Author Topic: opinions on a smoothed tailgate? (Read 1789 times)

fozziie · « **on:** 01 October 2010, 21:14 »

Wayne · « **Reply #1 on:** 01 October 2010, 21:35 »

Yep horrid.

-danisdubbin- · « **Reply #2 on:** 01 October 2010, 21:47 »

Yep horrid.

+1 ....... savage (there is a bright orange version of this in Aberystwyth which looks

) shame really coz the guys that own it are legends and run a wicked little garage and love veedubs

Gash · « **Reply #3 on:** 01 October 2010, 23:40 »

too smooth! im looking at taking the rear badge/wiper etc off mine and maybe frenching the number plate but this is too much

MrAnderson93 · « **Reply #4 on:** 02 October 2010, 00:30 »

if you want a mk4 rear end, go buy a mk4 lol

too smooth, rear badge and wiper is enough smoothing, otherwide it looks bunk (as we can see) lol

Jimp · « **Reply #5 on:** 02 October 2010, 13:46 »

Very few cars can pull off a shaved boot any more. Somehow it makes the boot look too rounded and flat for the mk3

Shaving some bits looks good though

Reasty · « **Reply #6 on:** 02 October 2010, 16:24 »

I really do not like smoothed tailgates,frenched ones looks really nice when done properly but fully smoothed ones just look gash!

fozziie · « **Reply #7 on:** 02 October 2010, 16:33 »

excuse my lack of knowledge...but whats "frenched"?

kells · « **Reply #8 on:** 02 October 2010, 16:44 »

excuse my lack of knowledge...but whats "frenched"?

frenched is another name for Flushed, basically coz the french were the first to do it with the tailgates, worked in the 90's but not now

fozziie · « **Reply #9 on:** 02 October 2010, 16:55 »

ahhh, lol. well, it left as it is. let the Saxo-chavs have their smoothed tailgates lol

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