for a vr6 high line look but the thing that puts me off is my golf is a gti so i dont like the idea of making it look like somthing it aint.

[shepgti]

*can-o-worms*  keep the arches as they make the car what it is!

[Wayne]

If you ask on here they will say keep them, myself don't like them and I removed them on mine, all you need by the way is a set of CL side trims, I went further on mine including CL bumpers and no side skirts etc.

Pictures if it helps.

[chrisford_vw]

Arches are good when they stand out next to the car, with your colour I would take them off ( you can always put them back on if the tin worm have been feeding)

[louis_23]

whats the dif between cl bumpers and gti bumpers? i do like arches and also think its what seperates the mk3 gti to every other mk3 but i dont think the arches suit the colour of my car that great. 

[Wayne]

whats the dif between cl bumpers and gti bumpers? i do like arches and also think its what seperates the mk3 gti to every other mk3 but i dont think the arches suit the colour of my car that great. 

CL bumpers are plain black plastic, hard to find as well took me ages to find a pair in good condition.

[Matty-MK3]

Depends. I think they give it a sporty look, without I think it's a clean/smooth look.

[Khare]

I was thinking about de-arching, but I couldn't get round to loosing the arches. Gives the car a meaner more aggressive look. Think of cars nowadays, most if not all have no arches, so when you see one with arches, it's like 

[Adam]

Dark car = De-arched
Light car = Arches

[VR6-Joe]

Leave them on.

I think, if the car came with them from factory, they should be left on.

My 1.4 SE came with arches and skirts and I loved the green and black theme it had going on!

My 1.6 CL didn't come with arches and skirts, and I feel it looks fine as it is.