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Offline olly1

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Wheeler Dealers
« on: 15 December 2009, 13:20 »
I saw the above programme yesterday on the Mark 1 Golf GTI campaign model
I am a past mark 5 gti owner and wondered has anyone considered importing
a south african Citi Golf and altering to a GTI mark 1 look??
The Citi Golf is a Mark 1 Golf. :smiley:
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Offline robz

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Re: Wheeler Dealers
« Reply #1 on: 15 December 2009, 13:25 »
saw that....
cant imagine many people doing it, but i have no idea what would be involved...
but good luck if ya do it!!
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Offline Guy

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Re: Wheeler Dealers
« Reply #2 on: 15 December 2009, 13:42 »
did you notice they put the side decals on upside down?  :tongue:

there have been quite a few threads about the citi golf..

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=29204.0

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=123123.0

just do a search and you should be able to fine everything you wanted... if not just ask again
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Offline 56 ragtop

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Re: Wheeler Dealers
« Reply #3 on: 16 December 2009, 21:27 »
Quote from: olly1 on 15 December 2009, 13:20
I saw the above programme yesterday on the Mark 1 Golf GTI campaign model
I am a past mark 5 gti owner and wondered has anyone considered importing
a south african Citi Golf and altering to a GTI mark 1 look??
The Citi Golf is a Mark 1 Golf. :smiley:

I believe that all new Citi Golf's are 5 door and also quite expensive to import. Also Citi wings, bumpers, grill and rear quarters are different, along with interior. Far cheaper to buy a nice original 'proper' MK1 GTI.
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Offline Wayne

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Re: Wheeler Dealers
« Reply #4 on: 22 December 2009, 00:30 »
As above, it is miles different to a mk1.
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Offline Mk1Dub

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Re: Wheeler Dealers
« Reply #5 on: 15 January 2010, 22:28 »
Nice mod is to use the citi rear class as it is all clear with no heater element lines, Goes nice with a nice smoothed rear tailgate.
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Offline CGTI

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Re: Wheeler Dealers
« Reply #6 on: 17 January 2010, 22:40 »
They have some real nice interior touches though...was one breaking on ebay not so long ago,with near mint doors forsale.
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Offline Raffles

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Re: Wheeler Dealers
« Reply #7 on: 26 May 2010, 17:00 »
You can only do it if its over 10 years old.

Anything after that needs to be crash test approved so you would need about three cars.

Lots of info about it on vwgolfmk1.org.uk
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Offline SoundillusioN

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Re: Wheeler Dealers
« Reply #8 on: 26 May 2010, 18:17 »
i too considered this option a long time ago and its not worth it.  Only comes in 5 door and vw made many improvemnts to the orignal shape meaning that there are a lot of parts that are not interchangable.  i would also be suspect on the build quality compared to the original gangsta!
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Offline Mixmasta

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Re: Wheeler Dealers
« Reply #9 on: 01 June 2010, 20:50 »
I'm with raffles, you can't have one registered in this country currently for 9+ years due to not having enough information about crash performance etc etc. I guess it maybe possible to get a second hand one which was first registered in S/A in a year or so though 
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