Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *rx2 w.i.p.*

[mellow yellow]

Time to start a thread me thinks....

Here is the car as i bought it from a kid down the road in Jan 2010.

After a good wash polish and wax thanks to the detailing section.


then BMW rear wiper, a couple of stickers and german pressed plated where added.


german plated now removed thanks to a man on a motorbike with a bright yellow jacket!  £60.00 later new plates where ordered and fitted.
pic from the big fat tour:


then finally yesterday got my lows thanks to Khare for the good deal and to two mate for fitting. think its 60mm all round and is a firm but comfy ride.



managed to destroy the front mudguards as well as nearly rip my arch trim off thanks to a bit of rot  which also puts the de arching on hold for the forseeable.

just need to let it settle properly and get the tracking realligned then work out how much arch lip to cut away as i'm getting some rubbing on corners (probably due to the 205/55 on the wheels?)

I'm also in the middle of refurbing some bbs 15's from a vr6 (when i say in the middle i mean fighting to get them back to bare metal with nitromors!) may have to give in and get them blasted and power coated but i really wanted to achieve something for myself.

In the mean time any ideas for what colour to go with the wheels?

so future plans in no order..........
bbs wheels refurbed with 195/45 rubber
maybe de arched & de spoilered.
maybe vento front end??? the jury is still out on this one.
also been offered a twin 3" backbox but not sure on this as dont want it to sound too chavvy?
remove some parking dings.

opinions and comments very welcome 

[Wayne]

Looking loads better lowered.

[kells]

a nice clean looking GTI

leave GTI front on, they look loads better than the vento ones which is way played out now 

[mellow yellow]

a nice clean looking GTI

leave GTI front on, they look loads better than the vento ones which is way played out now 

Thanks Kells! 

yeah i'm in two minds about the vento front, i know its common in general in "the scene" but i rarely see one around here and want to stand out. I have had thoughts about debadged grill in black or red or black grill and black badge. 
for the time being i'm thinking black slats and VW badge and tinted headlights.

[Khare]

Looks good mate, glad to see that the suspension swap went well and you're happy with it 

[mellow yellow]

Looks good mate, glad to see that the suspension swap went well and you're happy with it 

thanks khare, went on with not much hassle, the threads on the top of the struts needed a bit of work but apart from that was spot on.  can't fault your service in any way. a pleasure to buy from!!!

[dom]

yeah i'm in two minds about the vento front, i know its common in general in "the scene" but i rarely see one around here and want to stand out. I have had thoughts about debadged grill in black or red or black grill and black badge. 
for the time being i'm thinking black slats and VW badge and tinted headlights.

Do this mate, i'm considering it for mine and want to know what it'll look like first

As you can see from my sig i've gone for the debadged with black slats and smoked headlights, i've also got smoked fogs but need to update my pic!  *looks in Shady's direction*   

[mellow yellow]

yours looks cool as it is buddy, i was gonna do the same to mine but didnt want to be a copy cat 

tell you what i'll do it to mine and if i dont like it we can do a swap 

couple of pics i have found



not sure if anyone knows of this site but i use it a lot!


http://www.demonvwphotos.co.uk/index.php  just type in what you want to see and its generally been done before and there is a picture of it!

[dom]

Love the bodged repair on the splitter 

[mellow yellow]

yeah think he smashed it up the day before that pic was taken.